Firebreak Stakes

The Firebreak Stakes, is a horse race, for horses aged four and over, run over a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on dirt in February at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named in honour of the racehorse Firebreak, who won the Hong Kong Mile for Godolphin in 2004.

Firebreak Stakes
Group 3 race
LocationMeydan Racecourse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Inaugurated2011
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,600 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Purse$200,000[1]

The Firebreak Stakes was first contested in 2011 as a Listed race and was elevated to Group 3 level a year later. It was run on a synthetic Tapeta surface before moving to dirt in 2015.

Records

Record time:

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • no horse has won the race more than once

Most wins by a jockey:

  • no jockey has won the race more than once

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2011 Skysurfers 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:35.77
2012 Sandagiyr 4 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36.29
2013 Moonwalk In Paris 5 Ahmed Ajtebi Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin 1:36.39
2014 Variety Club 5 Anton Marcus Joey Ramsden Ingrid & Markus Jooste 1:35.67
2015 Tamarkuz 5 Paul Hanagan Musabah Al Muhairi Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:35.45
2016 Confrontation 6 William Buick Kiaran McLaughlin Godolphin 1:37.37
2017 North America 5 Richard Mullen Satish Seemar Imhamed Nagem 1:36.71[2]
2018 Heavy Metal 8 Mickael Barzalona Salem bin Ghadayer Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 1:36.74[3]
2019 Muntazah 6 Jim Crowley Doug Watson Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:38.21[4]
2020 Capezzano 6 Mickael Barzalona Salem bin Ghadayer Sultan Ali 1:36.23
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See also

References
  1. "UAE races, IFHA Blue Book" (PDF).
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 February 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 February 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 14 February 2019.
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