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The 2009 season commenced when My Indy landed Godolphin’s first Group race of the year with a six-length victory in the Group Three Al Maktoum Challenge Round One at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday, January 15.

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The 2009 season commenced when My Indy landed Godolphin’s first Group race of the year with a six-length victory in the Group Three Al Maktoum Challenge Round One at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday, January 15.©Andrew Watkins
A month later My Indy added the prestigious nine-furlong Group Three Al Maktoum Challenge Round Two to his January 15 victory in Round One of the Al Maktoum Challenge.©Andrew Watkins
Desert Party’s triumph in the Group Three UAE 2,000 Guineas at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday, February 12, was Godolphin’s fourth victory in the race.©Monica Pinheiro
Devotee gained a game victory in the UAE Oaks at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday, February 26.©Andrew Watkins
Saeed bin Suroor leads Gayego into the winner’s enclosure after the 4yo colt showed a powerful burst of speed in the closing stages to win the Group Three Mahab Al Shimaal - Dayjur at Nad Al Sheba on March 5.©Andrew Watkins
Two Step Salsa started Godolphin’s 2009 Dubai World Cup meeting off to a winning one when securing the G2 Godolphin Mile.©Frank Sorge
The UAE Derby was dominated by two Godolphin horses with Regal Ransom holding his stable companion Desert Party at bay by a half a length on Saturday, March 28.©Frank Sorge
Asset showed a good turn of foot to win the Listed totesport.com Leicestershire Stakes and provide the stable with their first European winner of the year.©ProShot
Mastery made a winning Godolphin debut on May 9 in the Group Two Derby Italiano at Capannelle, Rome.©M Perrucci
Yamal led inside the final furlong and ran on to easily win the Listed toteswinger Hambleton Stakes at York on May 14 by half a length.©Mark Cranham
Flying Cloud recorded an emphatic four-length success, on her Godolphin debut, in the Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday, June 18.©Mark Cranham
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed was on hand to welcome Flying Cloud back into the winner’s enclosure after her impressive win the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.©Frank Sorge
Kirklees was the emphatic winner of the Listed Helical Bar Gala Stakes at Sandown Park on July 3, when he stretched clear to record a four-length verdict over stable companion Covert Ambition.©Mark Cranham
Frankie Dettori gave Donativum a masterful ride in the Listed Prix de Saint-Patrick at Deauville on July 4, when finding a gap inside the distance to win by a short neck.©Scoop/Dyga
Kite Wood scored an all-the-way victory in the Group Three Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket’s July Course on July 9 under a fine tactical ride by Frankie Dettori.©Mark Cranham
Tam Lin broke well and was prominent throughout the eight and a half furlong Listed Double Feint Stakes at Belmont Park to lead within the last furlong and win by three quarters of a length.©Adam Coglianese
After leading from the start, Crime Scene quickened well in the home straight to come home the length winner of the Listed Shadwell Beech House Stud Stakes at Newbury on July 18.©Mark Cranham
Kirklees was the decisive winner of the Group Two Sky Bet York Stakes at York on Saturday, July 25.©Jeremy Phillips
Schiaparelli relished the step up to two miles when taking the Group Two Coutts Goodwood Cup in good style at Glorious Goodwood on Thursday, July 30.©Monica Pinheiro
Seventh Street landed her first Grade One success for Godolphin following a convincing win in the Go For Wand Handicap at Saratoga on August 2.©Adam Coglianese
Spring Of Fame and Frankie Dettori were soon in command of the Listed Prix de Tourgeville at Deauville, on August 5, after taking the lead turning for home. The pair won impressively by three lengths.©Scoop/Dyga
Cocoa Beach came with a strong late run in the final furlong of the Listed De La Rose Stakes at Saratoga on August 5 to cross the line a neck in front.©Adam Coglianese
Long Lashes made an excellent Godolphin debut under Ted Durcan when taking the Group Three skybet.com Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket on August 8 by a length.©Matthew Webb
Flashing came with a storming run inside the final furlong to secure the Grade One Test Stakes at Saratoga, USA, on Saturday, August 8.©Adam Coglianese
Sand Vixen was one of six winners for Godolphin on Friday, August 14 when she and jockey Frankie Dettori grabbed victory on the line by a nose in the Listed Bathwick Tyres St Hugh's Stakes at Newbury.©Mark Cranham
Godolphin gained a 100th Group/Grade Three triumph on Saturday, 15 August when Kite Wood won the G3 CGA Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.©Bill Selwyn
Schiaparelli‘s triumph in the Group Two Darley Prix Kergorlay at Deauville, France on Sunday, 23 August 2009 marked Godolphin’s 500th Group/Graded and Listed race success since the stable’s inception.©Scoop/Dyga
Campanologist and Frankie Dettori emerged victorious in the Group Three totepool Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor on Saturday, August 29, coming through to score by half a length.©Gavin James
Meanwhile in the USA, Music Note romped home to a five and a quarter length victory in the Grade One Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga on August 29.©Adam Coglianese
Sara Louise could not have achieved a better performance on her first start of the year and Godolphin debut when winning the Grade Three Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday, August 29.©Adam Coglianese
