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2010 Breeders' Cup
Where: Churchil Downs
When: 97 days until the Breeders' Cup takes place on November 5 and 6
Watch: See
it on TV with ESPN at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Nov 6th)
Bet: Our Breeders' Cup Odds are in our Sportsbook.
Purse: $25.5 Million
1967-10-10 Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates Currently Residing: Dubai - United Arab Emirates He leads a happy family life with his wife and three children. Notes: Saeed bin Suroor is a former policeman who switched over to a horse racing trainer in his carreer front. In 1994 he took out his training license. In 1995 he was appointed as a trainer at Sheikh Mohammed\' s stable. Later on, in England he went on to supervise the Godolphin horses. He has trained Barrier Reef, Zada Belle, Cocoa Beach, Music Note, Little Belle and Folk Opera. At Santa Anita racetracks in 1995, he emerged victorious in the Grade I San Juan Capistrano Invitation al Handicap. In 2008 Music Note won Mother Goose Stakes and Gazelle Stakes while Cocoa Beach clinched the top position in Beldame Stakes. Almutawake l, Dubai Millennium , Street Cry, Moon Ballad and Electrocut ionist were trained under the expert hands of Saeed bin Suroor. He has earned a mammoth $3,234,683 in 2008 from 22 wins. |
| Year | Races Run | Wins | Place | Show | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 100 | 27 | 18 | 15 | - |
| 2007 | 81 | 18 | 11 | 17 | - |
| 2006 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 3 | - |
| • Red Bishop was the first of a number of overseas successes for bin Suroor. He won the San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap at Santa Anita in 1995, in 1996 Saeed bin Suroor won the 2,000 Guineas and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes with Mark of Esteem, the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot with Classic Cliché, and the Coral Eclipse and Juddmonte International with Halling, which helped propel bin Suroor to his first win in the British Trainers’ Championship. His Dubai Millennium lifted the Dubai World Cup in 2000 while Bachir clinched victory for him in the French and Irish 2000 Guineas. He started the 2004 European season with the win in the National Stakes in Ireland and ended the campaign in sixth place in the trainer’s table compiling 78 wins from 407 starts. In March 2006, his Electrocutionist won the Dubai World Cup while Discreet Cat lifted the UAE Derby. |
