Is this loose ground causing injuries ?

looked another broken leg there

I suspect you are right howard.

Just water and fertilize to promote grass growth not to soften the going.

its firm ground with an easy & loose top few inches...would struggle to produce a more unsafe surface than this imo

I was questioning why it wasn’t genuine firm yesterday, it’s not good enough.

Jul 30, 2025 -- 1:54PM, Delashay wrote:

I was questioning why it wasn’t genuine firm yesterday, it’s not good enough.

agree

Bright Thunder won on soft last time and Sqqara Sands has soft form, I know times say it’s not slow but when betting I like to know what the going is.

Delashay • July 30, 2025 2:02 PM BST
I don’t like this ground Figgis and a different track a different day means I’d not be shocked either way…
Little puffs of soil shouldn’t be erupting like mini volcanoes and I have that memory of him still from the Lagadere.
I hope all come back safe.

Ist winner clearly liked some dig too

Goodwood is a chalk down site, it will be free draining and relatively quick drying. It is likely to to be a little loose on top after persistent rain, but id have thought this would have sorted out overnight following a dry evening, night and now morning.
I suspect the injuries are somewhat freakish and nothing to do with the ground conditions.

Blame Culture rules today.
Horses can and do injure themselves on any ground.
I haven't noticed any slipping on the bends so far

plenty ostriches about

womder - the course is chalk based not sand

another 1 broken down

you have got to think now there is definitely false ground after watering and rain..whats wrong with fast ground at a summer festival !!! not a good image for horse racing in today's world

Jul 30, 2025 -- 4:22PM, wondersobright wrote:

another 1 broken down

Trucking disgusting.

Terrible advert for "Glorious" Goodwood, that last race another one broken down and another one of the days bankers not going a yard.

He's alright isn't he

our cody up ok

she was until in hell told her she looked like a male.

Some amount of  watnaan hotpots stuffed I noticed james doyle not exerting himself too hard on them either obviously worried bout ground , the clerk of course should have good look at himself , compare that to the safe ground offered up by newmarket at July meeting where form stood up

Dante's Lad pulled up and dismounted.

The certifiables claiming it was good to soft yesterday
First race today under standard with an overnight shower as well

A biblical downpour now

could be off if this goes on much longer

will be getting their toe in from the next race

Draw effect on Stewards Cup?

Will be blamed on Climate Change

Goodwood is a joke course. Overwatered for years. Obviously no way of knowing whether its contributed to the injuries this year but it does feel like it can't help having loose ground because of overwatering on the first two days.

Have some sympathy for the poor clerk, this downpour probably means he won’t be able to water after racing and he was so hoping to

"Have some sympathy for the poor clerk, this downpour probably means he won’t be able to water after racing and he was so hoping to"
Probably????

overwatering causes a shallow root base and therefore more likely to be loose ground.

nothing ever happened in this volume when this meeting was run on firm or g/f most years

its a legacy of bad practice & goodwood is just 1 of many