The Goodwood Cup has only been a Group 1 since 2017, but it has long been one of the premier British staying races.
Held on the opening day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood carnival, the Goodwood Cup is the feature race on the card and with a rich history of quality winners, punters love betting on the staying race.
The stake money was increased from £350,000 to £500,000 in 2017 and that will ensure many more champion stayers come to the party.
Goodwood Cup Key Facts
Date
Tuesday 30th July, 2024
Track
Goodwood
Distance
2m
Class
Group 1
Race Type
Set weights
Prize money
£500,000
Age
3YO+
Goodwood Cup Day Card
The Goodwood Cup runs on the first day of the Glorious Goodwood carnival, which also includes the Vintage Stakes and Lennox Stakes.
Time
Title
Status
1:50pm
Chesterfield Cup Handicap
Class 2
2:25pm
Vintage Stakes
Group 2
3:00pm
Lennox Stakes
Group 2
3:35pm
Goodwood Cup
Group 1
4:10pm
Goodwood Handicap
Class 2
4:45pm
Maiden Stakes
Class 2
5:20pm
Fillies' Handicap
Class 3
Goodwood Cup Tips
Our guide to the Goodwood Cup will be published when the final field has been confirmed.
Goodwood Cup Odds
You'll find the latest odds for the Goodwood Cup at the top of this page...
2023 Goodwood Cup Result
Postion
Name
SP
1st
Quickthorn
16/1
2nd
Emily Dickinson
9/2
3rd
Coltrane
3/1
2024 Goodwood Cup Result
Kyprios has returned from injury in fine form this season. Aidan O'Brien's star, who won this race in 2022, returns to Goodwood on the back of a second Ascot Gold Cup triumph and Kyprios is best priced at 4/6 to win back this crown too.
Sitting second in the market is Kyprios' three-year-old stablemate Illinois, who followed victory in the Queen's Vase by placing second in the Grand Prix de Paris. Sweet William will bid for a second Glorious Goodwood victory, following his third-place finish behind the market leader at Ascot.
Coltrane, Caius Chorister and Gregory have plenty of ground to make up on Kyprios, having finished fifth, sixth and seventh respectively in the Ascot Gold Cup. Uxmal could step up to Group One company, following his rampant victory in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot.
2021 Goodwood Cup winner, Trueshan returned to winning form at Sandown on his most recent start. Continuous and Grosvenor Square could join Kyprios and Illinois in the field. Other possible runners include defending champion Quickthron, Karl Burke's Al Qareem and Middle Earth for John and Thady Gosden.
Goodwood Cup history
Kicking off the Glorious Goodwood carnival is the Goodwood Cup.
Originating in 1812, the Goodwood Cup has since become a global racing event despite being run as a Group 2 and Group 3 race for most of its existence.
Now a Group 1 feature, the Goodwood Cup is shining on the international stage with recent winners including Big Orange, Brown Panther and Cavalryman – all of which have contested major staying races around the world.
There have been multiple winners including Double Trigger, which won three times in four years and also Yeats and Big Orange, which won twice respectively.
The Goodwood Cup is raced after the Ascot Gold Cup and before the Doncaster Cup, which gives stayers a chance to race in all three or chose their desired staying path.
Five jockeys have won the race on five occasions with Pat Eddery being the most recent in 1996 when winning aboard Great Shot.
John Scott trained seven winners in the early stages of the race, but the likes of Aidan O'Brien, Saeed bin Suroor and Mark Johnston have dominated since.
The last five years have all been about Stradivarius. John Gosden's star first won the Goodwood Cup as a three-year-old in 2017. Stradivarius then retained his title in 2018, completed a hat-trick in 2019 and defeated Nayef Road and Santiago to become the first four-time Goodwood Cup winner in 2020.
After Stradivarius was withdrawn when the ground became soft, Trueshan justified favouritism to win his first Group One in the 2021 Goodwood Cup.
Goodwood Cup betting guide
The favourites have a great record in the Goodwood Cup, winning six of the last 12 editions.
Favourites to win recently include Big Orange (11/4), Saddler's Rock (2/1), Opinion Poll (9/2) and Yeats (8/15).
Apart from Yeats' two wins since 2006, punters have got better than odds-on for every favourite winning and some champion staying thoroughbreds have paid handsomely with bookmakers.
Big Orange paid 6/1 when winning his first Goodwood Cup and paid better than even money when winning it a year later.
Brown Panther was considered one of the better rising stayers at the time and punters were able to secure odds of 13/2 for the Tom Dascombe-trained runner.
The last three winners have all had three starts that season prior to running in the Goodwood Cup, with all three winning at least one race that season.
Having form at Goodwood isn't needed as Yeats, Allegretto, Saddler's Rock, Brown Panther and 2017 winner Stradivarius didn't have any experience on the track prior to winning.
Only one of the last eight winners had a Group 1 win prior to the Goodwood Cup (Cavalryman) and Brown Panther hadn't won at any group level.
The age of the winner is varied, but punters should stick to ages 4-6.
