Glorious Goodwood

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Glorious End Completes Wonderful Week
04/08/07

The curtain came down this evening on an exceptional week’s racing at Glorious Goodwood, where crowds flocked to witness high-class and competitive racing.

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Attendance and tote figures showed increases on each of the meeting’s five days last year, and some brilliant performances from horses and jockeys will live long in the memory.

Managing director Rod Fabricius praised Goodwood’s staff in his summary of the event, and said the course would continue striving to improve the Glorious Goodwood experience for competitors and spectators.

Fabricius said: “It’s been a great week’s racing with more runners than I can remember - the weather’s been fabulous and all the hard work of the staff has been rewarded with good increases in crowd, tote and catering sales.

“We’ve welcomed new sponsors, while the race programme has been very strong throughout, and, given the wet summer, the course has stood up very well. Seamus Buckley and the ground staff deserve to be congratulated on presenting the course to a very high standard throughout the week.

“Blue Square’s three-year sponsorship of the final day has got off to a tremendous start, and the quality of the Blue Square Nassau Stakes was very high. We’re looking forward to building on what we’ve achieved with them in the first year of the partnership.

“Inevitably we can make some improvements in such areas as speed of arrival into car parks, provision of courtesy transport, provision of lavatories, sufficiency of furniture and seating, and speedy services of good value food and drink. They are the essentials to an enjoyable day out.

“We will strive to ensure racegoers continue enjoying racing on top of the Downs, and are very keen to avoid any risk of over-crowding. We want to ensure those who support Goodwood can take home great memories of their day with us.

“We would love to increase prize-money, and will strive to do so, but it is under constant pressure from the challenge we face in attracting new sponsorship.”

TOTE TURNOVER RISES AGAIN

totepool on-course cash turnover

DAY 2007 2006
Tuesday £456,812 £447,011 +£9,801 (+2.2%)
Wednesday £513,898 £491,218 +£22,680 (+4.6%)
Thursday £667,249 £619,424 +£47,825 (+7.7%)
Friday £706,689 £590,296 +£116,393 (+19.7%) -
Saturday £552,798 £39,049 +£13,749 (+2.5%)

GLORIOUS GOODWOOD 2007 - WINNERS

Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Race Winner Trainer Jockey SP
Bank Of Scotland Investment Service Hcp CHAMPIONSHIP POINT Mick Channon Darryll Holland 8/1
Gordon Stakes (Group 3) YELLOWSTONE Aidan O’Brien IRE Johnny Murtagh 5/2 JF
Betfair Cup (Group 2) TARIQ Peter Chapple-Hyam Kerrin McEvoy 7/2
Betfair Molecomb Stakes (Group 3) FLEETING SPIRIT Jeremy Noseda Johnny Murtagh 8/1
Detica Summer Handicap SCRIPTWRITER Saeed bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 7/1
Tatler Summer Season EBF Maiden Stakes SHALLAL Peter Chapple-Hyam Jimmy Fortune 4/1 CF
TurfTV Handicap FREMEN David Nicholls Adrian Nicholls 12/1

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Race Winner Trainer Jockey SP
Invesco Perpetual Goodwood Handicap SECRET PLOY Hughie Morrison Steve Drowne 16/1
Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes (Group 2) RIO DE LA PLATA Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 8/13 F
BGC Sussex Stakes (Group 1) RAMONTI Saeed bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 9/2
BGC Handicap REGAL FLUSH Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore 14/1
Weatherbys Bank Fillies’ Handicap FONGS GAZELLE Mark Johnston Richard Hills 12/1
Links Of London Maiden Fillies’ Stakes FASHION ROCKS Brian Meehan Jimmy Fortune 4/1
Kennels EBF Classified Stakes LAA RAYB Mark Johnston Joe Fanning 10/1

Thursday, August 2, 2007
Race Winner Trainer Jockey SP
Lillie Langtry Stakes (Group 3) HI CALYPSO Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore 3/1 JF
Audi Stakes (Group 3) MOORHOUSE LAD Bryan Smart Ryan Moore 10/1
ABN AMRO Goodwood Cup (Group 2) ALLEGRETTO Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore 8/1
Alphameric Vase Heritage Handicap PIPEDREAMER John Gosden Martin Dwyer 11/2 F
De Boer Handicap DOCOFTHEBAY Jamie Osborne Ryan Moore 4/1
EBF New Ham Maiden Fillies’ Stakes CELTIC SLIPPER Ralph Beckett Seb Sanders 33/1
Audi Q7 Cup Handicap CONTINENT David Nicholls Paul Hanagan 18/1

