The Nassau Stakes is one of the three Group 1s run at the Glorious Goodwood festival every year. It is run over 1m2f and is exclusive to fillies and mares. In terms of races only for female horses, it is the first of its kind to see the three-year-olds against older horses during the season.

2026 Nassau Stakes Tips

Aidan O’Brien’s Diamond Necklace can maintain her unbeaten record with a dominant victory in Thursday’s showpiece race.

15:35 Qatar Nassau Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies & Mares)

Diamond Necklace

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Result

1st 4/6

2026 Nassau Stakes Odds

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15:35 Goodwood

Good To Firm

Qatar Nassau Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies & Mares)

• Flat Turf
• Turf
• 1m 1f 197y
• Class 1
• 5 runners
• Win time: 2m 4s

• First Prize: £340,260
• 2nd: £129,000
• 3rd: £64,560
• 4th: £32,160
• 5th: £16,140
• 6th: £8,100

OUR TIP

1st

4 (3)

6 tips

Diamond Necklace

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

4/6 (Won)

• Win: £1.67
• Place: £1.01

took keen hold, in touch with leaders, headway over 2f out, nudged along to lead over 1f out, ridden and went clear final 110yds, ran on

2nd

1 (5)

6 tips

Friendly Soul

J: William Buick

T: John & Thady Gosden

5/2

• Place: £1.70

took keen hold, raced wide early, soon raced in second, led and edged right over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no chance with winner final 110yds

3rd

2 (1)

See The Fire

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Andrew Balding

7/1

took keen hold, in rear, went third under 2f out, no impression

4th

3 (4)

1 tip

Botagoz

J: Ray Dawson

T: Roger Varian

14/1

in rear, hung right and weakened under 2f out

5th

5 (2)

Moments Of Joy

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

66/1

led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened

+o+e Betting Returns

	Payout
Exacta	£2.40
Straight Forecast	£2.50
Trifecta	£3.80

Selections

D Express:

Friendly Soul

Daily Mail:

Diamond Necklace

Daily Mirror:

Diamond Necklace

Daily Record:

Friendly Soul

POSTDATA:

Friendly Soul

RP RATINGS:

Diamond Necklace

SPOTLIGHT:

Diamond Necklace

TOPSPEED:

Diamond Necklace

Telegraph:

Botagoz

The Guardian:

Friendly Soul

The Star:

Friendly Soul

The Sun:

Diamond Necklace

The Times:

Friendly Soul

Nassau Stakes Racecourse 

Goodwood’s 1m2f track undulates and turns sharply, with a gradual downhill section replaced by an incline until the main bend into the straight. From there, the course drifts significantly to the right and moves sharply downhill, ensuring those towards the front can get a brief edge on their rivals on their run for home. At the very end, the track moves uphill again, meaning stamina is tested to the last.

Over this trip, an inside draw can be useful for the bends, but can also mean you get stuck to the rail. Minding in 2016 was the last filly or mare to win from stall 1, with the last two winners emerging from the widest draw.

Betting Strategies for the Nassau Stakes

Betting on the Nassau Stakes can be tricky at times given small fields, but ultimately punters will find plenty of ways to bet using these methods.

Each Way

If you fancy hedging your bets then opt to place your bet each-way. Plenty of horses have filled the frame at good prices in recent years to reward each-way backers.

Non Runner No Bet

There are 31 provisional entries for the 2024 Nassau Stakes, while a maximum of only 18 can run. Furthermore, nine has been the biggest field size for the contest in the last decade, so make sure to understand that your ante-post fancy may not be guaranteed to run, and could be better off backed with non runner no bet terms.

Without the Favourite

Four of the ten winners since 2014 have been 2/1 favourites or shorter. This can put off some punters, but there were 16/1 runner-ups to both Minding and Winter who would still have gone off at decent odds without the favourite, as would Aristia at 40/1 in 2022.

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Nassau Stakes Trends & Historic Data

Favourite backers would not have had the best time in the Nassau Stakes in recent renewals. Although four have been victorious, and a number of other short prices have been successful, you would be down 1.7 points to a level stake for just having backed the favourites.

Then again, only Deirdre in 2019 went off at a double-figure price before returning to the winners’ enclosure. She is also the only international winner within the last decade despite a number of chancers.

The weight allowance for three-year-olds has proved invaluable for many fillies. They receive 9lb for their age at this point of the season, and that has seen six winners of that demographic and just two winners over the age of four in the last decade.

Nassau Stakes Past Winners

Look back some of the most recent Nassau Stakes winners…