Top Jockeys
To be considered a top jockey at Glorious Goodwood is an enormous feat given the racecourse is notorious for its difficulty. In recent times one man has dominated at Goodwood and that is Frankie Dettori. He has won a total of 149 races at the Sussex venue, an incredible 73 more than his closest rival, Richard Hills. Of those 149 wins, 46 of them have been secured over the Festival week.
In 2007 Dettori clinched the richest race of the Festival, the £300,000 Group One Sussex Stakes. Over the years he has lifted the coveted Tote Top Jockey Charity Challenge Trophy awarded to the top jockey at the Festival Meeting four times – in 1994, 1995, 1999 and 2006.
Michael Hills has also had great success at Goodwood having ridden a total of 69 winners, 27 of them during the Glorious Goodwood Festival. Other jockeys who have impressed at Goodwood are Darryll Holland, Richard Hughes, Richard Hills and Kieren Fallon. Fallon has also claimed the trophy for the Top Jockey at the Festival on four occasions, in ’97, ’98, ’03 and ’05.