Goodwood sold ??

[EXKAY120]

Is it old news or has Charlie March sold Goodwood to the arabs ? i heard on the radio yesterday.

[ecsrobin]

EXKAY120 said:

Is it old news or has Charlie March sold Goodwood to the arabs ? i heard on the radio yesterday.

The time it took to post this, you could have done a quick Google to see that Qatar has sponsored Glorious Goodwood for the next 10 years and will now be called "Qatar Goodwood Festival"

[EXKAY120]

Oh dear, so sorry i did`nt Google that,i`ll go and stand in the naughty corner !! slap on the wrist,promise i`ll Google in future !

Edited by EXKAY120 on Sunday 28th December 08:07

[9.3]

I think many of us Goodwood regulars will still call it Glorious Goodwood.

[Ian Wegg]

Yes quite. I hadn't realised until this week that the "glorious" epithet had even become an official name.

"Glorious Goodwood" or "glorious Goodwood", it's much the same.

~iw

[Stephanie Plum]

Strictly speaking Glorious Goodwood applies to the big summer meet at the horse racing end

[9.3]

Stephanie Plum said:

Strictly speaking Glorious Goodwood applies to the big summer meet at the horse racing end

Precisely Stephanie, but it is now to be called the "Qatar Goodwood Festival".

[Ian Wegg]

Stephanie Plum said:

Strictly speaking Glorious Goodwood applies to the big summer meet at the horse racing end

Growing up in the area I only really remember the summer meeting being referred to locally as "Goodwood week", I thought of "glorious Goodwood" as a generic term. However I see the BBC were listing their coverage as "Glorious Goodwood" in the Radio Times as early as 1960 so it's clearly been the official name for quite a while. You live and learn.

But yes, only the summer horse racing is ever "glorious". Perhaps we should come up with our own epithets for the motor events?

~iw

[Lynchie999]

slightly OT perhaps, but also a lot of money seems to have been ploughed into the new GRRC branding and website, with its new columnists / reviews and what not.. make you wonder where all the money to do this has come from and what the end game is for it ? to sell FOS and Revival tickets ? (i think not) I have a feeling theres a partnership with haymarket somewhere along the line...

[Stephanie Plum]

9.3 said:

Stephanie Plum said:

Strictly speaking Glorious Goodwood applies to the big summer meet at the horse racing end

Precisely Stephanie, but it is now to be called the "Qatar Goodwood Festival".

Oh please do forgive me. What with this being a petrolhead forum I thought we were talking about the FoS not the horsey week.

[rpguk]

Pretty naff

[ecsrobin]

Stephanie Plum said:

Oh please do forgive me. What with this being a petrolhead forum I thought we were talking about the FoS not the horsey week.

Your forgiven.

[EXKAY120]

Whats the admssion fee for a classic on NYD

[Stephanie Plum]

Eh??

Admission to what? Or am I being slower than usual?

[ecsrobin]

EXKAY120 said:

Whats the admssion fee for a classic on NYD

For what???