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| Glorious Goodwood 2004 |
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Goodwood Racecourse |
| This year 'Glorious Goodwood' takes place between Tuesday 27 July and Saturday 31st July 2004 with seven action-packed races each day attracting all the top British jockeys, owners and trainers. This year also sees a boost in prize money for the richest race of the meeting with £285,000 for the Group 1 Pattern Sussex Stakes on Wednesday. | |
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Goodwood Festival Highlights |
| The famous July races, described by King Edward VII as 'a garden party with racing tacked on' are world renowned. A firm fixture in the English summer Season for 200 years, all of society's cognoscenti descend on Goodwood each year to revel in its ravishing setting as well as to marvel at the world's top jockeys, trainers and horses as they battle it out on top of the Sussex Downs. | |
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Goodwood History |
| Formal
horseracing began at Goodwood in 1802, with the first running of a principal
race, the Goodwood Cup, a decade later. Throughout the nineteenth century, several of the principal races, which today continue to be key fixtures of the Goodwood season, were established. |
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Goodwood voted best-kept Flat Racecourse in 2003 |
| Goodwood Racecourse has just been voted the UK’s best-kept Flat racecourse for 2003 in the Tote Neil Wyatt Groundstaff Awards. Organised annually by the Racecourse Association, there are 3 National Awards for the best-kept Flat, best-kept Dual Purpose and best-kept National Hunt Track. | |
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2003 Results |
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Day-by-day run own of Glorious Goodwood 2003 results. Patavellian stormed home in impressive fashion in the Vodafone Stewards' Cup. Lady Bear made the most of her high draw to take the William Hill Mile on the fourth day of Glorious Goodwood. |
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Glorious Goodwood 2003 |
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Russian Rhythm wins her third straight Group One race in the Nassau Stakes. Kieren Fallon finishes top rider and Persian Punch claims a thrilling win in the Goodwood Cup. |
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