Posts tagged Goodwood
Sea Lord wins totesport Mile
Jul 30th
When Mark Johnston talks, people tend to listen. The trainer is rarely short of an opinion, or 12, on various matters but the fact that those opinions make sense means that his views colour those of others. So when the man who has been the leading trainer at the Glorious Goodwood meeting seven times previously, [...]
Joseph Henry wins Stewards’ Sprint
Jul 30th
David Nicholls and his team of sprinters are always feared at Goodwood. The Yorkshire trainer has won the Stewards’ Cup twice in the last 10 years and he is not too shabby elsewhere at the meeting. Nicholls had won the Rolf Group Stewards’ Sprint, the consolation race for those who missed the cut in Stewards’ [...]
Goodwood preview day four
Jul 29th
Those looking to draw conclusions about the totesport Mile, the highlight of the fourth day of the Glorious Goodwood meeting may well be best served by reviewing stalls positions before starting the hours of careful formbook sifting. In the last five years only one winner – Laa Rayb 12 months ago – came from a [...]
Drawing conclusions about Stewards’ Cup
Jul 29th
Everyone loves to pick the winner of the big race but one man has developed an usual knack. Mike Cattermole, the Channel 4 racing presenter, is the man when it comes to drawing stalls’ positions for the £100,000 bluesq.com Stewards’ Cup, which is run at Goodwood on Saturday. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Mike-Cattermole-draws-on-experience-in-Stewards-Cup-a19293
Illustrious Blue the local hero in Goodwood Cup
Jul 29th
There is a 30ft bronze horse sculpture at Goodwood but there were a few people who reckoned that it should be replaced by one of Illustrious Blue. The horse on whom trainer William Knight has built his career can now be regarded as the king of Goodwood after he claimed his seventh course victory in [...]
Borderlescott flies in King George Stakes
Jul 29th
For everyone who creaks just a little more getting out of bed each morning the victory for Borderlescott at Goodwood proves that there is no such thing as too old. The veteran sprinter became the oldest winner, at the age eight, of the Group Two Audi King George Stakes. Starfish Bay, the first American-trained runner [...]
Beachfire wins Summer Vase Handicap
Jul 29th
He was reluctant to go down to the start, so slowly away from the stalls that the jockey was pushing within a matter of strides and last at the beginning of the home straight. But Beachfire was in front where it mattered most as he got up in the last strides to win the TurfTV [...]
Goodwood preview day three
Jul 28th
The third day of the Glorious Goodwood meeting proves that opposites can attract with the two highlight races at both ends of the distance scale. The stayers take centre stage with the Group Two Artemis Goodwood Cup, and Age Of Aquarius heads a field of 12 as he attempts to snap a run of three [...]
Canford Cliffs wins Sussex Stakes in style
Jul 28th
Richard Hannon had said that Canford Cliffs could be the best horse that he has ever trained and the horse proved it. Having shown himself to be the best of the three-year-old milers, Canford Cliffs took on the older division for the first time in the Group One Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and was equally [...]
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