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Glorious Conclusion To Goodwood’s Great Week
05/08/06

Top-class racing, wonderful weather, happy racegoers and contented competitors made sure Glorious Goodwood 2006 will be remembered for all the right reasons.

At the conclusion of the five-day meeting, Goodwood Racecourse’s managing director Rod Fabricius made special thanks to the BBC, which has been broadcasting from the course for half a century, and to the race sponsors, and he congratulated hard-working racecourse staff who ensured the event passed without a serious hitch. He singled out the groundstaff team, under clerk of the course Seamus Buckley, for particular praise.

Fabricius said: “Seamus and his team have achieved good to firm ground throughout the week, and there has been nothing but praise from the jockeys and trainers. There have been three course records.”

With two Group One races and nine other contests at Group level, Glorious Goodwood provides a stream of quality for connoisseurs throughout the week. Fabricius singled out the top-grade victories achieved by Court Masterpiece in the Cantor Spreadfair Sussex Stakes, and by Ouija Board In the Vodafone Nassau Stakes, for their lasting impression, saying: “The Vodafone Nassau will go down as one of the great races staged at Goodwood. It was most memorable and a great way to bring the curtain down on five really great days of racing.

“Court Masterpiece is obviously a very robust and determined character and it was a very brave to go through that gap on the rail.

“The Vodafone Stewards’ Cup was as competitive as ever and the draw seems to have been borne out by the fact that the fancied horses drew high numbers and high numbers have featured in the result. The trainers made the decision about where to go and it was another great result for Yorkshire and the team behind Borderlescott, including his trio of Scottish owners.

“We’ve also seen a couple of really promising two-year-olds in Stategic Prince, who won the Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes on Wednesday, and Hamoody, who took the Sterling Insurance Richmond Stakes on Friday.”

While reviewing the number of spectators that passed through Goodwood’s turnstiles, Fabricius acknowledged the numbers were down on last year, but said this was entirely expected. He explained: “Twelve months ago Ascot was closed, the Royal Meeting took place at York and the three-day King George VI meeting, which this year was held last weekend, was transferred.

“With Ascot back in business our numbers were bound to be affected, but we have worked within comfortable crowd capacities, a catchphrase that’s very important to Goodwood. We don’t want racegoers to be jostled and unable to get a view of racing or find difficulty in getting a drink or something to eat. We did see some big numbers last year because of Ascot’s closure and we’ve now reverted much more to levels that are in keeping with our Festival Meeting.

“I think racegoers have enjoyed themselves and we’ve been blessed with weather that was so much better than last year. The girls in their summer frocks and the men in their panama hats are so much a part of the Goodwood experience and are what we like to see.

“The sponsors have made a big contribution to underwriting prize money, and we look forward to building on what we have achieved with them and in other innovations at the meeting. The strawberries and cream have been very popular in the Richmond Enclosure and I expect the ‘strawberry lawn’ to return in the future.

“We’ll sit down and look at all the elements of this year’s Glorious Goodwood, although we’ve been delighted with the way it’s worked out and very grateful to a large team of people who have made it possible.”

DETTORI CROWNED CHAMPION OF GLORIOUS GOODWOOD

Frankie Dettori was today crowned Racing UK’s leading jockey at Glorious Goodwood 2006 with a tally of five winners.

Dettori received a trophy and cheque for £1,500 for the Injured Jockey’s Fund from Lester Piggott and Racing UK’s Lydia Hislop, and then said: “It’s been a good week for me and the horses have run well - I’ve won five races and only ballsed one up, so that’s not a bad statistic.”

Reflecting on his final-day triumph on Ouija Board in the Vodafone Nassau Stakes, Dettori said: “I’m glad the crowd enjoyed it, because it was hard work for me. She’s a great mare and you’ve got to give credit to the second [Alexander Goldrun] as well. It’s great for the connections of Ouija Board - Lord and Lady Derby and Ed Dunlop and his team.

