Glorious Goodwood has run on the downland above Chichester since 1802, the Dukes of Richmond's summer meeting and one of the oldest fixtures in British racing.
Glorious Goodwood, the summer meeting the Dukes of Richmond have run since 1802, fills Goodwood Racecourse in Chichester, West Sussex, from Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 July 2027.
The meeting added the Goodwood Stakes in 1823. Later in the nineteenth century, Lord George Bentinck reformed the starting procedure here after a false start caused by an elderly starter who was deaf. The reform spread to every course in the country.
In 1836 the first horsebox in the world took Elis from Goodwood to Doncaster for the St Leger, and he arrived fresh and won. In 1883 St Simon won the Goodwood Cup by twenty lengths and could not be pulled up, running on over the top of Trundle hill.
Ladies’ Day carries the Magnolia Cup, a charity race ridden by amateurs. The Earl’s Lawn is the enclosure the estate keeps for its own members and their guests.
Goodwood also runs a Spring Meeting, three Friday nights and an August bank holiday fixture. This is the week the course is judged on.