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The Goodwood is a Group 1 race held at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide as part of the South Australia Jockey Club’s premier racing carnival. Taking place in May of each year, The Goodwood is a 1200m sprint run under set weights plus penalties and is currently worth just over $500,000 in total prize money, making it one of the more lucrative South Australian races.

For 2020 The Goodwood prize money was reduced to $400,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the leading sprint race at the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival, the event always attracts a highly competitive field of quality gallopers. Entries may come via a number of earlier races including the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) for fillies & mares at the same track and distance a fortnight earlier.

In 2021 the Robert Sangster Stakes winning filly ran second in The Goodwood behind shock winner Savatoxl. The Robert Sangster Stakes form from 2023 was franked in The Goodwood with Another Award running second in both Group 1s and Zapateo placing third in both races.

The latest horses to complete the Robert Sangster Stakes – The Goodwood double were Black Caviar (2012) and Platelet (2013).

The Goodwood 2023 ran on  Saturday May 20, 2023 at Morphettville Racecourse and was won in fighting fashion by the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained filly Royal Merchant ($18). 

2023 The Goodwood
Date:	Saturday May 20, 2023
Track:	Morphettville Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Conditions:	Open – Set Weights + Penalties
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$502,250
Inaugurated:	1881

2023 The Goodwood Results

• 1st: #16 Royal Merchant ($18)
  
• 2nd: #17 Another Award
• 3rd: #7 Zapateo

It was an all-female 2023 The Goodwood trifecta this autumn with the tough Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes winning filly Royal Merchant ($18) fighting back to score an upset victory over Another Award (2nd) and Zapateo (3rd) who both came off the same placings in the Group 1 Robert Sangster last stat.

Click here to read more on the tenacious victory by the three-year-old Royal Merchant in The Goodwood 2023 results.

2023 The Goodwood Results & Finishing Order

Colour	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	16	ROYAL MERCHANT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee		14	52.5kg		$18
	2	17	ANOTHER AWARD	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	0.4L	3	52.5kg (cd 53kg)		$6
	3	7	ZAPATEO	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	1.2L	16	55kg		$3.50F
	4	9	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Jamie Mott	1.7L	9	54.5kg		$4
	5	8	SERADESS	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Todd Pannell	1.9L	13	55kg		$20
	6	1	FRONT PAGE	Geoff Duryea	Billy Egan	2.4L	8	58.5kg		$16
	7	4	KALLOS	James Cummings	Ben Melham	2.9L	4	57kg		$12
	8	2	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Jake Toeroek	3.6L	6	57kg		$31
	9	12	FRANKIE PINOT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Ms Madison Lloyd (a)	3.6L	12	54.5kg		$26
	10	11	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Lachlan Neindorf (a)	3.8L	10	54.5kg		$101
	11	13	NOT AN OPTION	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	4.6L	1	54.5kg		$61
	12	5	CURRAN	Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor	Craig Newitt	4.7L	7	57kg		$71
	13	10	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton	Craig Williams	5.8L	2	54.5kg		$21
	14	15	MNEMENTH	Mitchell Beer	Jordan Mallyon	7L	15	54.5kg		$51
	15	3	SAVATOXL	Will Savage	Ms Caitlin Jones	7.5L	5	57kg		$26
	16	6	FREE OF DEBT	Chris Bieg	Justin Potter	7.7L	11	56kg		$151
		14	LARIMER STREET	David Jolly	Ms Kayla Crowther		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 The Goodwood Betting Odds

The autumn’s latest The Goodwood 2023 odds and betting market links to Ladbrokes.com.au will be available below.

There was a notable upset in 2022 with Lombardo winning at The Goodwood odds of $18 and again in 2023 with the filly Royal Merchant also saluting at $18 in The Goodwood betting.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 THE GOODWOOD ODDS (Final Field)

2023 The Goodwood Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 THE GOODWOOD FORM GUIDE

2023 The Goodwood Tips

Stay tuned for our insider The Goodwood 2023 Tips on the Adelaide sprint feature this May.

• To Win: #17 Another Award ($13 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Going for value in this year’s The Goodwood field and have the mare Another Award on top at a nice double-figure price. The in-form and improving five-year-old daughter of Shamus Award represents ace local trainers Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas and comes off a key lead-up. She has a lovely strike-rate at the track and distance (8:4-1-0). Last start she was under a length away second in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) here at 50/1. Right track, right trip and drops from 56.5kg that run to just 52.5kg. Gets the run of the race from barrier three after jumping wide last time out and will be flying with that weight. Upset hope.

2023 The Goodwood Field

The Goodwood race field attracts a smart line-up of sprinters, many coming out of lead-up sprint races held in Melbourne or Sydney during the autumn. Alternatively fillies and mares may have a lead-up into The Goodwood at the track and distance two weeks prior in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m). In 2023 the same two mares, Another Award and Zapateo, ran second and third respectively in both the Robert Sangster and The Goodwood results.

Brisbane winter racing could also be on the agenda for sprinters in The Goodwood field.

The official The Goodwood 2023 field and barriers are set for release on the Tuesday of race week and will be announced below.

The 2023 The Goodwood final field features a quality line-up of sprinters led in betting by dual Group 1 second placed Snitzel colt Lofty Strike and Godolphin’s in-form Brazen Beau mare Zapateo coming off a third in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes at the track.

