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Stardom Stakes
The Stardom Stakes, also known as the Peter Willett Stakes, was a Conditions races, conditions Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It was run at Goodwood Racecourse, Goodwood over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres),and took place each year in late August or early September. History The event was established in 1978, and it was initially called the Westhampnett Stakes. It was named after Westhampnett, a village to the south of Goodwood. It became known as the Chromacopy Stakes in 1983. The race was given Listed status and renamed the Stardom Stakes in 1987. Its original distance of 1 mile was cut to 7 furlongs in 2009 and it was renamed the Peter Willett Stakes in recognition of a long-serving director of Goodwood Racecourse. The race lost its Listed status in 2013, being replaced in the calendar by the Flying Scotsman Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster. The race was replaced by a valuable si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodwood Racecourse
Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House. It hosts the annual Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July and early August, which is one of the highlights of the British flat racing calendar, and is home to three of the UK's 36 annual Group 1 flat races, the Sussex Stakes, the Goodwood Cup and the Nassau Stakes. Although the race meeting has become known as 'Glorious Goodwood', it is sponsored by Qatar and officially called the 'Qatar Goodwood Festival'. It is considered to enjoy an attractive setting to the north of Trundle Iron Age hill fort, which is used as an informal grandstand with views of the whole course. One problem is that its proximity to the coast means that it can get foggy. This is an unusual, complex racecourse with a straight six furlongs—the "Stewards' Cup Course"—which is uphill for the first furlong and mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
