Goodwood Handicap
| Group 1 race | |
| Location | Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1881 (as the Goodwood Handicap) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Darley Stud (2017) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
| Weight | Set weights with penalties |
| Purse | $1,000,000 (2017) |
The Goodwood is a South Australian Jockey Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia in the SAJC Autumn Carnival.
In 2007 the race conditions were set weights and penalties after previously being a handicap race throughout its 121-year history and was renamed The Goodwood from Goodwood Handicap. The event is the richest sprint race in autumn in Adelaide with $1,000,000 in prize money. The race was a principal race until 1980 when it was granted Group 1 status. In the years between 1881–1885 the distance was one mile.
The race has always attracted high calibre sprinters. Recently such champions as Black Caviar and Takeover Target have won the race who have gone on to win overseas. Two horses have won the race twice with Mostyn (1894–95) and Musket Belle (1911–12). Aurie's Star won the race in 1940 had in previous seasons taken out the Oakleigh Plate twice and the VRC Newmarket Handicap.
The leading trainer with five wins is Walter Hickenbotham and they were achieved in the first decade of the twentieth century. (1901, 1902, 1906, 1909, 1910) South Australian jockey John Letts holds the record with five wins in the event. (1961, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984)
The race record time was set by Spectrum in 1995 in a time of 1:08.33.
Note:
† Race not held due to a ban on war time racing in the state.
‡ Race not held due to the Totalizator Repeal Act 1883.
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