Video: 2025 Goodwool Cup full race | Goodwood Revival

24th September 2025

Goodwood Road & Racing

New only for the 2025 Revival was the Goodwool Cup, a unique race for sheep of a type that were born between 2015 and 2025. With a packed grid of West Sussex’s finest woolly racers, there was no room for sheepishness heading out of Woolcoat corner and towards the chicane.

Jenson Mutton held an early lead, but hot on his heels was Rob Hoof and Tom Inglamb. Tony Kabaan took advantage of an early mistake from Inglamb snatching third position, while further back Lamborghini racer Romain Dubaa was overtaken by Gordon Shearden, stunned into silence by the shear audacity of the move.

Hoof flew up the inside of Mutton to take the lead with a truly braisen move, while further back Alex Baacombe lost two places to Merino Franchitti and Baani. The safety sheepdog Baarnd Mayländer was deployed as Andy Priewe went rogue, trying to pull the wool over the eyes of his competitors with a dash across the grass to the infield, but the race soon resumed to cheers from the crowd.

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Inglamb and Kabaan traded positions twice approaching the chicane, and Shearden took advantage of a mistake from Dubaa, an error he’ll surely be lambasted for back at the factory. Without warning, Hoof completed a brave chop across the nose of Mutton to take the lead, and further back Baacombe dropped from fifth to seventh behind Merino Franchitti and Baani, sli

ding across fluid dropped by one of the competitors ahead.

With all competitors struggling for traction the safety sheepdog was brought out once again for a brief period, but everyone got underway once again with a green flag from race director Minty Shanks.

It looked like a sprint to the line for the whole field, but damp conditions on the pit straight saw all competitors snap sideways in the final moments of the race. The field accelerated to the line for a photo finish — who finished on the top step of the podium?

Full disclosure: The Goodwool Cup was a one-off moment as part of a tribute to two-time Formula 1 champion Jim Clark, who grew up on a farm in Scotland before beginning his motorsport career.