Included in this selection are spectators watching a race at Goodwood from Trundle Hill back in 1929, a large crowd watching the horse racing in 1923. There are also pictures of Alexandra Marie Bridget, Countess Airlie and daughter of the 3rd Earl of Leicester arriving to watch racing in 1922, winning horse, 'King Sol' after a race in 1919.
You can also see friends having lunch with the ‘top down’, in the back of a motor car during racing in 1919, Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell, Countess of Carnarvon arriving in 1924 and Leo Rothschild and Lady Marsh at the races back in 1910. For more retro galleries click this link to our heritage section on our website.
1. Goodwood race days of the past
circa 1909: Captain Hanky and Miss Millicent James at a race meeting in Goodwood. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
2. Goodwood race days of the past
30th July 1929: Spectators watching a race at Goodwood from Trundle Hill. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
3. Goodwood race days of the past
Stage coaches off to Goodwood from Chichester. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive
4. Goodwood race days of the past
1923: The crowd watching the horse racing at Goodwood. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) Photo: The News archive