Found on the lawn at FOS is the finest concours d'elegance in the world, where the most beautiful cars are presented
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".
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
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
G. Stubbs (1724–1806) created some of the animal portraiture masterpieces at Goodwood House, combining anatomical exactitude with expressive details
Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
Extracts from the 4th & 5th Dukes diaries are on display with red ink used to highlight great things that had happened.
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.
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
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.
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
From 2005 to present there has been a demonstration area for the rally cars at the top of the hill
Nick Heidfelds 1999 (41.6s) hillclimb record was beaten after Max Chilton in his McMurtry Spéirling fan car tore it to shreds at 39.08s in 2022!
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
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
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
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.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
David Edney, head Butler dons a morning suit "and a smile" every day and has been woking at Goodwood for over 25 years!
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.
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 of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
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!
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
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
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
Going into spring we have had a spring flush and now the grass is growing at a high rate.
Greens have differed in consistency during the morning and afternoons this month due to the uneven growth of the multi-cultural grasses and the poa grass plant trying to catch up to the height of the bent species. The bent species has thrived in the last year, which is pleasing to see. The greens in the morning are at a decent speed for this time of year, however they can slow down by over a foot with the day’s growth and foot traffic. Therefore, we have decided to verti cut the greens, which will remove the lateral growth and improve green speeds and trueness. With the addition of top dressing and rolling, the green speeds should improve over up the coming weeks and become more consistent over the site.
Tees, aprons and collars have received an organic fertiliser and now we will need to apply a growth regulator to control these areas too. The aprons grass coverage and turf quality is the best I have seen it in years, this is mainly down to the cultural practices and correct nutrition program we have now adopted.
Fairways also have good grass coverage, albeit a lot of lateral growth. After agronomist recommendations, we have dropped the heights of our fairway mowers by 2mm to remove some of this lateral growth, this was only done for one week, before cutting heights were raised back to normal. There will be a lot of grass clippings around for the next week whilst we blow off these areas with our turbo blowers. The fairways have always received a wetting agent, liquid feed and selective weedkiller treatment this month.
Unfortunately, we have had to delay our bunker top up schedule, as we are currently experiencing a shortage of sand. We have had to change supplier to source our current sand and this delivery should be with us at the beginning of June, where we will continue to top up the bunkers to the correct levels. We have also had some more wash down after heavy rain on some of the bunkers, which again has been repaired.
The long natural rough has started to grow and we have started to see some of the wild flowers appear. More and more should flourish in the upcoming weeks.
The 5th tee continues to struggle and we need to re-turf the front of it again and take a different approach to the nutritional side of the microclimate we have on that area of the course.
Look forward to seeing you on the course
Rob Dyer, Head Greenkeeper, The Downs course
This month has been busy getting ready to open The Copse. I wanted to dedicate this month’s blog to photos from the launch event of the facility on Thursday 16 May.
The Duke of Richmond opened the facility, which was then followed by a Short Game clinic with friend of Golf At Goodwood, Toby Tree, England International and Goodwood Junior, Drew Sykes and Team Goodwood’s Anna Freidinova which was presented by Sky Sports Presenter, Gabbie Partington. Afterwards, they then took to the Short Course to play a six-hole exhibition match which was won by Drew Sykes.
A huge congratulations to the team for all their hard work on The Copse and we look forward to seeing you out there very soon.
Look forward to seeing you on the course!
Simon Berry, Head Greenkeeper, The Park course