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Goodwood Race Track

Goodwood Race Track: The Best Horse Racing in the lovely English Countryside!

Goodwood Race Track is a horse race track located five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, England. Goodwood Race Track regularly stages 20+ days of flat horse racing each year. The Goodwood Race Track season is a firm fixture in the English Summer Season.

Goodwood Race Track is home to the yearly five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting, which is one of the highlights of the British flat racing calendar. Two of Britain's 31 Group One flat races, namely the Sussex Stakes and the Nassau Stakes, are components of the Glorious Goodwood.

The Duke of Richmond contols Goodwood Race Track and his seat is Goodwood House located very near the race track.

Goodwood Race Track also hosts several important stakes events. Among them are:

• Celebration Mile
• Cocked Hat Stakes
• Glorious Stakes
• Goodwood Cup
• Gordon Stakes
• Height of Fashion Stakes
• King George Stakes
• Lennox Stakes
• Lillie Langtry Fillies' Stakes
• March Stakes

Goodwood Race Track's location close to the coast sometimes poses fog problems but nevertheless, is considered very pleasing and picturesque.

Goodwood Race Track has three enclosures overlooking the track, giving spectacular views of the Sussex Downs. The Richmond (Members) Enclosure, the Gordon Enclosure and the Lennox Enclosure.

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Goodwood Race Track Description

• Goodwood Race Track has a rather unusual, complex track with a straight six furlongs - the so-called "Stewards' Cup Track" - 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 tracks. These include the 1 mile, 2 furlong "Craven Track"; the 1 mile, 4 furlong "Gratwicke Track"; and the 1 mile, 6 furlong "Bentinck Track".

• Overall, Goodwood Race Track is said to favour a classy, well-balanced and nimble horse.

Goodwood Race Track History

• In 1802, horse racing was started at the Goodwood Race Track by the 3rd Duke of Richmond.

• In 1812, the first running of the Goodwood Cup was held.

• In 1814, the Glorious Goodwood commenced.

• In 1833, the Molecomb Stakes was first run at Goodwood Race Track.

• In 1840, the famous Nassau Stakes had its inaugural run at Goodwood Race Track.

• In 1841, its was the turn of the Sussex Stakes to have its initial run at Goodwood Race Track.

• In 2003, Goodwood Race Track was voted the best-kept flat race track in the UK.

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