Saeed bin Suroor

Saeed bin Suroor is a UAE-born trainer who trains for Godolphin Racing He is their longest-serving trainer, having worked for the barn since 1995, and is one of the top trainers in the U.K.

He has saddled 12 British classic winners and a record seven Dubai World Cup winners, including Dubai Millenium and  Street Cry. He also has three Breeders' Cup wins: two in the Turf (Daylami, 1999, and Fantastic Light, 2001) and one in the Juvenile (Vale of York, 2009). Other top horses trained by bin Suroor include Arlington Million winner Sulamani, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners Lammtarra (1995), Sakhee (2001) and Marienbard (2002), Beldame winner Imperial Gesture, Vosburgh winner Girolamo and multiple Grade 1 winners Music Note and Cocoa Beach.

In 2017 bin Suroor saddled Thunder Snow to a victory in the UAE Derby, earning a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate. Thunder Snow again displayed his affinity for the Meydan dirt surface in 2018, winning the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 in February before an upset victory in the $10 million Dubai World Cup. Thunder Snow would become bin Suroor's record ninth winner of the Dubai World Cup when he added a historic second win in the 2019 race.