Top Trainers
Two men have dominated at Glorious Goodwood over the years and they are veteran trainers John Dunlop and Henry Cecil, who head the long list of the most prolific trainers at Goodwood.
Dunlop has been an ardent supporter of Goodwood for many years. He not only tops the list as the most successful trainer at Goodwood, he is also the director of the racecourse. His record is astounding – he has clinched a total of 177 wins at Goodwood, 42 of which were over the five days of the Festival Meet.
His most fruitful races have been the Gordon Stakes, with 6 winners, and the Molecomb Stakes with 3. He has been the top trainer at the Festival Meet on two occasions, in 1999 and 2004, while in 2006 he saddled five winners.
Henry Cecil has been named Champion Trainer 10 times, and although his strike rate has diminished slightly recently, he still heads the Glorious Goodwood Festival trainer statistics. The Newmarket handler has a fantastic record in both of the Festival’s Group One races, having won both the Sussex and Nassau Stakes an incomparable five times.