Qatar Goodwood Festival 2015: Recent Episodes
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The undoubted sporting and social highlight of the season, the Qatar Goodwood Festival gets underway in 2015 with the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday 28 July – a celebration of past winners and the unveiling of specially commissioned cups for the week’s feature races.
A feast of top quality racing attracts the best equine athletes in the world accompanied by the biggest names in the sport. The Tuesday highlight is the £300,000 Group 2 Qatar Lennox stakes, won in the past by Strong Suit and Observatory.
Picking a winner from the seven race card adds to the excitement of a day where sport combines with great food and drink, music, socialising and glamour to provide a fabulous experience that will live long in the memory.
This year sees the start of a new association with Qatar, whose sponsorship of the meeting makes prize money for the week total £4.5 million.
Local media gathered at Angmering trainer William Knight’s yard to see his potential Qatar Goodwood Festival string.
William believes that his best chances lie with Gavlar in the 2m5f Goodwood Stakes and Solar Flair, who may go for either the The Natwest Stakes or The Qatar Stakes, both over 7f.
Goodwood Racecourse is very pleased to announce Harry Bentley as the new ambassador for the 2014 season. Bentley, who grew up locally to Goodwood Racecourse in Sullington just outside of Storrington, is one of the leading young jockeys in the UK who has already achieved a number of wins domestically and internationally. Bentley has spent the first three months of the year riding for Ismail Mohammed’s Millennium Stables during the Dubai International Carnival. Since returning to the UK for the start of the flat season, Bentley is retained second jockey to His Highness Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, retained rider to trainer Olly Steven’s Robins Farm and first retained jockey to Ahmed Al Shaikh.
January this year proved very successful for Bentley internationally when he achieved a six timer on a nine card race in Doha. Bentley is set to also ride in his first Classic when partnered with Lightning Thunder in the 1,000 Guineas next month for trainer Olly Stevens.
Goodwood Racecourse announced award-winning British Hat Designer Vivien Sheriff as Official Milliner for Glorious Goodwood 2014. Following traditional millinery practice combined with cutting edge design, Vivien has created three bespoke limited edition Goodwood panamas for ladies and gentleman. Each retailing at £275, t he panamas can be purchased from the Goodwood Shop whilst the women’s will also be sold through luxury British department store, Harrods. Glorious Goodwood will run from Tuesday 29th July through to Saturday 2nd August as the event, often considered the pinnacle of the sporting and social season, will once again establish itself as the British summer event not to be missed!
Based in the heart of rural Wiltshire, Vivien Sheriff’s English heritage millinery is a multi-award-winning, luxury brand at the forefront of British headwear design. With her headpieces favoured by British Royalty and celebrities alike, Vivien
Sheriff is the ultimate choice when it comes to millinery. She commented;
“I am very excited to take on the role of Official Milliner for Glorious Goodwood and reveal our limited edition panamas. The designs for each have taken inspiration from the countryside surrounding Goodwood Estate infusing a traditional shape and colour with subtly dyed detailed feathering – a signature theme across many of my collections. I hope to spot many of them on the racecourse during Glorious this summer!”