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Goodwood, flat racing on the Sussex Downs at Glorious Goodwood

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Qatar Goodwood Festival

Tue 27 - Sat 31 Jul 2027Goodwood Racecourse

Five days on the Sussex Downs. The Sussex Stakes, the 'Mile of the Year', features Wednesday; the Goodwood Cup and Nassau also Group 1s. Generally one of the most stylish meetings in the British calendar with summer ground and championship-class fields.

Feature raceGoodwood Cup (Tue, G1), staying division
Countdown265 days
Duration5 days
Nearest stationChichester

Day by day

  1. Tue 27 JulGoodwood Cup day: the week opens with the Group 1 staying race.
  2. Wed 28 JulSussex Stakes day: the Group 1 mile known as the Duel on the Downs.
  3. Thu 29 JulLadies' Day, with the Magnolia Cup and the Nassau Stakes.
  4. Fri 30 JulRacing
  5. Sat 31 JulRacing

Where it is

CourseGoodwood RacecourseChichester, West Sussex
Nearest stationChichester
Your race day

Which day are you going?

Pick a day and everything below, including the rooms, is for that day.

Goodwood racecourse laid out along the crest of the downs, seen from the hill above it.

Photo credit: “Goodwood racecourse, West Sussex, England” by ITookSomePhotos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (resized)

Tue 27 Jul to Sat 31 JulQatar Goodwood FestivalFive days on the Sussex Downs.

The racing

The racingGoodwood Cup, Sussex Stakes, Nassau Stakes, Stewards' CupThe races, the history and how the meeting runs, in our guides. Racecards are further down the page.Glorious Goodwood guideGoodwood course guide

Plan your tripStay · travel · tickets · wear

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Every race with a book at 10 festivals, added up and ranked: the dearest, Galway, charged 72% more than the cheapest, Champions Day. Glorious Goodwood is 6th cheapest of the 10, at 24.8% over 38 races.Rendered from data to 17 October 2026.
What this shows, in words

A bar chart of 10 race meetings ranked by the bookmakers' overround, the margin over a fair book. Champions Day 17.7% on an average field of 12.3; St Leger Festival 21.4% on an average field of 11.5; Killarney July 23.0% on an average field of 10.6; Irish Derby 23.8% on an average field of 11.8; Epsom Derby 23.9% on an average field of 12.4; Glorious Goodwood 24.8% on an average field of 13.4; Irish Champions Festival 25.3% on an average field of 13.6; Ebor Festival 28.1% on an average field of 15.1; Royal Ascot 29.0% on an average field of 18.2; Galway 30.5% on an average field of 14.6. The dearest charged 72% more than the cheapest, race for race, across 276 races. The average field is shown beside each bar; the dearer meetings tend to run bigger fields, though not in strict order. Data to the end of the newest meeting in the set. Research, not tips.

Headline races

The feature raceGoodwood Cup (Tue, G1), staying division
Sussex Stakes (Wed, G1), 'Mile of the Year'
Nassau Stakes (Thu, G1), older fillies & mares
Stewards' Cup (Sat, Heritage Handicap)

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