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2026 Dubai Golden Shaheen Preview
The Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen which is run over a trip of six furlongs on dirt and is open to runners aged three or older is scheduled to take place in March of each year during the Dubai World Cup Night at the Meydan racecourse.
Dubai Golden Shaheen Information:
- Dubai Golden Shaheen Past Winners
- Dubai Golden Shaheen Trainer Statistics
- Dubai Golden Shaheen Jockey Statistics
If you are interested in other predictions at Meydan then head over to the Meydan tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered at Dubai World Cup Night section for links to these.
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How competitive is the Dubai Golden Shaheen market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2018 when the race had an over-round of 111%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 123%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Dubai Golden Shaheen, the over-round has been 119%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £119 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2026 Dubai Golden Shaheen Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Dubai Golden Shaheen Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Dubai Golden Shaheen over the last 10 renewals:
- Zenden (1:09.01) in 2021
- Mind Your Biscuits (1:10.12) in 2018
- Tuz (1:10.19) in 2024
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Dubai Golden Shaheen next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 7 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +0.40. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
The runner that holds the record over the past 10 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2025 renewal when Dark Saffron from A bin Harmash under the guidance of Connor Beasley, won in a time of 1:11.40, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Zenden, trained by Carlos A David and ridden by Antonio Fresu set the quickest time of 1:09.01 in the 2021 renewal.
Dubai Golden Shaheen Past Winners
Here are the Dubai Golden Shaheen past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Dubai Golden Shaheen are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 1:11.40 | Dark Saffron (USA) 3yo 8-11 (11 of 11) 40/1 | Connor Beasley A bin Harmash (UAE) |
| 2024 1:10.19 | Tuz (USA) 7yo 9-0 (2 of 14) 10/1 | Tadhg O'Shea B Seemar (UAE) |
| 2023 1:10.69 | Sibelius (USA) 5yo 9-0 (1 of 14) 8/1 | Ryan Moore Jeremiah O'Dwyer (USA) |
| 2022 1:11.13 | Switzerland (USA) 8yo 9-0 (6 of 13) 20/1 | Tadhg O'Shea B Seemar (UAE) |
| 2021 1:09.01 | Zenden (USA) 5yo 9-0 (13 of 13) 40/1 | Antonio Fresu Carlos A David (USA) |
| 2019 1:10.75 | X Y Jet (USA) 7yo 9-0 (2 of 9) 15/8F | Emisael Jaramillo Jorge Navarro (USA) |
| 2018 1:10.12 | Mind Your Biscuits (USA) 5yo 9-0 (1 of 8) 6/1 | Joel Rosario Chad Summers (USA) |
| 2017 1:10.91 | Mind Your Biscuits (USA) 4yo 9-6 (14 of 14) 9/2F | Joel Rosario Chad Summers (USA) |
| 2016 1:10.59 | Muarrab (GB) 7yo 9-0 (7 of 10) 6/1 | Paul Hanagan M Al Mheiri (UAE) |
| 2015 1:10.64 | Secret Circle (USA) 6yo 9-0 (7 of 13) 100/30 | Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert (USA) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Dubai Golden Shaheen have been based:
- USA: 6 winners with an additional 8 placings from 36 runners
- UAE: 4 winners with an additional 5 placings from 40 runners
- JPN: 0 winners with an additional 4 placings from 20 runners
- HK: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 10 runners
- GB: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 4 runners
- BHR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
- SIN: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
- KSA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Dubai Golden Shaheen Trainer Statistics
There are two leading trainers in the Dubai Golden Shaheen over the last 10 renewals with both B Seemar and Chad Summers who have both won the race two times. B Seemar winners have been with Switzerland (2022) and Tuz (2024). Chad Summers winners have been with Mind Your Biscuits (2017 & 2018). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Dubai Golden Shaheen, Doug Watson has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Dubai Golden Shaheen trainer statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| B Seemar | 7-2-3 | +25.00 | +13.77 |
| Chad Summers | 2-2-2 | +10.50 | +6.30 |
| A bin Harmash | 4-1-1 | +37.00 | +21.00 |
| Bob Baffert | 3-1-1 | +1.33 | +0.00 |
| Jorge Navarro | 3-1-3 | -0.12 | +0.70 |
| Jeremiah O'Dwyer | 2-1-1 | +7.00 | +3.80 |
| M Al Mheiri | 2-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.60 |
| Carlos A David | 1-1-1 | +40.00 | +24.00 |
| Doug Watson | 12-0-1 | -12.00 | -10.70 |
| Steven Asmussen | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -2.70 |
Dubai Golden Shaheen Jockey Statistics
There are two leading jockeys in the Dubai Golden Shaheen over the last 10 renewals with both Tadhg O'Shea and Joel Rosario who have both won the race two times. Tadhg O'Shea winners have been with Switzerland (2022) and Tuz (2024). Joel Rosario winners have been with Mind Your Biscuits (2017 & 2018).
