Nad Al Sheba is a locality in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

 (UAE). Situated south of the Dubai Creek

Dubai Creek

Dubai Creek or Khor Dubai is a saltwater creek located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . It ends at Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Some sources say that the creek extended as far inland as Al Ain, and that the Ancient Greeks called it River Zara. Historically, the creek divided the city into two...

, Nad Al Sheba is best known for its racecourse, the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse

Nad Al Sheba Racecourse is a former Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates opened in 1986. It has a 2,200 metre left-handed dirt race track and a left-handed turf course of the same distance...

, which hosted the Dubai World Cup

Dubai World Cup

The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and from 2010 at the Meydan Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates...

 annually until 2009

Nad Al Sheba comprises four sub-communities:

• Nad Al Sheba 1
• Nad Al Sheba 2
• Nad Al Sheba 3
• Nad Al Sheba 4

The racecourse is located in Nad Al Sheba 1, while the stables that bred racehorses such as Dubai Millennium

Dubai Millennium

Dubai Millennium was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, bred in the United States but trained in the United Kingdom and Dubai during his racing career which ran from 1998 and 2000. He is notable for winning a series of major races in 1999 and 2000 including the Dubai World Cup...

 and Essence of Dubai are located in Nad Al Sheba 2. The Nad Al Sheba palace of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...

 is located in Nad Al Sheba 1.

Nad Al Sheba is bordered to the north by Al Markada

Al Markada

Al Markada , also spelled Al Marked or Al Markad, is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Located in western Dubai in Bur Dubai, Al Markada is bordered to the north by Zabeel and Business Bay, to the south by Nad Al Sheba and Al Quoz and to the east by Bu Kadra...

, Bu Kadra

Bu Kadra

Bu Kadra is a small, developing locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Bu Kadra is situated south of Dubai Creek, adjacent to Ras Al Khor Industrial Areas. The community is part of Dubai Municipality's expansion, south of the Creek. Historically, Bu Kadra was not a residential area, but...

 and Ras Al Khor Industrial Area

Ras Al Khor Industrial Area

Ras Al Khor Industrial Area is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Literally meaning Cape of the Creek, Ras Al Khor is part of several industrial areas located in the suburban areas of Dubai...

s, and to the west by Al Quoz

Al Quoz

Al Quoz , or Al Goze, is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Al Quoz is located in western Dubai. It is bordered to the north by Al Wasl and to the west by Umm Al Sheif, Al Manara and Al Safa...

.