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Featured Festival
Glorious Goodwood
Glorious Goodwood is the place to be in August when the shines on the world’s most beautiful racecourse – Goodwood Racecourse – for this iconic 5-day horse racing festival.
Over 100,000 people attend Glorious Goodwood, the showpiece five-day racing festival with a relaxed yet incredibly stylish atmosphere.
Considered the ‘sporting and social highlight of the summer’, Glorious Goodwood is a uniquely English event, with a holiday atmosphere, where Champagne and strawberries are consumed in quantity.
This great racing event has none of the formality of Royal Ascot, whilst displaying all of the glamour.
Glorious Goodwood attracts the very best international horses and jockeys, including Frankel before this retirement, and in turn attracts racegoers from far and wide to experience the Glorious Good Festival’s unique racing and social atmosphere.
Saturday at Goodwood and Galway – What’s on the menu
It is the final day of Glorious Goodwood and the penultimate day of the Galway Races in Ballybrit and...
Friday at Goodwood and Galway – What’s on the menu
Tony Martin picked off another big win by claiming the Galway Hurdle with Tudor City yesterday while at Glorious...
York Ebor Meeting Day One – What’s On
The Ebor Festival at York begins on the Knavesmire today and though there is no rematch between Crystal Ocean,...
Memories of York – Rodrigo and Lester
The traditional late August Ebor meeting from York is on this week, which always brings to mind a trip...
