Robin Oakley

This year, Glorious Goodwood had it all

Baeed blitzed the Sussex Stakes; Nashwa gave Hollie Doyle her first Classic victory in the French Oaks and the weather and conditions put all the emphasis on speed

The glory that is Goodwood, July 2022. Credit: Alan Crowhurst/Getty 
issue 06 August 2022

‘You’re being unfaithful,’ says the punter’s wife brandishing a note found in her husband’s suit pocket: ‘Dorothea 07440 521321.’ ‘No, no, darling that’s a horse I plan to back next week with its form figures.’ Marital harmony is restored. Three weeks later he arrives home to find his wife on the doorstep with suitcase packed and taxi waiting.

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