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".
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
A bell under each place at the table to signal if butlers can come back in to the dining room, a guests privacy is always paramount.
The Fiat S76 or "Beast of Turin" is a Goodwood favourite and can usually be heard before it is seen at #FOS
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.
Goodwood Motor Circuit was officially opened in September 1948 when Freddie March, the 9th Duke and renowned amateur racer, tore around the track in a Bristol 400
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!
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
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”.
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”.
Sir Stirling Moss was one of the founding patrons of the Festival of Speed, and a regular competitor at the Revival.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
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.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
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!
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 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
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.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
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.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
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
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
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Our gin uses wild-grown botanicals sourced from the estate, and is distilled with mineral water naturally chalk-filtered through the South Downs.
The Qatar Sussex Stakes, won this year by Paddington under Ryan Moore, runs on the second day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival and is one of the major mile races of the year.
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The Qatar Sussex stakes of today is a significantly different event from the version first staged in 1841. In fact, had the race continued in its initial guide it is highly unlikely that it would have reached its current status.
When first introduced over a century and a half ago, the Qatar Sussex Stakes was a 6-furlong race for two-year-olds, but it was received with a marked lack of enthusiasm by both owners and trainers. During it 37-year existence under its original format, the race was uncontested on no fewer than 25 occasions, on 14 of those, there was only one runner and so the result was a walkover. Consequently, the format was changed in 1878 and the Sussex stakes became a mile race for three-year-olds. It was not long before the race started to attract the quality of horses now associated as a Group 1 event.
In 1885 Paradox, owned by American Broderick Cloete and trained by John Porter was the first horse to do the 2000 Guineas and Sussex Stakes double. Porter paid 700 guineas for Paradox as a yearling and at first owned him in partnership with Captain Bowler. The colt was then taken over by the first Duke of Westminster for the considerable sum of £6,000.
Twenty-one years passed before another colt of comparable merit to Paradox won the Qatar Sussex stakes. This was Troutbeck, who ironically belonged to the second Duke of Westminster.
The Qatar Sussex stakes received the royal accolade in 1909 with victory for Minoru, who was the first and last Derby winner for King Edward VII. In 1954, Landau was the Queen's first winner in the Sussex Stakes. The 1957 Inner Quorum was a rare big success at Goodwood for trainer Wilf Lyde and jockey Alec Russel. Although Russel is arguable best remembered for an afternoon earlier the same month when he rode winners of all size races at the now defunct Scottish track of Bogside. Only Sir Gordon Richards, before that and Frankie Dottori afterwards, have been through the card at a flat race meeting in Britian.
While there was no lack of talent among winners, there was a distinct shortage of runners. In no year from 1900 had there been a double figured field. The Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup and the Coral Stewards’ Cup were at this time the 'big' races held at Goodwood Racecourse, and the Qatar Sussex Stakes was being primed as the next feature event. To avoid this problem, the event was opened to four-year-olds in 1960, and to horses aged five or older in 1975.
The Qatar Sussex stakes has come a very long way since its days of being a two-year old race in which few were ever interested. Now, it’s on the agenda of any horse with pretensions to being regarded as the top miler in Europe, as its Group 1 status clearly indicates.
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