THEA FACTOR

Meet John Gosden’s stunning daughter Thea, who is set to light up the Magnolia Cup at Glorious Goodwood

LEGENDARY racehorse trainer John Gosden is used to strolling into the winners' enclosures of the world's best racecourses.

Stradivarius, Golden Horn, Enable and Co have all cemented the iconic horseman's status as one of the best trainers ever.

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Legendary trainer Gosden's daughter Thea will race at GoodwoodCredit: Instagram

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She was one of the 12 names announced for this year's Magnolia Cup.

Thea will take her place in the line-up alongside the likes of Marco Reus' wife Scarlett and Frankie Dettori's daughter Ella.

Model Vogue Williams, Olympic hero Victoria Pendleton and former The Apprentice star Luisa Zissman were among the jockeys when the charity fundraiser was last run in 2019.

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Thea will take to the track no doubt helped by some words of advice from her 70-year-old dad.

And she would be wise to listen given Gosden has recorded more than 3,000 winners during his storied career.

But Thea did not go down the racing career path - even though her dad had her on the back of a horse as a toddler.

She is co-founder of and director at Indigo and Ivy Events, an event planning company who specialise in 'enchanting parties'.

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Thea has been on horseback from a young age, here with dad John

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One of those involved kitting out one of the carriages on the London Eye to look like a home office.

The eyes of the racing world will see how she does careering down a track at speeds of up to 40mph when the Magnolia Cup takes place on July 29.

Run over five-and-a-half furlongs, the race is this year celebrating its tenth anniversary and has raised more than £1.6million for charity.

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