Group 1 race | |
Location | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia |
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Inaugurated | 1881 (as the Goodwood Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Furphy (2022) |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
Weight | Set weights with penalties |
Purse | $502,250 (2022) |
The Goodwood is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, South Australia in the SAJC Autumn Carnival. [1]
In 2007 the race conditions were set weights and penalties after previously being a handicap race throughout its 121-year history and was renamed The Goodwood from Goodwood Handicap. The event is the richest sprint race in autumn in Adelaide with $502,250 in prize money. [1] The race was a principal race until 1980 when it was granted Group 1 status. [1] In the years between 1881–1885 the distance was one mile. [2]
The race has always attracted high calibre sprinters. Recently such champions as Black Caviar and Takeover Target have won the race who have gone on to win overseas. [1] Two horses have won the race twice with Mostyn (1894–95) and Musket Belle (1911–12). [3] Aurie's Star which won the race in 1940, had in previous seasons taken out the Oakleigh Plate twice and the VRC Newmarket Handicap. [3]
The leading trainer with five wins is Walter Hickenbotham and they were achieved in the first decade of the twentieth century [3] (1901, 1902, 1906, 1909, 1910). [2] South Australian jockey John Letts holds the record with five wins in the event [3] (1961, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984). [2]
The race record time was set by Spectrum in 1998 in a time of 1:08.33. [2]
Note:
† Race not held due to a ban on war time racing in the state. [45]
‡ Race not held due to the Totalizator Repeal Act 1883. [46]
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