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

Good To Firm

Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1)

• Flat Turf
• Turf
• 1m 0f 0y
• Class 1
• 12 runners
• Win time: 1m 36s

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

OUR TIP

1st

8 (4)

8 tips

Bow Echo

J: Billy Loughnane

T: George Boughey

10/11 (Won)

• Win: £1.91
• Place: £1.20

towards rear, waiting for room over 2f out, headway when bumped over 1f out, ridden and ran on well final furlong, led final strides

2nd

10 (1)

1 tip

Gstaad

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

4/1

• Place: £1.35

sweating, midfield, headway under 2f out, ridden when led final 110yds, ran on but headed final strides

3rd

4 (3)

3 tips

Opera Ballo

J: William Buick

T: Charlie Appleby

9/2

• Place: £1.60

started quickly, pulled hard, soon prominent, led under 2f out, soon hung right, headed final 110yds, soon lost second and no extra

4th

7 (7)

2 tips

Ten Bob Tony

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Ed Walker

16/1

took keen hold, in rear, slightly hampered 2f out, edged right but ran on final furlong, nearest finish

5th

12 (11)

Zavateri

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

25/1

in rear, headway when not clear run 2f out, soon switched left and bumped rival, no impression inside final furlong

6th

3 (2)

Never So Brave

J: P J McDonald

T: Andrew Balding

80/1

took keen hold, towards rear, headway over 2f out, weakened gradually final furlong

7th

2 (5)

Lake Forest

J: Cieren Fallon

T: William Haggas

17/2

dwelt start, in rear, waiting for room from over 2f out, some headway when not clear run 1f out, in the clear and kept on towards finish, not recover

8th

1 (9)

Docklands

J: James Doyle

T: Harry Eustace

80/1

took keen hold, in rear, headway against far rail over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

9th

5 (8)

Qirat

J: Colin Keane

T: Ralph Beckett

50/1

soon raced in second, briefly led over 2f out, weakening when edged right over 1f out

10th

6 (12)

Seagulls Eleven

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Hugo Palmer

50/1

took keen hold, in touch with leaders, weakened over 1f out (vet said gelding was showing signs of post-race ataxia)

11th

11 (10)

Puerto Rico

J: Christophe Soumillon

T: A P O’Brien

40/1

towards rear, headway into midfield under 4f out, dropped to rear over 2f out

12th

9 (6)

Dorset

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

200/1

soon led at fast pace, headed and weakened quickly over 2f out, lost touch final furlong

+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.