Godolphin Racing

Godolphin, sponsored by Emirates, is the Maktoum family's private thoroughbred horseracing stable and was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, who came from the desert to become one of the three founding stallions of the modern thoroughbred. Godolphin is buried at Wandlebury Park in Cambridge, where there is a stone to commemorate this horse in the passageway of the old buildings. Godolphin's headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It operates two racing stables in Newmarket, UK, two in Sydney, Australia, one in Melbourne, Australia, and also has horses in training with independent trainers in Great Britain, Australia, France, The United States of America and Ireland. UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the driving force behind Godolphin.

The family's breeding operation, Darley, is named in honour of another of the three original thoroughbred stallions. Darley breeds horses in Australia, France, Ireland, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States. Stallions who have stood at Dalham Hall include the great Dubai Millennium who won the Dubai World Cup at Nad Al Sheba, UAE and the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, UK in 2000.

Godolphin has won over 4,000 races worldwide and numerous awards since its inception in 1992. Its most successful years numerically are 2015 (650 wins), 2016 (597 wins), 2014 (361 wins), 2013 (228 wins) and 2012 (214 wins).

Godolphin was leading owner at the Dubai World Cup Carnival on ten successive years from 2008 to 2017, and crowned British Champion Owner on eleven occasions - 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2015 & 2016. Saeed bin Suroor trained his 200th Dubai World Cup Carnival winner when the aptly-named Very Special won the G2 Cape Verdi on 26 January 2017.

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