Glorious Goodwood
Glorious Goodwood - Five days of spectacular horse racing
31st July 2012 - 4th August 2012
Glorious Goodwood, the highlight of the summer sporting and social calendar. Bursting with fabulous fashions, succulent strawberries, chilled Champagne and top racing stars, as well as music and dancing.
More than 100,000 people flocked through the gates of Glorious Goodwood to enjoy the chic, relaxed and incredibly stylish atmosphere. There were racing highlights every day at 2011's festival – including the Sussex Stakes, the Goodwood Cup and the Markel International Nassau Stakes.
Mention the word Goodwood and horseracing immediately springs to mind. Set high on the Sussex Downs, Goodwood Racecourse has been at the forefront of British flat racing for over 200 years. Goodwood's most famous race meeting is held in the last week of July when Sussex is at it's most spectacular. Affectionately dubbed "Glorious Goodwood" it truly lives up to its name. A week long festival of first class thoroughbreds battling it out for the honours and generous prize money, Glorious Goodwood attracts the world's most competitive and well-known jockeys, trainers and owners. Steeped in English tradition, yet carried out with Goodwood's signature style, the occasion is replete with succulent strawberries, chilled Champagne, fine dining, picnics, fabulous hats and summer silks.