The biggest race of Glorious Goodwood, the Sussex Stakes is the first contest to see the young and old of the miling division clash at the top level. Run over the twisting 1m course at the Sussex track, it is the first time that the Classic generation meet those aged four and upwards at the distance.

2026 Sussex Stakes Odds

16:10 Goodwood

Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1)

• Going Good To Firm
• Distance 1m 0f 0y
• Class Class 1
• Race Type Flat Turf
• Surface Turf
• Runners 12
• Win Time 1m 36s

Prize Money

• 1st £850,650
• 2nd £322,500
• 3rd £161,400
• 4th £80,400
• 5th £40,350
• 6th £20,250

GG Edge Standard Compact

Win% is implied from the betting forecast

1st 8 (4) 8 tips Bow Echo OUR TIP W: 9st 2lb Age: 3 yo Colt

10/11 (Won)

J: Billy Loughnane T: George Boughey

OR: 126 RPR: 131 Form: 111-11

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2nd 10 (1) 1 tip Gstaad W: 9st 2lb Age: 3 yo Colt

4/1

J: Ryan Moore T: A P O’Brien

OR: 120 RPR: 126 Form: 21-212

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3rd 4 (3) 3 tips Opera Ballo W: 9st 10lb Age: 4 yo Colt

9/2

J: William Buick T: Charlie Appleby

OR: 125 RPR: 130 Form: 21-113

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4th 7 (7) 2 tips Ten Bob Tony W: 9st 10lb Age: 5 yo Gelding

16/1

J: Kieran Shoemark T: Ed Walker

OR: 121 RPR: 126 Form: 0-4811

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5th 12 (11) Zavateri W: 9st 2lb Age: 3 yo Colt

25/1

J: Charles Bishop T: Eve Johnson Houghton

OR: 118 RPR: 120 Form: 1114-2

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6th 3 (2) Never So Brave W: 9st 10lb Age: 5 yo Colt

80/1

J: P J McDonald T: Andrew Balding

OR: 113 RPR: 124 Form: 17-552

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7th 2 (5) Lake Forest W: 9st 10lb Age: 5 yo Colt

17/2

J: Cieren Fallon T: William Haggas

OR: 119 RPR: 124 Form: 207-15

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8th 1 (9) Docklands W: 9st 10lb Age: 6 yo Colt

80/1

J: James Doyle T: Harry Eustace

OR: 115 RPR: 121 Form: 4-1376

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9th 5 (8) Qirat W: 9st 10lb Age: 5 yo Colt

50/1

J: Colin Keane T: Ralph Beckett

OR: 113 RPR: 119 Form: 70-471

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10th 6 (12) Seagulls Eleven W: 9st 10lb Age: 4 yo Colt

50/1

J: Oisin Murphy T: Hugo Palmer

OR: 114 RPR: 121 Form: 0-2113

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11th 11 (10) Puerto Rico W: 9st 2lb Age: 3 yo Colt

40/1

J: Christophe Soumillon T: A P O’Brien

OR: 116 RPR: 120 Form: 111-46

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12th 9 (6) Dorset W: 9st 2lb Age: 3 yo Colt

200/1

J: Wayne Lordan T: A P O’Brien

OR: 103 RPR: 108 Form: 1-7894

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+o+e Betting Returns

	Payout
Exacta	£3.90
Straight Forecast	£4.59
Tricast	£11.77
Trifecta	£9.80

Selections

D Express:

Opera Ballo

Daily Mail:

Bow Echo

Daily Mirror:

Bow Echo

Daily Record:

Gstaad

LAMBOURN:

Ten Bob Tony

POSTDATA:

Ten Bob Tony

RP RATINGS:

Bow Echo

SPOTLIGHT:

Bow Echo

TOPSPEED:

Bow Echo

Telegraph:

Bow Echo

The Guardian:

Bow Echo

The Star:

Opera Ballo

The Sun:

Bow Echo

The Times:

Opera Ballo

Who are this year’s Sussex Stakes Favourites?

Three-year-olds get an 8lb weight allowance at this point of the season, and that age group could well dominate the 2026 renewal according to the betting. 2000 Guineas hero Bow Echo followed that Classic win with a victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. George Boughey’s charge got the better of Aidan O’Brien’s Gstaad, who won the Irish 2000 Guineas in between. The pair of three-year-olds head the betting for the Sussex Stakes in 2026.

Who are this Year’s Sussex Stakes Underdogs?

With a 150/1 winner last year, the underdogs can’t be discounted in the Sussex Stakes. Godolphin could have a strong challenge with some older horses. Opera Ballo is the leading contender for the older horses, whilst Ten Bob Tony and Zavateri add more depth to the race.

Last Year’s Sussex Stakes Odds

Qirat was a shock 150/1 winner of the 2025 Sussex Stakes, as Ralph Beckett’s outsider edged out the well-fancied Rosallion in one of the surprises of the flat season.

Betting Strategies for the Sussex Stakes

Finding the winner of the Sussex Stakes may have seemed too easy for punters in the last two years, with Baaeed and Paddington going off at 1/6 and 4/9 respectively. Yet there would still have been ways to bet and study the form for all bettors depending on where they looked.

Outright Winner

You would only have made 0.6 points worth of profit across the last two renewals combined by finding the heavily odds-on winners. However, picking the winner is still the best form of validation in a big race, especially if this year’s were to go off at a bigger price.

Each Way

Speaking of bigger prices, each-way betting can sometimes prove the superior way to play the Sussex Stakes. The runner-ups in the previous two runnings have gone off at 12/1 and 11/1, earning each-way backers of those two a bigger profit for a level stake than those who backed the winners on the nose.

Draw Biases

Despite small fields, no winner of the Sussex Stakes since 2014 has emerged from stall 1. Like with races over long distances at Ascot, the inside draw can often result in runners being boxed in, and Goodwood is not the easiest track to find space from the back.

Sussex Stakes Odds of Past 10 Winners

The odds of the last ten winners point towards a heavily weighted race in favour of favourites, though with a level stake each year, you would still have lost money backing the favourites despite six winners out of ten. Here are the odds of all the recent winners.