When Is Glorious Goodwood 2025: Dates & Running Order

When is the 2025 Goodwood Festival and how many days does it last? Check out our guide to this year’s meeting, which takes place at Goodwood Racecourse at the end of July.

Known for it’s sunny weather and Panamá hats, ‘Glorious Goodwood’, is one of the highlights of the British flat racing season.

The five-day Festival combines the finest elements of sport, fashion, and style against a truly breath-taking backdrop.

Glorious Goodwood Day 1 – Tuesday 29th July 2025

One of the highlights of the flat-racing season, Glorious Goodwood kicks off in style on the Tuesday afternoon. Attendees can enjoy a feast of top-quality racing including the historic and prestigious Goodwood Cup, run over a distance of two miles.

• 13:20: Chesterfield Cup Handicap

• 13:55: Vintage Stakes (Group 2)

• 14:30: Lennox Stakes (Group 2)

• 15:05: Goodwood Cup Stakes (Group 1)

• 15:45: Coral Handicap

• 16:20: British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes

• 16:55: Ridgeview Fillies’ Handicap

• 17:30: British EBF Fillies’ Handicap

Glorious Goodwood Day 2 – Wednesday 30th July 2025

The Sussex Stakes is one of the key races of the flat racing season, bringing together some of the most outstanding horses in training, and earning the rather apt nickname is the ‘Duel On The Downs’. You will need your bet calculator to keep up with the action!

• 13:20: 1m4f Coral Handicap

• 13:55: Oak Tree Stakes (Group 3)

• 14:30: Molecomb Stakes (Group 3)

• 15:05: Sussex Stakes (Group 1)

• 15:55: British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies’ Handicap

• 16:20: British Stallion Studs EBF Alice Keppel Fillies’ Conditions Stakes

• 16:55: World Pool Handicap

Glorious Goodwood Day 3 – Thursday 31st July 2025

Ladies Day at Glorious Goodwood always starts with the Magnolia Cup where 12 female riders race down Goodwood’s famous home straight before the main action starts.

The prestigious Group 1 Nassau Stakes is the principle race on the eight-race card for day three of Goodwood Festival and horse racing accumulators will really start to heat up at this point.

• 13:20: Kincsem Handicap

• 13:55: Richmond Stakes (Group 2)

• 14:30: Gordon Stakes (Group 3)

• 15:05: Nassau Stakes (Group 1)

• 15:45: Buccellati Handicap

• 16:20: Phase Eight Nursery Handicap

• 16:55: Tatler British EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes

• 17:30: 1m World Pool Handicap

Glorious Goodwood Day 4 – Friday 1st August 2025

Day four sees the world’s top sprinters do battle in the Group 2 King George Qatar Stakes. The Coral Golden Mile and the Group 3 Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes make it yet another a memorable race day on the downs.

Keep an eye on the NAPs table for leading fancies on Day 4…

• 13:20: Goodwood Handicap

• 13:55: Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (Group 3)

• 14:20: Golden Mile (Heritage Handicap)

• 15:05: King George Qatar Stakes (Group 2)

• 15:45: Bentinck Conditions Stakes

• 16:20: Hawes & Curtis Nursery Handicap

• 17:20: 1m4f Coral Handicap

Glorious Goodwood Day 5 – Saturday 2nd August 2025

The Stewards’ Cup takes centre stage on the final day, with it being one of the most valuable, competitive and well bet on, handicaps of the season. You can check out all of our Goodwood horse racing betting markets here.

• 13:20: Glorious Stakes (Group 3)

• 13:55: Summer Handicap

• 14:30: Lillie Langtry Stakes (Group 2)

• 15:05: Stewards’ Cup (Heritage Handicap)

• 15:45: Whispering Angel Handicap

• 16:20: British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes
• 16:55: 1m4f Coral Handicap

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