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FACTS & FIGURES FOR GODOLPHIN FROM 1992 TO 2010

01 September 2010

Godolphin's Saeed bin Suroor and jockey Frankie Dettori

Godolphin's Saeed bin Suroor and jockey Frankie Dettori

© Trevor Jones

  • Godolphin's 2010 Worldwide Statistics

    Horses   252
    Races (individual runs) 683
    Wins  128
    Stakes Wins (Group/Grade & Listed)   40 
    G1 Wins  4
    Strike Rate (wins to races)   19% 
    Prize Money Earned   US$11,450,953 

  • Godolphin was founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in the autumn of 1992.  Godolphin's international operation commenced in 1994.
  • Godolphin's Saeed bin Suroor has won the British Trainers' Championship on four occasions (1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004).
  • Godolphin has been crowned Champion British Owner on seven occasions - 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006 & 2007.
  • A total of 1,645 individual Godolphin horses have run on 6,867 occasions achieving 1,649 successes.
  • The ratio of winners to runners is 54%. Out of every 100 horses running for Godolphin, 54 of them will have won at least one race.
  • The Godolphin Strike Rate from 1992 to 2010 (wins to runs) is 24%.
  • The breakdown of runners for Godolphin according to age group is:
     Age   Races   Wins   Strike Rate 
    2YOs  1,657  452  27% 
    3YOs   2,356  565  24% 
    4YOs  1,848 414 22% 
    5YOs  793  179  23% 
    6YOs  173  32  18% 
    7YOs  40 7  18% 
  • Godolphin has won 163 Group or Grade One races with 90 individual horses in 12 countries.
  • Godolphin has run 377 horses in 769 Group or Grade One races.
  • These Group or Grade One races have been staged in 12 different countries.
  • Godolphin has also won 126 Group/Grade Two races with 101 individual horses in 9 different countries and 114 Group/Grade Three races with 97 individual horses in 7 different countries.
  • Godolphin has been successful in 169 Listed races to date in 4 different countries.
  • To summarise, Godolphin has won a total of 572 Stakes (Group/Grade One, Two, Three & Listed) races.
  • Godolphin horses have run at 129 racecourses worldwide. The stable gained further international success in September 2009 when the well-travelled Balius provided Godolphin with their first win in Turkey in the Group Two Anatolia Trophy at Veliefendi.
  • Godolphin has had runners in 16 countries and won Group or Grade One races in 12 of those countries - UAE, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, England, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, the USA and Canada.
  • The stable has had winners in 14 different countries (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Qatar, Singapore, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom & USA).
  • The most successful racecourse for Godolphin has been Nad Al Sheba, with 255 wins from 1,083 runners.
  • In the UAE, Godolphin's home country, 564 individual horses have run on 1,294 occasions, resulting in 300 victories.
  • The top 10 most successful racecourses for Godolphin are as follows:

     No.   Racecourse   Wins 
    1   Nad Al Sheba (UAE)  255
    2 Newmarket (UK)   148 
    3  Goodwood (UK) 72
    4  Belmont Park (USA)   65 
    5 Lingfield Park (UK)   65 
    6  York (UK  63 
    7  Ascot (UK)  61 
    8  Doncaster (UK)  61 
    9  Kempton Park (UK)  50 
    10  Newbury (UK)  47 
  • Godolphin has three trainers: Saeed bin Suroor, Mahmood Al Zarooni and Andre Fabre.
  • Godolphin horses have been ridden by a total of 206 jockeys.
  • Godolphin's jockey Frankie Dettori is the most successful rider for the stable gaining 798 successes from 2,739 rides since joining Godolphin in 1994.
  • Frankie Dettori has ridden 96 Group or Grade One winners for Godolphin along with 80 Group Two winners, 61 Group Three winners and 79 Listed winners.
  • Jockey Ahmed Ajtebi has ridden 39 winners from 237 rides for Godolphin since 2009.
  • Godolphin's first runner was Cutwater at Nad Al Sheba on December 24, 1992. Godolphin's international operation started in 1994.
  • On September 5 2009, Godolphin celebrated another historic landmark when Pyro provided the stable with its 150th victory at the highest level following his success in the Grade One Forego Stakes at Saratoga Racecourse, USA.
  • The breakdown of Godolphin's Group/Grade One successes occurred in the following order:

