The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
One Summer, King Edward VII turned his back on the traditional morning suit, and donned a linen suit and Panama hat. Thus the Glorious Goodwood trend was born.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
The Gordon Tartan has been worn by the Dukes and Duchesses over the last 300 years.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
Extracts from the 4th & 5th Dukes diaries are on display with red ink used to highlight great things that had happened.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
Spectate from the chicane at the Revival to see plenty of classic cars going sideways as they exit this infamous point of our Motor Circuit.
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
According to Head Butler at Goodwood House David Edney "Class, sophistication and discretion".
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
The exquisite mirror in the Ballroom of Goodwood House it so big they had to raise the ceiling to get it inside!
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
The Downs Course
As we reach the half way point of the year, it’s pleasing to see the course improvements we have achieved this year. Firstly, the greens are more consistent then I have ever seen them, this is in regards to trueness and speeds. The stimp reading has been averaging 10.1 over the last three weeks and this is also throughout the day. They are also very healthy and the new feed program is working well, which is aiding the greens improving nicely. The greens complex’s (aprons, collars, and bunker surrounds) are also healthy and looking pure, with additional feeding throughout the year. Fairways are also worth a mention as they have good grass coverage and we managed to reduce the lateral growth in the last month, by lowering the cutting heights by 2mm for a few weeks, before coming back up to summer heights.
Although this has been a good achievement in the agronomy team, we still have areas to improve. Bunker sand top up has resumed after having a six week delay on sand, due to supply issues. We have now had 20 tonnes delivered, with another 20 tonnes on back order, which we are still awaiting. We are now continuing de-stoning and topping up bunkers to the correct levels. Since the spring we have completed holes 1 to 6 and 16 to 18. Now we will continue topping up bunkers the next few weeks and improve the playability of the hazards.
Another area which is causing some issues is the natural rough areas. These are slightly thicker than normal, due to the consistent wet weather we have had in the previous 12 months. This has caused the coarse grasses to flourish, rather than the more desired finer grasses. We have reduced some of these areas by lowering the grass height to around six inches for playability purposes. This was done on the landing zones on holes 5, 9, 11 and 16. We have had a lot of wild flowers come through, with a variety of orchids on display throughout the course. Although the natural rough is challenging, it does provide a huge ecology value to the area and plays a big part in our ecology and sustainability policies.
Our irrigation system is still causing us issues with leaks and electric issues, which we are working to solve daily. We have had another burst in the tunnel area and are now using another pipeline to use the automatic watering system on holes, 1, 17, 18 and the putting green. Currently this is working ok and after a few burnt off areas, which are recovering, there should not be much different throughout the course.
The estate water leak continues to flood the 18th first right bunker and this will remain GUR until it is fixed.
Badgers are causing a slight issue again, as they are starting to dig for grubs on the 11th fairway. The only thing we can do is repair the damage with divot mix and continue to do this if damage persists.
We look forward to seeing you on the course!
Rob Dyer, Head Greenkeeper, The Downs course
The Park Course
We had a challenging but very rewarding couple of weeks. After 14 months of growing in, the brand-new Copse facility has finally opened. Its been great to see it being used and enjoyed by so many and the feedback has been very pleasing. Whilst opening The Copse, we were also cutting the Goodwoof Arenas, even at the opening evening of The Copse some of the team dashed off to get some final cutting done ahead of Goodwoof taking place that weekend!
Straight after thet we had the Clutch Pro Tour golf competition, which was a huge success. There was a great field of golfers and they couldn’t praise the surfaces and the conditiion of the course enough, with one competitor saying “greens were second to none”! All thanks go to the team in delivering an excellent competiton, so much so the Clutch Pro Tour cant wait to come back in 2025!
As you can imagine the team are riding a bit of a wave at the moment but this doesn’t come by accident as this is years and months of hard work and doing the correct practices. Improving all surfaces through cultural practices and having consistant feed programmes. The greens have been very consistant with speeds between 9 and 10ft since the end March.
Due to this very busy period the renovation of the 4th and 13th bunkers have been put on hold. After more discussion with EGD it was felt that during the dry summer months, this was not the best time. We need to move irrigation pipework around the new positioned bunkers as this will need the system draining down and will be too risky. We of course will be back on reconstructing these bunkers towards the back end of summer.
Now we move on to the preperation for Festival of Speed. As you have seen in previous years the whole of the 10th is a main entrance and has the Supercar paddock on it, plus on 9th hole we have six helicopters taking off non-stop for four days. To help these areas during that period, we areate the whole of the 10th and apply a foilar feed to strengthen the plant and give us the best chance of quick recovery. We will also do the same with the walk ways.
We look forward to seeing you on the course!
Simon Berry, Head Greenkeeper, The Park course
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