Kirklees stayed on strongly inside the distance to register a comfortable three-quarter length success in the Group Three totesport.com September Stakes at Kempton Park on September 5.©Mark Cranham
Pyro reached a milestone for Godolphin when winning the Grade One Forego Stakes at Saratoga on September 5 as it was the stable’s 150th worldwide Grade/Group One victory since their inception.©Adam Coglianese
Buzzword, ridden by Ahmed Ajtebi, won the Group Three Prix la Rochette for Godolphin at Longchamp, France, on Sunday, September 6.©Scoop/Dyga
Vale Of York and Ahmed Ajtebi took the lead near the line in the seven-furlong Listed Peter Willett Stakes at Goodwood in September and won by half a length.©OPL Digital
Sand Vixen romped home in the Group Two Polypipe Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster on Friday, September 11 and in doing so shaved more than a third of a second off the juvenile course record for five furlongs.©Mark Cranham
Poet’s Voice stormed to an all-the-way victory in the Group Two DFS Champagne Stakes over seven furlongs at Doncaster on Saturday, September 12.©Steven Cargill
Mastery gave Godolphin a fifth success in the Group One Ladbrokes St Leger when overcoming his stable companion, Kite Wood, in a thrilling renewal of the final British Classic of the year at Doncaster on Saturday, September 12.©Mark Cranham
Frankie Dettori and Cavalryman hit the front in the last 100 yards of the Group Two Qatar Prix Niel at Longchamp, France on September 13 and went on to win by half a length.©Scoop/Dyga
Ashram quickened and ran on well under Ted Durcan to take the Listed Dubai Duty Free Cup at Newbury by a cosy two and a half lengths from stable companion Huntdown.©Mark Cranham
Prince Siegfried got the better of stablemate Baila Me to land the Listed williamhill.com Doonside Cup Stakes at Ayr on September 9.©John Grossick
Regal Ransom dominated the Grade Two Super Derby from start to finish at Louisiana Downs, USA, on September 19.©Lou Hodges Jr
Frankie Dettori and Chock A Block stayed on well to be the short head winner of the Listed Haafhd Godolphin Stakes at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile on October 2.©Steven Cargill
Music Note cruised to yet another Grade One success when taking the Beldame Stakes, by a comfortable two and a quarter lengths, at Belmont Park, USA, on October 3.©Adam Coglianese
On October 6, Peace Camp won the Listed Prix de Bonneval at Chantilly, by a head, when coming with a strong late run to lead in the final strides.©Scoop/Dyga
Girolamo won the Grade Two Jerome Handicap in good style and in a fast time when successfully stepping up in class at New York’s Belmont Park on October 11.©Adam Coglianese
Gayego swept past his nine rivals on the home turn to land his first Grade One victory in the Ancient Title Stakes at Santa Anita on October 11.©Benoit Photo
Gladiatorus was the convincing winner of the Group One Premio Vittorio di Capua, under Ahmed Ajtebi, at San Siro, Milan, Italy, on Sunday, October 11. The four-year-old’s winning margin was four and a half lengths.©Stefano Grasso
The powerful Schiaparelli provided Godolphin with their 155th victory at the highest level when winning the Group One Gran Premio del Jockey Club E Coppa d'Oro in Milan.©Stefano Grasso
Zeitoper, the son of dual Classic heroine Kazzia, won for a third successive time in 2009 by taking the Group Three Prix de Conde over nine furlongs at Longchamp, France, on October 18.©Scoop/Dyga
Vineyard Haven came with a strong late run to the bag the Grade One Frank J De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park, USA, on Saturday, October 24.©Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club
Frankie Dettori gives Baila Me a well deserved pat after their win in the EBF All-Weather 20th Anniversary River Eden Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield Park on October 29 which was Godolphin’s 150th Listed winner since the stable’s inception in 1992.©Mark Cranham
The 151st Listed winner came immediately in the next race when Moonlife won the EBF All-Weather 20th Anniversary Fleur de Lys Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield Park on October 29.©Mark Cranham
Once More Dubai challenged the leaders entering the final furlong and ran on strongly inside the distance to score cosily in the Listed digibet Floodlit Stakes at Kempton Park on November 4 by a length and a half.©Ian Headington
Vale Of York gave jockey Ahmed Ajtebi, trainer Saeed bin Suroor and Godolphin a thrilling victory in the Grade One Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, November 7.©RacingFotos
Godolphin gained a 12th Group One victory of the year as Passion For Gold, with Frankie Dettori in the irons, posted a commanding success in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud at Saint-Cloud, France, on Saturday, November 14.©Scoop/Dyga
Flashing concluded her productive year with an easy win in the nine-furlong Grade One Gazelle Stakes on dirt at Aqueduct, USA, on Saturday, November 28. It was a second Grade One victory of the year for the three-year-old daughter of A P Indy following her triumph in the Grade One Test Stakes over 7f in August.©David Alcosser
With a staggering 202 winners recorded in 2009 (the most successful year numerically for the stable to date), Godolphin now looks forward to January 2010 when H.H. Sheikh Mohammed’s new racecourse Meydan will open its doors to the world with the commencement of the Dubai International Racing Carnival.©www.godolphin.com

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