Weekend in pictures: Glorious Goodwood special with The Gurkha and Minding

Ulysses poetry in motion in Gordon Stakes

Before the big battle, Sir Michael Stoute’s Ulysses landed the Group 3 Gordon Stakes with a half-a-length victory over The Major General.

The Gurkha gets better of Sussex Stakes rival Galileo Gold

O’Brien and Moore have been dominating the Group 1 races this season, and The Gurkha just beat thoroughbred relative Galileo Gold by a neck in a sensational renewal of the Sussex Stakes.

Yalta makes all in Molecomb Stakes success

Three lengths is a huge margin of victory in a 5f sprint, but that’s what Mark Johnston’s Yalta managed, making all in the Molecomb Stakes ahead of stablemate The Last Lion and pre-race favourite Global Applause.

Thursday

Let’s not forget the Goodwood Cup has been competed for since 1812, over 200 years of history packed into one race over 2m. Day three of the Glorious meeting had the Richmond Stakes and Lillie Langtry Stakes contested either side of this centrepiece…

Mehmas hangs on in Richmond Stakes for handler Hannon

Trainer Richard Hannon and jockey Frankie Dettori proved a winning combination in Newmarket’s July Stakes, and the two-year-old followed up to scoop the Group 2 Richmond Stakes, which is open to colts and fillies, by a neck from Charlie Appleby’s Blue Point.

Big Orange retains Goodwood Cup under Spencer

Coral horse racing ambassador Jamie Spencer rode Big Orange to back-to-back successes of Thursday’s big race, the Group 2 Goodwood Cup. As part of the British Champions Series, we’ll see them paired together again all being well at Ascot come the end of the flat season.

Gosden lands Lillie Langtry with California

John Gosden filly California stayed on well for Group 3 glory in the Lillie Langtry Stakes, open to female horses.

Friday

The penultimate day saw the King George Stakes take centre stage and the old Golden Mile got Goodwood punters’ pulses racing, but not before the Glorious Stakes…

Kings Fete makes a Glorious run

That race got day four underway, and Stoute gelding Kings Fete justified his tag as favourite with a three-quarters of a length success over Ayrad from Roger Charlton’s stable in this Group 3 contest. Moore’s big race saddle success, which was a feature of this meeting, would continue…

Franklin D walks a Golden Mile

Hot favourite Franklin D got up to win the Mile race, sponsored by Betfred, by a head from David Elsworth’s Master The World to give Moore another victory.

Take Cover captures King George crown

A nine-year-old winning a 5f sprint? No, it’s not a misprint. David Griffiths gelding Take Cover made all to deny Washington Dc by a neck, who in turn only just hung on to second with Moore on board by a head from Goldream.

Saturday

Glorious Goodwood was rounded off with O’Brien star attraction Minding in the Nassau Stakes, but the big betting race was the Stewards’ Cup…

Minding nets Nassau Stakes for sixth Group 1 success

Is there a better filly in training at the moment? Almost certainly not, as Minding came through the few females who dared oppose her to land a sixth Group 1 race with a one-and-a-quarter lengths victory over Queen’s Trust.

Dancing Star illuminates Stewards’ Cup

Minding is some act to follow, but Andrew Balding filly Dancing Star put in a commanding performance to beat the fancied Orion’s Bow and capture the Stewards’ Cup.

This Heritage Handicap, like the Nassau Stakes, has been run since 1840 and it is only fitting that such traditions help to bring the curtain down on another Glorious Festival at Goodwood.

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