Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Dubai City of Gold is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1998 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai United Arab Emirates. Given the nickname for the city of Dubai the Group 2 race is open to Northern and Southern Hemisphere bred horses age four years and up. It is raced on tuf at a distance of 2400 meters (app. 1½ miles).Initially a conditions race it was upgraded to Group 3 status in 2001 and then to Group 2 status in 2009.