“She always runs her best and that’s what we like to see in racing. I can’t wait to go home and watch a re-run of the race. I didn’t sleep very well last night worrying about the race, but the Ouija got me out of trouble.”

GLORIOUS GOODWOOD 2006 - WINNERS

Tuesday, August 1
Race Winner Trainer Jockey SP
The Sportsman Newspaper Handicap CROSSPEACE Mark Johnston Royston ffrench 12/1
BGC Stakes SIXTIES ICON Jeremy Noseda Frankie Dettori 7/4F
Betfair Cup IFFRAAJ Saeed bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 6/4F
Betfair Molecomb Stakes ENTICING William Haggas Michael Hills 3/1F
Tatler Summer Season Handicap SOULACROIX Luca Cumani Kerrin McEvoy 100/30F
Turf Club EBF Maiden Stakes CHATAWAY Brian Meehan Frankie Dettori 4/1
Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie Memorial Hcp ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE William Knight Paul Doe 7/1

Wednesday, August 2
Invesco Perpetual Goodwood Handicap KEY TIME Sir Mark Prescott Seb Sanders 5/1 JF
Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes STRATEGIC PRINCE Paul Cole Eddie Ahern 6/1
Cantor Spreadfair Sussex Stakes COURT MASTERPIECE Ed Dunlop Jimmy Fortune 15/2
cantorspreadfair.com Handicap STRATEGIC MOUNT Paul Cole Eddie Ahern 6/1
Weatherbys Bank Fillies Handicap NICE TUNE Clive Brittain Ryan Moore 10/1
Findon Maiden Fillies’ Stakes SACRE COEUR John Dunlop Eddie Ahern 5/1
Links Of London EBF Classified Stakes MINORITY REPORT Luca Cumani Nicky Mackay 9/4F

Thursday, August 3
Lillie Langtry Fillies’ Stakes TARTOUCHE Lady Herries Seb Sanders 7/2
Audi Stakes LA CUCARACHA Barry Hills Michael Hills 7/2F
ABN AMRO Goodwood Cup YEATS Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Kinane 10/11F
ladbrokes.com Handicap ROAD TO LOVE Mark Johnston Richard Hills 11/4F
De Boer Handicap DREAM THEME Barry Hills Richard Hughes 13/2
EBF New Ham Maiden Fillies Stakes CUMIN Barry Hills Michael Hills 7/2 JF
Audi Q7 Handicap HOLBECK GHYLL Andrew Balding John Egan 7/1

Friday, August 4
Coutts Glorious Stakes CROSSPEACE Mark Johnston Royston ffrench 100/30
Oak Tree Stakes RED EVIE Michael Bell Frankie Dettori 15/8F
totesport Mile SPECTAIT Sir Mark Prescott Seb Sanders 9/2
Sterling Insurance Richmond Stakes HAMOODY Peter Chapple-Hyam Alan Munro 5/6F
Scottish Equitable/JAGB Nursery JUST DUST David Elsworth Marc Halford 10/1
Stewards’ Sprint Handicap FANTASY BELIEVER John Quinn Jimmy Fortune 9/1
racinguk.tv Handicap TERENTIA Ed McMahon Jimmy Fortune 14/1

Saturday, August 5
Vodafone Handicap NUMERIC John Gosden Jimmy Fortune 8/1
Vodafone Thoroughbred Stakes PRINCE OF LIGHT Mark Johnston Joe Fanning 9/2
Vodafone Nassau Stakes OUIJA BOARD Ed Dunlop Frankie Dettori EvensF
Vodafone Stewards’ Cup BORDERLESCOTT Robin Bastiman Royston ffrench 10/1
Vodafone EBF Maiden Stakes KILBURN Clive Cox Philip Robinson 25/1
Vodafone Nursery NORTHERN FLING David Nicholls Adrian Nicholls 7/1
Vodafone Apprentice Handicap LUCAYAN DANCER David Nicholls Victoria Behan 11/2

