THE Qatar Goodwood Festival was what summer racing should be. Top class competition on fast ground producing good times where the temptation to put plenty of water on the track was resisted by clerk of the course, Ed Arkell, who deserves plenty of credit for his approach.

The race times when compared with the RaceiQ par times give us a good indication of how the ground rode throughout the five days, and they suggest the ground was a little slower on the last two days of the meeting than on the preceding three, but on all days the ground enabled horses to let themselves down and produce good times.