The Goodwood is a Group 1 race for open horses and takes place annually late April or early May at Morphettville racecourse in Adelaide, South Australia. The race is run over a distance of 1200 metres under set weights & penalty conditions and offers good prizemoney of $300,000 for entrants. The 2009 Goodwood was won by Takeover Target from I Am Invincible with Commanding Hope third.
Goodwood race day also includes the Gr1 SA Derby for three-year-olds and will be held on a Sunday for the 2009/2010 racing season.
| Goodwood info |
| Date: |
Sunday 2nd May 2010 |
| Track: |
Morphettville racecourse, Adelaide |
| Distance: |
1200 metres |
| Race Type: |
Open - Set Weights + Penalty |
| Status: |
Group 1 |
| Prizemoney: |
$300,000 |
| 2009 Winner: |
Takeover Target |
The Goodwood is the premier sprint event of the Adelaide autumn racing carnival and always attracts a strong contingent of well above average gallopers. The race was formerly a handicap event up until 2007, when it became a set weights & penalty race, which tends to favour the better performed horses entered.
Races such as the RN Irwin Stakes or DC Mackay Stakes are good guides to this event and the Goodwood is a time honoured race in Adelaide. I Am Invincible (2nd in 2009) won the DC Mackay Stakes prior to finishing runner-up in this race.
Some more than handy gallopers have saluted in the Goodwood and horses of the calibre of Takeover Target (2009), Super Elegant (2004), Bomber Bill (2003), Sword (1996), Euclase (1992) and Boardwalk Angel (1989) have won this race.
Champion galloper Takeover Target (2009) won the Gr1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick on Sydney Cup Day on his way to winning this event and recent Goodwood winners have been Shadoways (2008) and Let Go Thommo (2007).
2009 Goodwood result
1. $1.40 Takeover Target 58.5 J Ford
2. $13.00 I Am Invincible 55.5 D Gauci
3. $41.00 Commanding Hope 55.5 B Rawiller
Then followed:
4. $9.00 Augusta Proud 51.0 Ms C Lindop
5. $151.00 Flying Phoenix 54.0 Ms A Herrmann
6. $85.00 Huxssen 52.5 G Boss
7. $26.00 Tramuntana 54.0 R Plumb
8. $26.00 Blahnik 55 C Lever
9. $31.00 Diplomatic Force 56.5 J Benbow
10. $17.00 Hidden Energy 52.0 Craig Williams
11. $26.00 Orbit Express 54.0 S R King
12. $31.00 Shadoways 58.0 M Pegus
Margins: Len, sht nk
Time: 1:10.78
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Goodwood recent winners & placegetters
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
Time |
|
2009 |
Takeover Target |
I Am Invincible |
Commanding Hope |
1:10.7 |
|
2008 |
Shadoways |
Cargo Cult |
Diplomatic Force |
1:09.3 |
|
2007 |
Let Go Thommo |
Tesbury Jack |
Royal Ida |
1:09.3 |
|
2006 |
Perfectly Ready |
Sassbee |
Squillani |
1:10.7 |
|
2005 |
Glamour Puss |
Solar Antiquity |
Shablec |
1:09.1 |
|
2004 |
Super Elegant |
Recurring |
Danabaa |
1:09.2 |
|
2003 |
Bomber Bill |
Squillani |
Debrief |
1:09.4 |
|
2002 |
Zip Zip Aray |
Libidinious |
The Big Chill |
1:11.1 |
|
2001 |
Keeper |
Sudurka |
Ateaters |
1:10.4 |
|
2000 |
Marstic |
Czar Hero |
Strident |
1:13.9 |
|
1999 |
French Clock |
Any Rhythm |
Loafer |
1:10.8 |
|
1998 |
Spectrum |
Scandinavia |
Its My Sin |
1:08.3 |
|
1997 |
Bellzevir |
Another Excuse |
Clang |
1:10.3 |
|
1996 |
Sword |
Lord Matthew |
Scorn Bold |
1:09.0 |
|
1995 |
Centisle |
Khaptingly |
Simple As That |
1:10.3 |
|
1994 |
Ambala |
Simonstad |
Let Him Ride |
1:09.4 |
|
1993 |
Jolly Old Mac |
Colebrook |
Pay The Kings |
1:09.7 |
|
1992 |
Euclase |
Dappers Hope |
Cogitate |
1:11.9 |
|
1991 |
Crush |
Beau George |
My Version |
1:10.2 |
|
1990 |
Beau George |
Crush |
Dancers Choice |
1:09.2 |
|
1989 |
Boardwalk Angel |
Dieu D'Or |
Beau George |
1:12.4 |
|
1988 |
Cameronic |
Daring Jon |
Mr Cheap |
1:10.0 |
