Simon Nott spends some rainy days at ‘Glorious’ Goodwood

Simon Nott
TALES FROM THE BETTING RING

DAY 1
The weather was kind for the start of the opening day of Glorious Goodwood. The usual friendly bookie banter bubbled about the ring, as it always does at big meetings, hope springing eternal. There are always a lot of ‘old’ faces that come out of retirement to populate multiple pitches.
The ring like a result to start the week off nicely in the opener. They got one, in 12/1 winner Dark Red, but then…Stewards’ Enquiry. The runner-up Fabricate was still...