Horse Racing At Nad-Al-Sheba

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Dubi, United Arab Emirates opened in 1986. It has a 2,200 meter left handed dirt race track and a left handed turf course of the same distance. It operates from November through March and features the Dubai International Racing Carnival and its Dubai World Cup Night.

History of Nad-Al-Sheba racecourse

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The track:

The left-handed Nad Al Sheba dirt track is 2,254 metres in circumference and 20 metres wide. It has three chutes to accommodate starting points for races scheduled over 2,000 metres, 1,600 metres and 1,200 metres. The 1,200 metres chute provides a straight course for races from 1,000 metres to 1,200 metres. The surface is comprised of a mixture of fine dune sand, silt and clay and 3 inches of cushion are harrowed up daily for training and racing alike. It is routinely harrowed, watered and graded to ensure the going remains constant.

The left-handed Nad Al Sheba turf track is 2,121 metres in circumference and 20 metres wide. It has three chutes to accommodate starting points for races scheduled over 2,000 metres, 1,600 metres and 1,200 metres. The 1,200 metres chute is mainly used to start 2,800-3,200 metres races; all sprint races are started on the main. The grass is a Bermuda hybrid and is planted in local sand termed "sweet soil". It was top-dressed with an inch of peat moss in the summer of 1997 and again in 1998. The grass is kept at 6 inches during the racing season and is over-sown with rye in the autumn. It rides consistently good.