The Goodwood

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, South Australia in the SAJC Autumn Carnival.

Recently such champions as Black Caviar and Takeover Target have won the race who have gone on to win overseas.

[3] Aurie's Star which won the race in 1940, had in previous seasons taken out the Oakleigh Plate twice and the VRC Newmarket Handicap.

[3] The leading trainer with five wins is Walter Hickenbotham and they were achieved in the first decade of the twentieth century[3] (1901, 1902, 1906, 1909, 1910).

[2] South Australian jockey John Letts holds the record with five wins in the event[3] (1961, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984).

Cellarman, (inside) winning 1949