LEADING TRAINERS AT THE END OF GLORIOUS GOODWOOD 2006

1st 2nd 3rd
Mark Johnston 4 2 3
Barry Hills 3 - -
Dandy Nicholls 2 2 1
Ed Dunlop 2 1 -
Paul Cole 2 - -
Luca Cumani 2 - -
Sir Mark Prescott 2 - -
Aidan O’Brien IRE 1 2 2
Clive Cox 1 2 -
David Elsworth 1 2 -
Andrew Balding 1 1 1
Jeremy Noseda 1 1 1
Michael Bell 1 1 -
John Dunlop 1 1 -
Peter Chapple-Hyam 1 - 1
John Gosden 1 - 1
Ed McMahon 1 - 1
Brian Meehan 1 - 1
Robin Bastiman 1 - -
Clive Brittain 1 - -
William Haggas 1 - -
Lady Herries 1 - -
William Knight 1 - -
John Quinn 1 - -
Saeed bin Suroor 1 - ` -
Kevin Ryan - 4 -
Jim Boyle - 2 -
Marcus Tregoning - 2 -
Michael Jarvis - 1 2
Patrick Chamings - 1 1
James Fanshawe - 1 1
Nick Littmoden - 1 1
Amanda Perrett - 1 1
Jim Bolger IRE - 1 -
Gerard Butler - 1 -
Richard Fahey - 1 -
William Jarvis - 1 -
Jamie Osborne - 1 -
Jamie Poulton - 1 -
David Simcock - 1 -
Sir Michael Stoute - - 5
John Akehurst - - 2
Richard Hannon - - 2
Eoghan O’Neill - - 2
Mick Channon - - 1
Denis Coakley - - 1
Ron Harris - - 1
Gary Moore - - 1
Willie Musson - - 1
Chris Thornton - - 1

VODAFONE STABLE CHALLENGE - FINAL POSITIONS
Stable Points
Mark Johnston 385
David Nicholls 235
Aidan O’Brien IRE 180
Barry Hills 160
Ed Dunlop 145
Kevin Ryan 140

RACING UK LEADING RIDER AWARD - FINAL POSITIONS

1st 2nd 3rd
Frankie Dettori 5 3 2
Jimmy Fortune 4 - 2
Seb Sanders 3 - 1
Eddie Ahern 3 - -
Royston ffrench 3 - -
Michael Hills 3 - -
Michael Kinane 1 3 3
Philip Robinson 1 3 1
John Egan 1 3 -
Joe Fanning 1 2 3
Richard Hills 1 2 1
Nicky Mackay 1 1 1
Victoria Behan 1 1 -
Alan Munro 1 1 -
Adrian Nicholls 1 1 -
Ryan Moore 1 - 4
Richard Hughes 1 - 2
Paul Doe 1 - -
Marc Halford 1 - -
Kerrin McEvoy 1 - -
Neil Callan - 4 1
Martin Dwyer - 4 2
Ted Durcan - 1 1
Micky Fenton - 1 -
Paul Hanagan - 1 -
Adam Kirby - 1 -
Kevin Manning - 1 -
Johnny Murtagh - 1 -
Amir Quinn - 1 -
Richard Mullen - - 2
Jimmy Quinn - - 2
George Baker - - 1
Kevin Darley - - 1
James Doyle - - 1
Shane Kelly - - 1
Richard Kingscote - - 1
Tom Queally - - 1
Robert Winston - - 1

BOOKMAKER REACTION

Ben Clarke of bookmakers William Hill reacted to the end of Glorious Goodwood 2006.

He said: “It has been a tough week but we managed to get our heads in front on the final day despite nearly 40 per cent of week’s races going the way of the favourites.

“La Cucaracha, Yeats and Road To Love made Thursday a particularly bad day and the Vodafone Stewards’ Cup today was something of a double-edged sword.

“Boderlescott had been a big ante-post gamble but proved to be a fair result on the day and mirrored the topsy-turvy trend of the week.”