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2025 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.
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 2014 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 126%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Dubai Golden Shaheen, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.
Dubai Golden Shaheen Trends:
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 2 winners. Backing all 7 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -0.85. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Over the last 10 renewals, it was the Carlos A David trained Zenden ridden by Antonio Fresu who set the fastest winning time in the Dubai Golden Shaheen, the runner won the race in a time of 1:09.01 was set when winning the race in 2021. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer B Seemar and jockey Tadhg O'Shea with Switzerland who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:11.13 in the 2022 renewal.
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
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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Dubai Golden Shaheen as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.
Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
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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) |
2014 1:10.88 | Sterling City (AUS) 5yo 9-6 (4 of 13) 9/4F | Joao Moreira John Moore (HK) |
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 7 placings from 34 runners
- UAE: 3 winners with an additional 5 placings from 39 runners
- HK: 1 winner with an additional 3 placings from 12 runners
- JPN: 0 winners with an additional 4 placings from 17 runners
- GB: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 6 runners
- BHR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 5 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 5 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 |
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B Seemar | 7-2-3 | +25.00 | +13.77 |
Chad Summers | 2-2-2 | +10.50 | +6.30 |
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 |
John Moore | 2-1-1 | +1.25 | +0.35 |
Carlos A David | 1-1-1 | +40.00 | +24.00 |
Doug Watson | 12-0-1 | -12.00 | -10.70 |
Fawzi Abdulla Nass | 5-0-0 | -5.00 | -5.00 |
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 |
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Tadhg O'Shea | 4-2-3 | +28.00 | +16.77 |
Joel Rosario | 4-2-2 | +8.50 | +4.30 |
Ryan Moore | 5-1-3 | +4.00 | +4.70 |
Joao Moreira | 4-1-1 | -0.75 | -1.65 |
Paul Hanagan | 3-1-1 | +4.00 | +1.60 |
Emisael Jaramillo | 3-1-3 | -0.12 | +0.70 |
Antonio Fresu | 2-1-1 | +39.00 | +23.00 |
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 |
2025 Dubai Golden Shaheen Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 8, 2, (1, 5), 3, 1, 8, 3, 2, (4, 11)
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 (64%) - No bigger than 36/5 (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (66%) - Had 1 - 2 placings (90 Days)
- 10 / 10 (68%) - Made 3 - 6 starts (1 Year)
- 10 / 10 (69%) - Is not ARG/CHI/FR/IRE/JPN/NZ bred
- 10 / 10 (71%) - Made 6 - 23 starts (Career)
- 10 / 10 (71%) - No bigger than 33/1 (Career)
- 10 / 10 (71%) - No bigger than 36/5 (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (71%) - Ran over 5½f - 7f (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (73%) - Break of 21 - 85 days (Last Place)
- 10 / 10 (75%) - In a field of 6 - 12 (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (75%) - Not in a G1/Cl3-5 (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (78%) - In a field of 5 - 13 (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (81%) - Had 4 - 17 placings (Career)
- 10 / 10 (82%) - Made 2 - 5 starts (180 Days)
- 10 / 10 (83%) - Made 1 - 3 starts (Season)
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. If you are a newcomer to horse racing betting, then the number of types of bets can be scary! Don't let that put you off though, head over to this Types Of Horse Racing Bet article and have a read, you will then have a better knowledge of betting on racing in the future and there are plenty of other articles in the OLBG Betting School too.
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Dubai Golden Shaheen Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +59.63 is when runners had 2 starts in the past 90 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran on Standard ground when last winning, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-28.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 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]
- 2019: Winner in 2 (8,1) [9 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 120 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 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 3 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 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 |
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Al Quoz Sprint | California Spangle (IRE) 6yo - 6/1 | A S Cruz Brenton Avdulla |
Dubai Gold Cup | Tower Of London (IRE) 4yo - 9/4 | A P O'Brien Ryan Moore |
Dubai Golden Shaheen | Tuz (USA) 7yo - 10/1 | B Seemar Tadhg O'Shea |
Dubai Sheema Classic | Rebels Romance (IRE) 6yo - 25/1 | Charlie Appleby William Buick |
Dubai Turf | Facteur Cheval (IRE) 5yo - 20/1 | J Reynier Maxime Guyon |
Dubai World Cup | Laurel River (USA) 6yo - 17/2 | B Seemar Tadhg O'Shea |
Godolphin Mile | Two Rivers Over (USA) 4yo - 33/1 | Doug O'Neill Edwin A Maldonado |
UAE Derby | Forever Young (JPN) 3yo - 8/11 | Yoshito Yahagi Ryusei Sakai |
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.