Kieren Fallon just came out on top in a three-way photograph
to be the top jockey over the five days of the Glorious Goodwood
meeting. He, Martin Dwyer and John Egan all had three winners,
but Fallon came out on top after a countback for placed rides.
The famous July races,
described by King Edward VII as 'a garden party with racing tacked
on' are world renowned. Taking place at what is often described as
'the world's most beautiful racecourse' the five-day Festival Meeting
is a riot of colour, fashion, famous faces and spectacular hats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.