2017 REMEMBERED: Glorious Goodwood in pictures
![The line-up for the 2017 Magnolia Cup / Picture by Malcolm Wells](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_100881134.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![The line-up for the 2017 Magnolia Cup / Picture by Malcolm Wells](/img/placeholder.png)
But Glorious week didn't live up to its name from start to finish - day two became Washout Wednesday with a day-long deluge that put the fixture and the next day's racing under threat.
A total of 50mm of rain fell in one day and overshadowed the £1m Qatar Sussex Stakes, which, in unusual conditions, went to Sussex jockey Jim Crowley on Here Comes When.
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Hide AdThe rest of the week was a big success, though, with changes that saw the Goodwood Cup upgraded to Group 1 status and staged on the opening day declared a winner by race-goers.
![The line-up for the 2017 Magnolia Cup / Picture by Malcolm Wells](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_100881134.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![The line-up for the 2017 Magnolia Cup / Picture by Malcolm Wells](/img/placeholder.png)
Even the weather behaved for most of the week - as you will see from our gallery of pictures by Malcolm Wells.
Allow yourself to be transported back to summer and the height of the flat-racing season - and stick with this website and the Chichester Observer for the best coverage of Goodwood's 2018 season, which begins in just four months.