Goodwood Racecourse
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Location | Flat |
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Notable races | Stewards' Cup Nassau Stakes Goodwood Cup Sussex Stakes |
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Goodwood Racecourse is a
It is considered to enjoy an attractive setting to the north of
This is an unusual, complex racecourse with a straight six furlongs—the "Stewards' Cup Course"—which is uphill for the first furlong and mostly downhill thereafter. There is a tight right-handed loop at the far end of the straight on which there are starts for various longer distance courses. These include the 1 mile 2 furlongs (1m 2f) "Craven Course", the 1m 4f "Gratwicke Course" and the 1m 6f "Bentinck Course". The start for the 2m 5f "Cup Course" is quite close to the winning post—horses travel outwards on the straight, around the loop and back. Throughout the loop there are severe undulations and sharp turns. The course is used for
From 1968 to 1970 the course's late summer meeting was shown on
In the late 18th century, Goodwood became the location for the first flag start on a British racecourse, at the behest of Lord George Bentinck, after a particularly shambolic start involving jockey Sam Arnull caused by an elderly deaf starter with a speech impediment.[2] Its primary meeting, now known as "Glorious Goodwood", was established in 1802 and the important early handicap the Goodwood Stakes was established in 1823.[3]
Notable races
Month | Meeting | DOW | Race Name | Type | Grade | Distance | Age/sex |
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May | Spring Meeting | Saturday | Daisy Warwick Stakes | Flat | Listed | 1m 4f | 4yo + f |
May | Spring Meeting | Thursday | Height of Fashion Stakes | Flat | Listed | 1m 1f 192y | 3yo only f |
May | Spring Meeting | Friday | Cocked Hat Stakes | Flat | Listed | 1m 3f | 3yo only |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Tuesday | Molecomb Stakes | Flat | Group 3 | 5f | 2yo only |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Tuesday | Lennox Stakes | Flat | Group 2 | 7f | 3yo + |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Wednesday | Vintage Stakes | Flat | Group 2 | 7f | 2yo only |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Wednesday | Gordon Stakes | Flat | Group 3 | 1m 4f | 3yo only |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Wednesday | Sussex Stakes | Flat | Group 1 | 1m | 3yo + |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Thursday | Richmond Stakes | Flat | Group 2 | 6f | 2yo only |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Thursday | Lillie Langtry Stakes | Flat | Group 2 | 1m 6f | 3yo + f |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Thursday | Goodwood Cup | Flat | Group 1 | 2m | 3yo + |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Friday | Oak Tree Stakes | Flat | Group 3 | 7f | 3yo + f |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Friday | King George Stakes | Flat | Group 2 | 5f | 3yo + |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Friday | Thoroughbred Stakes | Flat | Group 3 | 1m | 3yo only |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Friday | Glorious Stakes | Flat | Group 3 | 1m 4f | 4yo + |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Saturday | Stewards' Cup | Flat | Handicap | 6f | 3yo + |
July–August | Glorious Festival | Saturday | Nassau Stakes | Flat | Group 1 | 1m 1f 192y | 3yo + f |
August | August Meeting | Saturday | Celebration Mile | Flat | Group 2 | 1m | 3yo + |
August | August Meeting | Saturday | Prestige Stakes | Flat | Group 3 | 7f | 2yo only f |
September | Autumn Meeting | Wednesday | Foundation Stakes | Flat | Listed | 1m 1f 192y | 3yo + |
September | Autumn Meeting | Tuesday | Stardom Stakes | Flat | Conditions | 7f | 2yo only |
- Other races
References
- ^ "Duke of Richmond to take Goodwood brand on the road to Qatar". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Was It "Go" or "No"?". The Sunday Post. 1 August 1926. Retrieved 21 January 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Cawthorne & Herod 1902, p. 11.
Works cited
- Cawthorne, George James; Herod, Richard S. (1902). Royal Ascot, Its History & Its Associations (PDF). London: A Treherne & Co. ISBN 9785519295192. Retrieved 31 January 2022.