Glorious Goodwood 2022 saw emerging stars, records broken and fond farewells. Our ‘long read’ racing review brings you a roundup of the highlights. Photographs by Ian Yates www.eyewhy.co.uk TUESDAY Kyprios lit up Day 1 of Glorious Goodwood as he confirmed himself as the new king of the Staying division by edging out Stradivarius in a […]
Glorious Goodwood and The Magnolia Cup 2022: The much-anticipated 11th Markel Magnolia Cup will come under starters’ orders at Qatar Goodwood Festival on Thursday 28th July 2022. The race took its name from the flourishing 290-year-old Magnolia grandifloras at Goodwood House following the 2nd Duke’s enthusiasm for horticulture, and since its inception 11 years ago,
Glorious Goodwood 2022 takes place from Tuesday 26th July to Saturday 30th July. The racing schedule is as follows: Photo by Ian Yates www.eyewhy.co.uk Tuesday 26th July 1.50pm £75,000 Coral Chesterfield Cup (Handicap) 1m 1f 197y 4yo+ 2.25pm £150,000 G2 Japan Racing Association Vintage Stakes 7f 2yo 3.00pm £180,000 G2 World Pool
Former champion jockey Jim Crowley is determined to etch his name into the history books as he attempts to record a remarkable fourth successive win in the King George Qatar Stakes on Friday 31st July at Glorious Goodwood 2020. A victory for Crowley and speedster Battaash during Friday’s showpiece race at the Qatar Goodwood Festival
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Donnacha O’Brien is relishing having his first runner in Britain at the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Thursday 30th July when his Prix de Diane (French Oaks) winner, Fancy Blue, will contest the Qatar Nassau Stakes, a race that forms part of the QIPCO British Champions Series. The 22-year-old, son of multiple Irish champion trainer Aidan,
The mighty stayer Stradivarius (John Gosden/Frankie Dettori, 4/7 Fav) created history on Tuesday 28th July by becoming the first horse to win the G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup four times, adding to his wins in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He previously shared the honour of three Goodwood Cup wins with Double Trigger (1995, 1997, 1998).
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Marcus Tregoning is hoping Mohaather‘s superb turn of foot could prove the deciding factor in what promises to be a compelling clash of the generations in the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday 29th July. The Group 1 mile showpiece, which forms part of the QIPCO British Champions Series, has attracted Kameko and Wichita, who
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Supreme stayer Stradivarius will face six rivals when he targets a record fourth successive win in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup at Glorious Goodwood on Tuesday 28th July 2020. The two-mile Goodwood showpiece, which forms part of the QIPCO British Champions Series, was first run in 1812 but only Double Trigger (1995, 1997 and 1998)
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Oisin Murphy is set to feature as part of Racing Welfare’s Qatar Goodwood Festival Virtual Preview Evening. The Champion Jockey will be interviewed on the night by host Nick Luck to give his thoughts on his rides for the week. The event, which is being supported by Sporting Life, will be broadcast live on the
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Pinatubo had claims to be the season’s leading two-year-old to this point, and he can be regarded as the clear no.1 after a spectacular triumph in the £200,000 G2 Qatar Vintage Stakes. Bred by Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation, and trained for it by Charlie Appleby, Pinatubo followed up his victory in Royal Ascot’s Listed Chesham
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