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2 goats, 1 glorious race. The Oxford and Cambridge Goat Race. As always, the goats are free to follow at whatever speed suits them.

SPITALFIELDS CITY FARM (our usual venue) STATEMENT

The Oxford Cambridge Goat Race

"This is primarily a fundraising event where ticket sales support all the farm animals directly, with 2012's proceeds raising enough to cover a whole year's food bill! In recent years, we received a few complaints saying that this event is cruel to the goats, but these complaints often come from people that have ne

ver been to the event, or even visited the farm! The goats chosen to run are in good condition and health checked (foot trimmed etc) before the event. It is also worth noting that city farm goats are particularly friendly and used to visiting public and school groups, so are not phased by extra attention. The "track" is also part of their normal routine, a route their follow every day as they are let out of their exercise paddock to make their own way towards their stables. Most days they run, but some days they walk. They are encouraged by a bucket of food, but if the goats choose to 'race' at a leisurely pace, then that's fine by us. They are never, ever forced to run. On the day, specially designed lightweight coats are worn (similar to goat coats that they are accustomed to wearing in winter weather). The coats are in the Oxford/Cambridge colours to make them easily identifiable. During the day, animals are kept away from amplified music and the road is crowd controlled during the race. We welcome anyone who would like to meet the goats and the farmers at the farm, where you'll see just how well they are looked after - to five freedoms standards:

1. Freedom from Hunger and Thirst - by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.

2. Freedom from Discomfort - by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.

3. Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease - by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.

4. Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour - by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind.

5. Freedom from Fear and Distress - by ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering."

20/02/2024

Hamish and other former athletes, checking in to say hello! 🐏 They have all retired from racing but are living their best lives at Spitalfields City Farm. There are no plans to bring The Oxford & Cambridge Goat Race back but keep an eye out for future farm events here: https://www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org/whats-on

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14/03/2021

Beautiful from

22/10/2020

21/10/2020

08/10/2020

easily distracted by goats

07/10/2020

Word.

18/09/2020

Happy Friday!

17/09/2020

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16/08/2020

DJ Lewi providing the smooth grooves at check him out for some fat online sets on the regular 💫

28/07/2020

25/07/2020

We were so thrilled to have the fabulous actor, painter and style guru read two stories at Here’s a squished up version of the first one, the goaty children’s classic 🐐🐐🐐 Thank you, Rufus!

22/07/2020

GOAT morning! 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

17/07/2020

It’s Fri-yay! Time for a GOATINI! We loved this cocktail making class by 🍸🐐 Check out the quirky new cocktail classes (80s drinks, Bond theme, The Wild West and Gin in the 1940s) they are running over the coming month by going to https://goatchelsea.com

14/07/2020

Spot of Goat Yoga anyone? We opened with a spot of live from and were joined by goat yogis (gogis?!) from as far away as Australia! Horns off to Zoe from Fold Yoga London who was a complete pro all the way through despite Hamish trying to eat the camera as the class came to an end. 🐐🧘🏼😆

13/07/2020

We are so sad to hear about the passing of Spitalfields City Farm resident Watson. Together with Holmes, these two were our “shoats of honour” and used to trot along in the warm up ’race’ every year at The Goat Race. Such a wonderful pig, he was so loved and cared for until the end and lived to a ripe old age of 10. Rest in peace, old friend x

09/07/2020

For those kind souls who recently donated their already purchased Goat Race ticket to support Spitalfields City Farm through these difficult times, we wondered if you could help the farm maximise your generous donation.

You see, the cancelled tickets are eligible for Gift Aid, meaning we can make your donation go EVEN FURTHER!
Gift Aid is a tax relief allowing UK charities to reclaim an extra 25% in tax on every eligible donation made by a UK taxpayer.

All you have to do is fill out the form in the link below. It will not cost you any extra, it's just something that needs to be filled in by yourselves before the farm can claim the Gift Aid relief.

http://www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org/gift-aid-declaration-form-35

S pitalfields Farm are immensely grateful and really appreciate you taking the time to help them. Your contribution will help ensure the goats, and all the other 80 animals on the farm are cared for and the farm can look forward to hosting The Oxford Cambridge Goat Race in 2021! 🐐🐐

Gift Aid is reclaimed by the charity from the tax you pay for the current tax year. Your address is needed to identify you as a current UK taxpayer and will only be used for this purpose.

