He’s a galloper - he’s fantastic to train. He puts a lot into it - his flops in the autumn are because he puts so much into it he’s over the top by then. I always felt a bit of juice in the ground would suit him. “I was getting quite excited going up the hill. I don’t think he stole it as such, you really have to say what a horse. It’s hard to keep up 13 second furlongs over that distance but after that I didn’t think he went too fast. I thought he might have gone a bit quick for the first two furlongs. Of Quickthorn’s brilliant win, Hughie Morrison said: “Tom got the fractions frantically well as did Jason Hart last time. Latest news: Marquand guides 16-1 Quickthorn to runaway success Take a look at the best Glorious Goodwood betting offers and free bets to use across the five day festival Goodwood race timetable Day Two - Wednesday, August 2ġ3:50: Coral Handicap (Class 2) (3YO only) 1m 4fġ4:25: Whispering Angel Oak Tree Stakes (Fillies’ & Mares’ Group 3) (Class 1) (3YO plus) 7fġ5:00: Jaeger-Lecoultre Molecomb Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (2YO only) 5fġ5:35: Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3YO plus) 1mġ6:10: British EBF 40th Anniversary Alice Keppel Fillies’ Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) (Class 2) (2YO only) 5fġ6:45: British European Breeders Fund EBF Fillies’ Handicap (Class 2) (3YO plus) 1m 2fġ7:20: World Pool Handicap (Class 3) (3YO plus) 7f Day Three - Thursday, August 3ġ3:50: Coral Kincsem Handicap (Class 2) (3YO only) 1m 2fġ4:25: Markel Richmond Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2YO only) 6fġ5:00: John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3YO only) 1m 4fġ5:35: Qatar Nassau Stakes (Fillies’ And Mares’ Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3YO plus) 1m 2fġ6:10: Jaeger-Lecoultre Nursery (Class 2) (2YO only) 7fġ6:45: Buccellati Handicap (Class 3) (3YO only) 1mġ7:20: Tatler British EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes (GBB Race) (Class 2) (2YO only) 7fġ7:55: World Pool Handicap (Class 3) (3YO only) 5f Day Four - Friday, August 4ġ3:50: Coral Goodwood Handicap (Class 2) (3YO plus) 2m 4½fġ4:25: Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3YO only) 1mġ5:00: Coral Golden Mile (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3YO plus) 1mġ5:35: King George Qatar Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (3YO plus) 5fġ6:10: L’Ormarins King’s Plate Glorious Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (4YO plus) 1m 4fġ6:45: Ire-Incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Nursery (Class 2) (2YO only) 6fġ7:20: Coral Handicap (Class 3) (3YO only) 1m 3f Day Five - Saturday, August 5ġ3:50: Coral Stewards’ Sprint Handicap (Class 2) (3YO plus) 6fġ4:25: Coral Summer Handicap (Class 2) (3YO plus) 1m 6fġ5:00: Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes (Fillies’ & Mares’ Group 2) (Class 1) (3YO plus) 1m 6fġ5:35: Coral Stewards’ Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3YO plus) 6fġ6:10: Racing Welfare Handicap (Class 2) (3YO only) 7fġ6:45: British EBF 40th Anniversary Maiden Stakes (Class 2) (2YO only) 7fġ7:20: Coral Handicap (Class 3) (3YO plus) 1m 1f The meeting is broadcast live on free-to-air television every day on ITV1. Glorious Goodwood started on Tuesday, 1 August and runs through to Saturday, 6 August. You can read about the four horses to watch for for the rest of the week here. To find out what else Morrison had to say about the performance of day one, please go here. Quickthorn already has won two Group Twos including the Lonsdale at York by 14 lengths doing the same thing so it was not as if his running style was not advertised but on Tuesday it all fell spectacularly into place in a big one for him - a bit of juice in the ground and a course whose topography gave him a natural breather just when he would have needed it on the downhill stretch from half a mile out to three out. There will be those who say that winning jockey Tom Marquand stole the race and others will say his weighing-room colleagues went to sleep at the wheel behind him, but one thing is for sure - it is rare to see it happen in a race at this level.Īs Morrison pointed out, much as the jockey set the perfect fractions he had the perfect partner - an out-and-out galloper who has done it before. Quickthorn gave Hughie Morrison his first Group One winner on the Flat for 16 years when the 16-1 gelding opened up an extraordinary 20-length lead at one stage in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup and managed to maintain the gallop to come home six lengths clear of the field.
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