Team Godolphin

The world’s largest horseracing team was named in honour of the Godolphin Arabian, who came from the desert to become one of the three founding fathers of the modern thoroughbred. Today, Team Godolphin spans four continents with Sheikh Mohammed as the driving force. Godolphin’s headquarters are in Dubai and the team has horses in training in Australia, Japan, France, Ireland, the UK and the US.

Meet the team

Dubai & UK

Saeed bin Suroor

Godolphin’s longest-serving trainer, Saeed bin Suroor trains from his home base of Al Quoz Stables in Dubai from November to April and is based in the UK for the rest of the year.

Dubai & UK

Charlie Appleby

Charlie Appleby worked for Sheikh Mohammed for 15 years before being appointed as Godolphin trainer. He divides his time between Dubai and Newmarket in the UK.

Australia

James Cummings

From one of the most famous racing families in Australia, James Cummings is a fourth-generation racehorse trainer.

William Buick

Two-time Champion jockey William Buick is a retained rider for Godolphin. He has ridden successfully all over the world.

Mickael Barzalona

Mickael Barzalona became a Godolphin jockey in March 2012 and is Godolphin’s principal rider in France.

Team Godolphin films

Get the inside track from Team Godolphin. You’ll find lots to entertain you here.

Trainers we work with

Godolphin also has horses in training with the following public trainers:

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Horses in training

Andre Fabre

Anthony & Sam Freedman

Brad H Cox

Brendan P Walsh

Eoin Harty

H-A Pantall

Haruki Sugiyama

Hideaki Fujiwara

Hirofumi Shii

Hiroyasu Tanaka

Hiroyuki Uehara

Inao Okada

Ippo Sameshima

J P Murtagh

John & Thady Gosden

Katsunori Tanaka

Keiji Yoshimura

Keizo Ito

Kenji Nonaka

Mamoru Ishibashi

Masahiro Otake

Masakazu Ikegami

Masashi Atarashi

Masato Nishizono

Michael Stidham

Mitsugu Kon

Mitsumasa Nakauchida

Mizuki Takayanagi

Noriyuki Hori

Ryo Terashima

Ryuji Okubo

Sakae Kunieda

Shigeyuki Kojima

Shintaro Suzuki

Shinya Kobayashi

Shogo Hatabata

Shogo Yasuda

Shota Nishizono

Simon & Ed Crisford

Takaki Iwato

Takashi Kanari

Takayuki Kato

Teruhiko Chida

Tetsuya Kimura

Tomohito Ozeki

Tomoyasu Sakaguchi

Toru Hayashi

Toru Kurita

Tsutomu Ogata

Tsuyoshi Tanaka

William Mott

Yoshitada Takahashi

Yuichi Shikato

Yuki Uehara

Yukihiro Kato

Yusuke Wada