Bin Suroor salutes Hall of Fame inductee Dubai Millennium
‘Dubai Millennium was special and the public obviously agree’.
Saeed bin Suroor hailed Dubai Millennium as a “special” horse on hearing he is the latest to be voted into the Qipco British Champions Series Hall of Fame. Bin Suroor was referring to his ability to run to an incredibly high level on both turf and dirt, something City Of Troy is hoping to emulate later this year. Originally named Yaazer and with David Loder, Dubai Millennium won nine of his 10 races, with his only defeat coming in the 1999 Derby at Epsom when ninth behind Oath. He went on to win the Prix Jacques le Marois, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Dubai World Cup and Prince of Wales’s Stakes. In seeing off another former Bin Suroor inmate in Daylami, Aidan O’Brien’s teak-tough Giant’s Causeway and John Hammond’s brilliant Montjeu in a public vote, Dubai Millennium joins the likes of Frankel, Brigadier Gerard and Nijinsky in the Hall of Fame.“All those four horses on the shortlist were superstars, everybody would know them worldwide, not just in the UK,” said Bin Suroor. “Dubai Millennium was special and the public obviously agree. We took him everywhere, he won a Dubai World Cup, in France and at Royal Ascot. “He always ran in the top races and always won well. Even in the Dubai World Cup he broke the track record at Nad Al Sheba. “What he was able to do was unusual, winning on turf and dirt, not many have been able to do it at the highest level since.”
🇬🇧 Dubai Millennium takes his place in the @ChampionsSeries Hall of Fame!💙
A winner of nine of his ten starts including four G1’s – and officially rated 136👑 As a three-year-old he won the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and G1 QEII Stakes🥇 He returned as a four-year-old and was… pic.twitter.com/w1dnflCusp — Godolphin (@godolphin) August 27, 2024
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