Here are some of the top Dubai Golden Shaheen jockey statistics over the last 10 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadhg O'Shea | 5-2-4 | +27.00 | +16.46 |
| Joel Rosario | 4-2-2 | +8.50 | +4.30 |
| Ryan Moore | 4-1-3 | +5.00 | +5.70 |
| Emisael Jaramillo | 4-1-4 | -1.12 | +2.20 |
| Antonio Fresu | 2-1-1 | +39.00 | +23.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 2-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.60 |
| Connor Beasley | 1-1-1 | +40.00 | +24.00 |
| Victor Espinoza | 1-1-1 | +3.33 | +2.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 8-0-1 | -8.00 | -6.70 |
| Frankie Dettori | 5-0-0 | -5.00 | -5.00 |
2026 Dubai Golden Shaheen Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 8, 2, (1, 5), 3, 1, 8, 3, 2, (4, 11), 8
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well. The trend information is based on the available information on the racing post in terms of previous runs etc.
- 10 / 10 (68%) - Not in AUS/CHL/COL/FRA/HKG/IRL/ITA/JPN/SGP/WAL (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (68%) - Is not ARG/AUS/CHI/FR/IRE/JPN/NZ bred
- 10 / 10 (70%) - No bigger than 36/5 (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (71%) - Not on GS/GD/GF/FM/STD (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (73%) - Not on SFT/GS/GF/SLW/STD-SLW (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (73%) - Break of 21 - 85 days (Last Place)
- 10 / 10 (74%) - Ran in 6 - 23 races (Career)
- 10 / 10 (75%) - No bigger than 36/5 (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (76%) - In a field of 6 - 12 (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (78%) - Had 1 - 3 placings (Season)
- 10 / 10 (79%) - Not in a G1/LST/Cl4-5 (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (82%) - Ran in 3 - 7 races (1 Year)
- 10 / 10 (82%) - No bigger than 50/1 (Career)
- 10 / 10 (83%) - Ran over 5f - 7f (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (84%) - Beaten no more -6¼l (Debut)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Meydan racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Dubai Golden Shaheen. Did you know that we have an OLBG Betting School section on OLBG? It is a place to help you improve your betting experience with articles covering numerous topics.
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Dubai Golden Shaheen Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +85.88 is when runners had 1 season win.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 season places, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-25.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2025: Winner in 11 (10,4) [11 Runners]
- 2024: Winner in 2 (3,7) [14 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 1 (2,13) [14 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 6 (2,8) [13 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 13 (12,11) [13 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Dubai Golden Shaheen is Gulfstream Park, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Gulfstream Park last time out.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 10 winners from a total of 118 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 1 runner.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Dubai Golden Shaheen, that stallion Posse has produced 2 winners (2018,2017).
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Dubai Golden Shaheen, that stallion is Dubawi who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.
Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Zenden in 2021, winning for Carlos A David at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Antonio Fresu. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there have been 2 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2026 Dubai Golden Shaheen head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today. All figures and trends above, such as the horse's previous runs are based on the information that is available on the racing post.
Races Covered at Dubai World Cup Night
Remember to head over to the Meydan predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters are supporting in the Dubai Golden Shaheen and don't forget we also cover the following races at Dubai World Cup Night.
| Dubai World Cup Night Races | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Al Quoz Sprint | Believing (IRE) 5yo - 3/1 | George Boughey William Buick |
| Dubai Gold Cup | Dubai Future (GB) 9yo - 17/2 | Saeed bin Suroor Silvestre De Sousa |
| Dubai Golden Shaheen | Dark Saffron (USA) 3yo - 40/1 | A bin Harmash Connor Beasley |
| Dubai Sheema Classic | Danon Decile (JPN) 4yo - 14/1 | Shogo Yasuda Keita Tosaki |
| Dubai Turf | Soul Rush (JPN) 7yo - 14/1 | Yasutoshi Ikee Cristian Demuro |
| Dubai World Cup | Hit Show (USA) 5yo - 66/1 | Brad H Cox Florent Geroux |
| Godolphin Mile | Raging Torrent (USA) 4yo - 3/1 | Doug O'Neill Frankie Dettori |
| UAE Derby | Admire Daytona (JPN) 3yo - 11/1 | Yukihiro Kato Christophe-Patrice Lemaire |
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Dubai Golden Shaheen Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for International racing.
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