Qatar Goodwood Festival finale tomorrow

Doha, Qatar: The curtain will fall on Saturday, 3rd August on the 2024 renewal of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) sponsored Qatar Goodwood Fes...

Doha, Qatar: The curtain will fall on Saturday, 3rd August on the 2024 renewal of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC)-sponsored Qatar Goodwood Festival. The race meetings of the five-day annual Festival continued over four days before it will reach its finale tomorrow. 

This year’s edition has had special importance with the huge turnout of spectators at Goodwood, indicating the keenness to be part of the racing extravaganza, being a racing landmark in the UK and Europe. 

Tomorrow’s racing at Goodwood will see seven races and the feature will be the Gr.2 Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes. 12 fillies and mares will go under starters order, including the Group 2 winner Melo Melo owned by Wathnan Racing; the very consistent Free Wind, who will run in the silks of George Strawbridge; the recent Group 3 winner at Fairyhouse, Ireland, Grateful, trained by Aidan O’Brien; as well as last year’s edition winner Sumo Sam. 

Quick-fire double for Wathan Racing - The Festival’s racing continued on the fourth day, Friday, with seven race, which saw two more wins in the colours of Wathnan Racing. Under James Doyle, Haunted Dream recorded a thrilling win in the Regent Seven Seas Cruises Bentinck Conditions Stakes, giving his trainer Hamad Al Jehani his first victory at Goodwood.