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2023 The Goodwood field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	104x10x882	FRONT PAGE	Geoff Duryea	Billy Egan	9	58.5kg		100
2	03x54737x0	KEMENTARI	James Cummings	Jake Toeroek	7	57kg		109
3	x0289x0x11	SAVATOXL	Will Savage	Ms Caitlin Jones	6	57kg		107
4	301279×111	KALLOS	James Cummings	Ben Melham	4	57kg		104
5	043778×517	CURRAN	Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor	Craig Newitt	8	57kg		96
6	9x109x80x6	FREE OF DEBT	Chris Bieg	Justin Potter	12	56kg		95
7	16144×0113	ZAPATEO	James Cummings	Damien Oliver	17	55kg		110
8	311x70x245	SERADESS	Mark & Levi Kavanagh	Todd Pannell	14	55kg		98
9	1x347x1228	LOFTY STRIKE	Julius Sandhu	Jamie Mott	10	54.5kg		110
10	x0865x05x5	ZOUTORI	Mathew Ellerton	Craig Williams	2	54.5kg		107
11	3420x49x53	GENERAL BEAU	Mathew Ellerton	Lachlan Neindorf (a)	11	54.5kg		98
12	1455x0x522	FRANKIE PINOT	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Ms Madison Lloyd (a)	13	54.5kg		98
13	784×746153	NOT AN OPTION	Michael Moroney	Patrick Moloney	1	54.5kg		97
14	626x311x82	LARIMER STREET	David Jolly	Ms Kayla Crowther	5	54.5kg		93
15	1321x01x71	MNEMENTH	Mitchell Beer	Jordan Mallyon	16	54.5kg		91
16	1125442321	ROYAL MERCHANT	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Michael Dee	15	52.5kg		94
17	4057×31432	ANOTHER AWARD	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Jason Holder	3	52.5kg		98

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 The Goodwood Nominations

The Goodwood nominations are taken in early May about a fortnight out from the race and the full list of early entries will be available below.

The 2023 The Goodwood nominations close on Tuesday the 9th of May, 2023. 

The Goodwood History

D.O.D. was the inaugural Goodwood winner in 1881 when it was a principal race run over six furlongs. From 1886 to 1888 the race was not held but resumed the next year in 1889 under the same status and distance. In 1942 and 1943 the race did not take place again. The length was converted to 1200m in 1973 and the race’s status was lifted to Group 1 in 1980. Up until 2007 the race was run as a handicap event known as the Goodwood Handicap.

Notable recent The Goodwood winners include Trekking (2020), Black Heart Bart (2016) and super mare Black Caviar (2012).

In 2023 Royal Merchant became the first The Goodwood winning filly since Lone Rock (2011).

The Goodwood Recent Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 The Goodwood	1st	Royal Merchant	1 minute 11.19 seconds
	2nd	Another Award
	3rd	Zapateo
2022 The Goodwood	1st	Lombardo	1 minute 9.22 seconds
	2nd	Halvorsen
	3rd	The Astrologist
2021 The Goodwood	1st	Savatoxl	1 minute 10.19 seconds
	2nd	Instant Celebrity
	3rd	Gytrash
2020 The Goodwood	1st	Trekking	1 minute 10.38 seconds
	2nd	Gytrash
	3rd	Lyre
2019 The Goodwood	1st	Despatch	1 minute 9.30 seconds
	2nd	Behemoth
	3rd	Spright
2018 The Goodwood	1st	Santa Ana Lane	1 minute 09.80 seconds
	2nd	Missrock
	3rd	I’ll Have A Bit
2017 The Goodwood	1st	Vega Magic	1 minute 09.34 seconds
	2nd	Missrock
	3rd	Casino Wizard
2016 The Goodwood	1st	Black Heart Bart	1 minute 10.0 seconds
	2nd	Under The Louvre
	3rd	Supido
2015 The Goodwood	1st	Flamberge	1 minute 9.3 seconds
	2nd	Lord Of The Sky
	3rd	Under The Louvre
2014 The Goodwood	1st	Smokin’ Joey	1 minute 11.6 seconds
	2nd	Platelet
	3rd	Riziz
2013 The Goodwood	1st	Platelet	1 minute 9.7 seconds
	2nd	Conservatorium
	3rd	Altar
2012 The Goodwood	1st	Black Caviar	1 minute 10.3 seconds
	2nd	We’re Gonna Rock
	3rd	Stirling Grove
2011 The Goodwood	1st	Lone Rock	1 minute 09.0 seconds
	2nd	Crystal Lily
	3rd	Pinwheel
2010 The Goodwood	1st	Velocitea	1 minute 09.01 seconds
	2nd	Catapulted
	3rd	Very Discreet
2009 The Goodwood	1st	Takeover Target	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	I Am Invincible
	3rd	Commanding Hope
2008 The Goodwood	1st	Shadoways	1 minute 9.3 seconds
	2nd	Cargo Cult
	3rd	Diplomatic Force
2007 The Goodwood	1st	Let Go Thommo	1 minute 9.3 seconds
	2nd	Tesbury Jack
	3rd	Royal Ida
2006 The Goodwood	1st	Perfectly Ready	1 minute 10.7 seconds
	2nd	Sassbee
	3rd	Squillani
2005 The Goodwood	1st	Glamour Puss	1 minute 9.1 seconds
	2nd	Solar Antiquity
	3rd	Shablec
2004 The Goodwood	1st	Super Elegant	1 minute 9.2 seconds
	2nd	Recurring
	3rd	Danabaa
2003 The Goodwood	1st	Bomber Bill	1 minute 9.4 seconds
	2nd	Squillani
	3rd	Debrief
2002 The Goodwood	1st	Zip Zip Away	1 minute 11.1 seconds
	2nd	Libidinious
	3rd	The Big Chill
2001 The Goodwood	1st	Keeper	1 minute 10.4 seconds
	2nd	Sudurka
	3rd	Ateaters
2000 The Goodwood	1st	Marstic	1 minute 13.9 seconds
	2nd	Czar Hero
	3rd	Strident