Gabriela Hearst has designed some unusual sportswear this year with the hugely successful designer having created jockey silks for the Markel Magnolia Cup at Qatar Goodwood Festival (best known as Glorious Goodwood).
The event is presented by Visit Qatar and sees Hearst following in the footsteps of Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Burton, Roksanda Ilincic and Mary Katrantzou.
She’s picked a number of prints for the riders, selecting and reissuing a series of them from her archive, in the new context of the jockey silk with the items then being made by Allertons.
Each of the 13 individual silks “represents a different period from the past decade of the label’s history, showcasing a consistent vision and approach to color and print”.
We’re also told that the collection “bridges Gabriela’s deep-rooted equestrian heritage with the spirit of this special race at Goodwood and the extraordinary women competing on the track”.
The Markel Magnolia Cup is an interesting race as it brings together a cast of women, none of whom are licensed jockeys. The dedicated amateur jockeys take on months of intensive training in order to ride in the Ladies’ Race. Previous jockeys have included Edie Campbell, Rosie Tapner, and in 2019, the first British female Muslim jockey to win a race in the UK, Khadijah Mellah.
And the race has a big charity element too. Over the past 13 years, more than £3.2 million has been raised for charities that support women around the world. 2026’s chosen charity is the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, which aims to transform lives through education and employment opportunities.
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