Goodwood Tips

Goodwood Racecourse is located just north of Chichester in West Sussex and is host to one of the highlights of the British flat racing calendar, Glorious Goodwood, which takes place in late July/early August.

The racecourse is part of the Goodwood Hall estate which also features a cricket course, two golf courses, an aerodrome, a racing circuit and the headquarters for Rolls Royce.

It’s one of the most prestigious courses in the country that hosts 19 days of flat racing every year.

Goodwood Betting Tips

Goodwood Racecourse is best known for it’s Glorious Goodwood festival which takes place annually at the beginning of August. However, there’s a total of 19 days of racing that takes place at Goodwood between May and October with many of the races televised live on ITV. Those 19 race days provide several opportunities for punters to place bets, and also several opportunities for WhichBookie’s racing analysts to share their Goodwood betting tips.

Goodwood tips are provided to WhichBookie visitors free of charge from racing expert Will Smith. Will will undoubtably have betting tips for Glorious Goodwood but may also share daily racing tips and EW Lucky 15s for races taking place at Goodwood Racecourse throughout the summer months.

Betting tips for Goodwood can be found at the top of this page when available and also in our main horse racing tips section.

Goodwood Betting Tips Saturday

Glorious Goodwood takes place over five days but Goodwood also hosts racedays on several Saturday’s throughout the summer.

Betting tips for Goodwood on Saturday will be displayed above if racing analyst Will Smith finds any value in the cards.

Goodwood Racecourse

Goodwood Racecourse is complex and rather unusual in shape. It is a right-handed course that features two bends and is considered quite a sharp track.

The “Stewards’ Cup Course” is a straight six furlongs that features an uphill climb followed by a downhill straight to the finish. The five-furlong course at Goodwood is considered to be one of the fastest in the world.

Goodwood Feature Races

Nineteen days of racing grace the Goodwood course each year with several prominent meetings and races taking place.

Glorious Goodwood Betting Tips

Glorious Goodwood, also known as the Qatar Goodwood Festival, is one of the highlights of the British Flat racing season. The five-day festival takes place in July/August against the beautiful backdrop of the Sussex countryside.

Day one of the festival gets underway with the historic Goodwood Cup followed by the Qatar Sussex Stakes on day two. Ladies’ Day brings us the Magnolia Cup and four Group races take place on the Friday with the headline race being the King George Qatar Stakes. The final day of the festival features the Unibet Stewards’ Cup.

Our racing experts will be providing betting tips for Glorious Goodwood this year so please check this page near the time of the festival to view Will Smith’s selections for races at the festival.

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Goodwood Betting Sites

Whether you’re attending the races at Goodwood or watching from home, we always recommend placing your bets online so that you’re able to get the biggest odds and take advantage of the various racing promotions that are exclusively available with online bookies.

Although most betting sites take bets on horse racing, some do not offer Best Odds Guaranteed which is a racing offer that can result in much greater returns from winning bets. Extra Places are also available with selected bookies and some offer Money Back if 2nd and other refund offers that can all result in a greater chance of making a profit.

If you’re looking to place a bet on Glorious Goodwood or any of the other races and meetings at the course, we’ve put together a list of the best Goodwood betting sites so that you can be confident that you’re always getting value from your bets.

Goodwood Betting Sites

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Betting Tips For Goodwood Races

• Right-handed in the main, 2m starts in the home straight and 2m4f on the turn in with a left-hand bend to start with. Undulating course including in the straight with tight bends, horses often meet trouble in running.
• Draw bias varies on the straight course
• Low draw preferred on the round course
• Plenty of Group races through the year including Group 1’s – Goodwood Cup, Sussex Stakes and Nassau Stakes at the Glorious meeting. Also big handicaps over 1m and 6f at the meeting. 
• David Simock outsiders respected (25/1+) with 2/14 in recent years
• David Menuisier with a near 21% strike-rate (12/58) respected
• John Quinn (7/27) for a 26% strike-rate travellers down from Yorkshire warrant respect
• Jamie Spencer (12/79) respected showing a healthy profit (£20 to level stakes)
• Danny Tudhope (8/63) showing a good profit (£38 to level stakes), wins include 16/1, 22/1, 25/1.