    G1 Wins  Horse  Race  Year 
    1st G1/Classic  Balanchine  English Oaks, Epsom, UK  1994 
    25th G1  Cape Cross  Lockinge Stakes, Newbury, UK  1998 
    50th G1   Kayf Tara  Irish St Leger, The Curragh, Ireland  1999 
    75th G1  Sakhee  Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp, France  2001 
    100th G1  Sulamani Arlington Million, Arlington Park, USA  2003 
    125th G1  Electrocutionist  Dubai World Cup, Nad Al Sheba, UAE  2006 
    150th G1  Pyro  Forego Stakes, Saratoga, USA  2009 

  • Schiaparelli‘s triumph in the Group Two Darley Prix Kergorlay at Deauville, France on Sunday, 23 August 2009 saw Godolphin reach a notable landmark of 500 Group/Grade and Listed race victories since the stable’s inception.
  • Godolphin landed their 150th Listed winner since the international stable started out in 1992 when Baila Me won the EBF All-Weather 20th Anniversary River Eden Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield Park on October 29 2009.
  • Bab Al Salam recorded the stable's 1500th winner when victorious in the Christmas Party Nights at Kempton Park Handicap Stakes at Kempton Park on Tuesday, November 3 2009.
  • Dubai Millennium, Halling and Kayf Tara have been the most successful Godolphin horses by number of wins, each winning nine races.
  • Daylami and Fantastic Light have been the most successful Godolphin horses in Group or Grade One races, each winning six times at the highest level.
  • Fantastic Light and Street Cry have been the most successful Godolphin horses with regard to prize money, with Fantastic Light earning approximately £3,400,000Stg (US$5,300,000) and Street Cry earning £3,500,000Stg (US$5,150,000).
  • Godolphin's most successful years numerically are 2009 (202 winners) and 2001 (133 winners).
  • Godolphin has reached 100 wins in a calendar year on eight occasions (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 & 2010) since its inception in 1992. The fastest being in 2010 when Biondetti scored in the Talk Night Club Maiden Stakes at Newmarket, United Kingdom on Friday, August 6 to secure the century.
  • A breakdown of prize money earned by Godolphin from 1992 to 2009:

     Year   Horse   Races   Wins   Strike Rate   Prize Money 
    2010  252  683 128  19%  US$11,450,953
    2009  227  762  202  27%  US$20,342,728 
    2008  169  558  112  20%  US$12,126,836 
    2007  154  432  97  22%  US$8,085,114 
    2006  144  330  101  31%  US$11,029,755 
    2005  202  516  102  20%  US$9,366,411 
    2004  179  515  128  25%  US$13,648,714 
    2003  102  290  56  19%  US$12,604,546 
    2002  166  409  88  22%  US$18,820,289 
    2001  165  469  133  28%  US$18,141,596 
    2000  131  376  75  20%  US$15,807,812 
    1999  137  329  93  28%  US$14,284,672 
    1998  125  336  102  30%  US$9,081,600 
    1997  82  214  56  26%  US$2,982,570 
    1996  68  265  76  29%  US$5,700,440 
    1995  60  192  43  22%  US$6,751,195 
    1994  49  162  49  30%  US$2,105,478 
    1993  11  28  7  25%  US$114,016 
    1992  1  1  1  100%  US$3,642 

  • The Godolphin horses who have run around the world are the progeny of 379 individual stallions.
  • The stable's headquarters is at Al Quoz, Dubai, with a summer base since 1994 in Newmarket, England.

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