Glorious Goodwood 2009 Preview

With Royal Ascot a distant memory, this week’s Glorious Goodwood meeting provides the top trainers in Britain and Ireland with this season’s final opportunity to reap the spoils in a top class British race meeting.

Five days of racing get underway on the 28th of July, with tens of thousands of racing fans expected to make the journey to the scenic Sussex Downs to witness the spectacle of a selection of Europe’s most talented thoroughbred racehorses in action.

Focus on the Feature Races
Glorious Goodwood is headlined by five fantastic feature races, including two group one events. Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes provides something of a class reunion for racehorses with Guineas pedigree, with 1,000 Guineas winner, Ghanaati, favoured to score a rare win for fillies in this race.

Friday features the meeting’s second group one race, the Nassau Stakes. This year’s fillies race is top class renewal that features several group one winners, including 2008 Oaks champion, Look Here, 2008 Coronation Stakes champion, Lush Lashes, and this season’s standout filly, Sariska, running over a mile.

The action doesn’t stop with the group one races. The Goodwood Cup, totesport Mile, Stewards Cup and Richmond Stakes are all recognized as top quality races, and punters can expect to see dozens of high quality thoroughbreds in action in these races during the course of the week.

Glorious Goodwood Betting
Antepost fixed-odds markets for the feature races at Glorious Goodwood have been available at odds comparison services since the begging of the month, allowing punters to access early prices for the event.

Betting exchanges like Betfair have been leading the charge, offering access to excellent value as well as the opportunity to lay the favourites for the Glorious Goodwood feature races.

Punters prepared to wait until race day will have access to a variety of different fixed-odds markets at top UK bookmakers like Bet365 and Paddy Power.

About Glorious Goodwood Betting
The Glorious Goodwood Betting site provides a comprehensive guide to one of England’s flat racing highlights. Along with a guide to Goodwood Racecourse and several useful Glorious Goodwood betting resources, the Glorious Goodwood site provides previews of each of the feature races, the latest results and frequent news updates.