Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 1
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1994 Red Rainbow 6 Johnny Murtagh Dhruba Selvaratnam Jaffar Ali 1:39.20
1995 Halling 4 John Carroll Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:38.40
1996 Tamayaz 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:37.18
1997 Kammtarra 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:35.62
1998 Wathik 8 Paul Eddery Paddy Rudkin Saeed Al Ghandi 1:37.63
1999 Spindrift 4 Gary Hind Saeed bin Suroor Rashid bin Mohammed 1:35.48
2000 Siege 4 Sylvain Guillot Saeed bin Suroor Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:35.70
2001 China Visit 4 John Carroll Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36.12
2002 Skoozi 6 Wayne Smith Allan Smith Rashid bin Ahmed Al Mualla 1:35.99
2003 Estimraar 6 Wayne Smith Mazin Al Kurdi Rashid bin Mohammed 1:36.81
2004 State Shinto 8 Ryan Moore Mazin Al Kurdi Rashid bin Mohammed 1:37.37
2005 Grand Emporium 4 Weichong Marwing Mike de Kock A Geemooi 1:39.92
2006 Blatant 7 Richard Hills Ismail Mohammed Princess Haya of Jordan 1:36.71
2007 Imperialista 3 M Cardoso Cosme Morgado Estrela Energia Stables 1:35.96
2008 Happy Boy 4 Jose Aparecido da Silva P Nickel Filho Roberto A L Reichert 1:36:37
2009 My Indy 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36.52
2010 Gloria de Campeao 6 Tiago Josue Pereira Pascal Bary Estrela Energia Stables 1:38.48
2011 Mendip 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:36.45
2012 Musir 5 Christophe Soumillon Mike de Kock Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum 1:35.85
2013 Barbecue Eddie 9 Dane O'Neill Doug Watsom Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:37.24
Winners
The Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 1, is a horse race run over a distance of 1,600 metres (1 mile) in January on dirt at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. It is the first of three races in the Al Maktoum Challenge series which serve as trial races for the Dubai World Cup. It was first run in 1994 on dirt at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. It was transferred to Meydan in 2010 where it was run on the synthetic Tapeta Footings surface. In 2015 the synthetic surface at Meydan was replaced by a dirt track. The race began as an ungraded stakes race before attaining Listed status in 1996. The race was elevated to Group 3 level in 2002 and became a Group 2 event in 2013.