Friday, August 3, 2007
Race Winner Trainer Jockey SP
Coutts Glorious Stakes PURPLE MOON Luca Cumani Jamie Spencer 11/2
Oak Tree Stakes (Group 3) WAKE UP MAGGIE Chris Wall George Baker 11/1
totesport Mile Heritage Handicap THIRD SET Roger Charlton Jimmy Quinn 5/2 F
Richmond Stakes (Group 2) STRIKE THE DEAL Jeremy Noseda Eddie Ahern 7/1
Royal & SunAlliance Nursery COASTING Amanda Perrett Jim Crowley 10/1
Turf Club Stewards’ Sprint Handicap PEARLY WAY Clive Cox Philip Robinson 8/1
TurfTv Handicap MAROZI Michael Jarvis Philip Robinson 7/2 F

Saturday, August 4, 2007
Race Winner Trainer Jockey SP
bluesquare.com Handicap SANBUCH Luca Cumani Jamie Spencer 7/1
bluesquarepoker.com Thoroughbred Stakes DUBAI’S TOUCH Mark Johnston Royston Ffrench 16/1
Blue Square Nassau Stakes (Group 1) PEEPING FAWN Aidan O’Brien IRE Johnny Murtagh 2/1 F
bluesquare.com Stewards’ Cup ZIDANE James Fanshawe Jamie Spencer 6/1 F
Blue Square Telebet EBF Maiden Stakes LATIN LAD Richard Hannon Francis Norton 33/1
bluesquarepoker.com Nursery Handicap FOL HOLLOW David Nicholls Adrian Nicholls 20/1
bluesquarecasino.com Apprentice Hcp ACE OF HEARTS Chris Wall Jack Mitchell 7/1

GLORIOUS SUMMER FUN

When 2007 is remembered for rain, floods and weeks of leaden skies, fans of racing will cherish memories of Glorious Goodwood as the point when summer finally woke up.

Five days of near-ceaseless sunshine over Sussex suggests someone at Goodwood has a hot-line to the weather gods.

From the moment Championship Point took the meeting’s opening race, the Bank Of Scotland Investment Service Handicap, strawberries-and-cream conditions have prevailed, and the tennis theme endured on Friday when Third Set captured the totesport Mile. Both horses are owned by Wimbledon fan John Livock.

No man has put more money into racing around the globe than Sheikh Mohammed, and few would begrudge him a sparkling day on the Downs with a big winner thrown in - two was even better. Ramonti’s victory in the Gr.1 BGC Sussex Stakes on Wednesday justified the Sheikh’s journey to Goodwood and provided Frankie Dettori with a double initiated on Rio De La Playa in the Gr.2 Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes. This was a champagne moment not just for Godolphin, but also for those who suspect the chesnut colt might prove rather sspecial. It will be fascinating to see how far Rio De La Playa progresses.

Glorious Goodwood racegoers, and those watching on Channel 4 and Racing UK, were treated to a masterclass in proven excellence on Thursday, when champion jockey Ryan Moore rode four winners. None can be described as ‘steering jobs’, and for a couple of hours Moore seemed to have the blueprint on riding racehorses - cunningly executed hold-up rides brought him success in the Gr.2 ABN AMRO Goodwood Cup on Allegretto and De Boer Stakes on Docofthebay, while a close-to-the-pace show on Moorhouse Lad in the Gr.3 Audi Stakes had the same result.

Even the week’s sole shower of rain, which cloaked the Lillie Langtry Stakes, could not hide Moore’s brilliance on Hi Calypso.

Thursday was also a good day for David and Patricia Thompson of Newmarket’s Cheveley Park Stud, owner-breeders of Allegretto and Alphameric Vase winner Pipedreamer.

Many of this week’s Glorious Goodwood winners will succeed again in the coming months - they could include Purple Moon, victorious in the Coutts Glorious Stakes on Friday and now favourite for York’s totesport Ebor Handicap, and there might be very bright futures for a pair of two-year-olds trained by Jeremy Noseda. Fleeting Spirit took the Gr.3 Betfair Molecomb Stakes on Tuesday, while Strike the Deal won the Gr.2 Richmond Stakes on Friday - precursors to success at the highest level, maybe?

And so to a sumptuous Saturday feast hosted by the day’s new sponsors, Blue Square, a progressive force in bookmaking. The Blue Square Nassau Stakes and Bluesquare.com Stewards’ Cup are worth the admission price without five other intriguing contests. Have a good day.