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2026 Godolphin Mile Preview
Scheduled to take place in March of each year during the Dubai World Cup Night at the Meydan racecourse is the Godolphin Mile, a Group 2 race that is run over a trip of one mile as the race title suggests!
Runners aged three or older (southern hemisphere) and four or older (northern hemisphere) can enter the race which is run on dirt.
Godolphin Mile Information:
Our dedicated Meydan tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Godolphin Mile but will also have predictions for each meeting at Meydan throughout the season so be sure to head over there. 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 Godolphin Mile market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2016 when the race had an over-round of 114%. The race in 2018 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 127%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Godolphin Mile, the over-round has been 122%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £122 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2026 Godolphin Mile 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 Godolphin Mile Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Godolphin Mile over the last 10 renewals:
- One Man Band (1:35.21) in 2016
- Secret Ambition (1:35.36) in 2021
- Second Summer (1:35.62) in 2017
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 Godolphin Mile next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 9 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -7.43. Before placing your bet on the 2026 Godolphin Mile see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.
When looking over the past 10 renewals, a time of 1:35.21 was set by One Man Band in 2016, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Doug Watson and ridden by Sam Hitchcott. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Two Rivers Over won in a time of 1:37.49, booked to ride was Edwin A Maldonado by the trainer Doug O'Neill.
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Godolphin Mile Past Winners
Here are the Godolphin Mile 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 Godolphin Mile are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 1:36.69 | Raging Torrent (USA) 4yo 9-0 (8 of 14) 3/1F | Frankie Dettori Doug O'Neill (USA) |
| 2024 1:37.49 | Two Rivers Over (USA) 4yo 9-0 (8 of 13) 33/1 | Edwin A Maldonado Doug O'Neill (USA) |
| 2023 1:35.71 | Isolate (USA) 5yo 9-0 (2 of 14) 11/4 | Tyler Gaffalione Doug Watson (UAE) |
| 2022 1:36.03 | Bathrat Leon (JPN) 4yo 9-0 (1 of 16) 66/1 | Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi (JPN) |
| 2021 1:35.36 | Secret Ambition (GB) 8yo 9-0 (2 of 15) 12/1 | Tadhg O'Shea S Seemar (UAE) |
| 2019 1:36.51 | Coal Front (USA) 5yo 9-0 (12 of 12) 5/1 | Jose L Ortiz Todd Pletcher (USA) |
| 2018 1:36.21 | Heavy Metal (GB) 8yo 9-0 (9 of 14) 4/1F | Ryan Moore S Jadhav (UAE) |
| 2017 1:35.62 | Second Summer (USA) 5yo 9-0 (5 of 13) 20/1 | Pat Dobbs Doug Watson (UAE) |
| 2016 1:35.21 | One Man Band (IRE) 5yo 9-0 (1 of 9) 11/2 | Sam Hitchcott Doug Watson (UAE) |
| 2015 1:36.81 | Tamarkuz (USA) 5yo 9-0 (1 of 15) 1/1F | Paul Hanagan M Al Mheiri (UAE) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Godolphin Mile have been based:
- UAE: 6 winners with an additional 10 placings from 71 runners
- USA: 3 winners with an additional 2 placings from 18 runners
- JPN: 1 winner with an additional 2 placings from 13 runners
- GB: 0 winners with an additional 3 placings from 15 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 5 runners
- SAF: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
- KSA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
- BHR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
- BRZ: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner
- GER: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner
- TUR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
- KOR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
- HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Godolphin Mile Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Godolphin Mile over the last 10 renewals is Doug Watson who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from One Man Band (2016), Second Summer (2017) and Isolate (2023). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Godolphin Mile is Doug O'Neill (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Godolphin Mile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Watson | 22-3-9 | +9.25 | +6.49 |
| Doug O'Neill | 3-2-2 | +35.00 | +20.60 |
| S Seemar | 12-1-1 | +1.00 | -3.80 |
| M Al Mheiri | 6-1-1 | -4.00 | -4.40 |
| Yoshito Yahagi | 2-1-1 | +65.00 | +32.00 |
| S Jadhav | 2-1-1 | +3.00 | +1.40 |
| Todd Pletcher | 1-1-1 | +5.00 | +3.00 |
| B Seemar | 9-0-2 | -9.00 | -4.60 |
| Saeed bin Suroor | 5-0-2 | -5.00 | +1.00 |
| S bin Ghadayer | 5-0-1 | -5.00 | -3.70 |
Godolphin Mile Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Godolphin Mile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dobbs | 8-1-2 | +13.00 | +6.30 |
| Tadhg O'Shea | 7-1-2 | +6.00 | +2.60 |
| Sam Hitchcott | 4-1-2 | +2.50 | +2.40 |
| Ryan Moore | 4-1-1 | +1.00 | -0.60 |
| Frankie Dettori | 4-1-2 | +0.00 | +0.30 |
| Ryusei Sakai | 2-1-1 | +65.00 | +32.00 |
| Jose L Ortiz | 2-1-1 | +4.00 | +2.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 2-1-1 | +0.00 | -0.40 |
| Edwin A Maldonado | 1-1-1 | +33.00 | +19.80 |
| Tyler Gaffalione | 1-1-1 | +2.75 | +1.65 |
2026 Godolphin Mile Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 4, 10, (1, 7), 3, 8, 16, 4, 12, 1
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 (59%) - Not on HY/SFT/GS/SLW/STD-SLW/STD (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (72%) - Break of 21 - 350 days (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (72%) - Achieved an RPR of 108+ (Career)
- 10 / 10 (74%) - Had 1 - 4 wins (1 Year)
- 10 / 10 (77%) - Dam is not ARG/AUS/BRZ/CHI/FR/GER/IRE bred
- 10 / 10 (77%) - No bigger than 53/1 (Career)
- 10 / 10 (78%) - Not in ENG/FRA/HKG/IND/ITA/RUS/SAU/KOR/URY (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (78%) - No bigger than 191/10 (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (78%) - Held an OR of 106+
- 10 / 10 (79%) - Ran in 3 - 7 races (1 Year)
- 10 / 10 (79%) - Furthest Won 7f - 1m1½f
- 10 / 10 (81%) - No bigger than 137/10 (Last Win)
- 10 / 10 (85%) - Not in a G1/LST/Cl3/Cl6 (Debut)
- 10 / 10 (86%) - Achieved an RPR of 79+ (LTO)
- 10 / 10 (86%) - Not in ENG/FRA/HKG/SAU/URY (LTO)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Meydan racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Godolphin Mile. 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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Godolphin Mile Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor that produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +75.00 was when runners had a highest class placed of Class 1 (G2).
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners were aged 6, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-35.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2025: Winner in 8 (1,12) [14 Runners]
- 2024: Winner in 8 (3,11) [13 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 2 (6,14) [14 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 1 (6,7) [16 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 2 (6,13) [15 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Godolphin Mile is Meydan, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Meydan 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 133 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 2 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Godolphin Mile, that stallion Exceed And Excel has produced 2 winners (2021,2018).
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Godolphin Mile, that stallion is Dubawi who has failed to produce a winner from 14 runners.
Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Bathrat Leon in 2022, winning for Yoshito Yahagi at odds of 66/1 under the guidance of Ryusei Sakai. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters. 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 Godolphin Mile 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 Godolphin Mile 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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