Meydan Racecourse

Meydan Racecourse
The grandstand at Meydan
LocationMeydan City, Dubai
Coordinates25°09′22″N 55°18′24″E / 25.1561024°N 55.3065491°E / 25.1561024; 55.3065491
Owned byDubai Racing Club
Date opened27 March 2010[1]
Course typeFlat
Notable racesDubai World Cup
Official website
The Meydan grandstand
A race at Meydan
Meydan had the world's longest television screen
Meydan Grandstand interior
Part of the spectator terrace at Meydan

Meydan Racecourse is a racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The grandstand is a half mile in length, and can accommodate over 60,000 spectators.

Meydan opened on 27 March 2010,[1] replacing Nad Al Sheba Racecourse, which formerly occupied the same site. It includes a horse racing museum, gallery and five-star hotel and nine-hole golf course. When not in use for racing it serves as a business and conference centre. The track's interior was also used as a filming location for the film Star Trek Beyond, depicting the docking bay where the USS Enterprise is moored, including the bar scene during the film's climax which contains a ship construction bay.

On February 16, 2024, Saffie Osborne became the first female jockey to win a race at Meydan, winning the Lord Glitters Handicap.[2]

  1. ^ a b Leslie Wilson Jr; Aya Lowe (December 15, 2009). "Meydan race course construction on track". Gulf News. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. ^ Jr, Leslie Wilson. "The long wait is over! Meydan finally has its first woman jockey winner". Khaleej Times.

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