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Videos

DJ Lewi providing the smooth grooves at #thegoatrave check him out for some fat online sets on the regular 💫 . . #djlewi #house #dance #rave #onlinefestival #goats #welovegoats #welovedancing

THE GOAT RAVE OFFICIAL VID! Relive the glorious goat rave! It's been a month since this incredible event featuring Bunker Seventeen Itchy Rich DJ Lewi The Goat Chelsea Fold Yoga London @timothy goose DJ Lisa Stardust Starlight Boutique Facepaint Jay Foreman Rufus Wright all to raise much needed funds for Spitalfields City Farm 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺💫💫💫💫💫💫 . . . #thegoatrave #onlinefestival #festival #goatfestival #lockdown #lockdownfun #nonsense #rave #workshops #creative #event #community #goatlove #goats #thegoat

We were so thrilled to have the fabulous actor, painter and style guru @rufusgwright read two stories at #thegoatrave Here’s a squished up version of the first one, the goaty children’s classic #thethreebillygoatsgruff 🐐🐐🐐 Thank you, Rufus! . . . #storytime #storytelling #actor #onlinefestival #kidscorner #kidsarea #billygoats #goats #welovegoats #goatverdose #bedtimestories

It’s Fri-yay! Time for a GOATINI! We loved this cocktail making class by @goatchelsea 🍸🐐 Check out the quirky new cocktail classes (80s drinks, Bond theme, The Wild West and Gin in the 1940s) they are running over the coming month by going to https://goatchelsea.com . . #goat #goatchelsea #cocktails #cocktailhour #cocktailsofinstagram #onlineclass #goatini #goats #goatrave #thegoatrave

Spot of Goat Yoga anyone? We opened #thegoatrave with a spot of #goatyoga live from @spitalfieldscityfarm and were joined by goat yogis (gogis?!) from as far away as Australia! Horns off to Zoe from Fold Yoga London who was a complete pro all the way through despite Hamish trying to eat the camera as the class came to an end. 🐐🧘🏼😆 . . #goats #goatsofinstagram #goatyoga #yoga #spitalfieldscityfarm #yogaclass #onlineyoga #neverworkwithchildrenoranimals #goatcrazy #poselikeagoat

It’s Friday! Time to get the goat horns out again...oh what’s that? You don’t have any? Then check out this video from #thegoatrave where Starlight Boutique Facepaint legend Sophie showed us how to make the snazziest raindbow horns from basic household items 🙌🐐🕺 . . #goathorns #goats #goatrave #goatoutfit #goathorncraft #diygoathorns #makeyourown #crafternoon #festival #festivalfashion #staycation #lockdownlife #lockdownfun #lockdowncrafts #lockdownwithkids #lockdownsessions #lockdownchallenge #welovegoats #support #charityevent #oxfordandcambridgegoatrace #rainbowhorns

A snippet from #thegoatrave Goatry session. The moment Goet Laureate @timothy_goose treated us to one of his finest compositions. The Goat, by Timothy Goose ladies and gentlemen. 🐐🎭

More #thegoatrave madness with @bunkerseventeen 😆🐐🕺🙌👯‍♂️ . . #goats #rave #onlinerave #onlinefestival #stilllaughing #goatgirls #bunkerseventeen #djs #killingit #goatoverdose #goatsofinstagram #goatlife #goatworthy #goatlove

Spitalfields City Farm Tour - The Goat Rave Saturday 20th June

WOW, what can we say. The Goat Rave was a rip roaring success and we are blown away to discover that we raised just over £900 for @Spitalfields City Farm! Thank you so so SO much to everyone who donated and attended on Saturday. This was the first time we have run an online event like this and it was just brilliant seeing how much you all goat involved!! MASSIVE thank you to everyone that made the day what it was including our fabulous host, Goatry extraordinaire and quiz master Tim Kennington, Zoe from Fold Yoga London for the hilarious and brilliant Goat Yoga class, @Starlight Boutique Facepaint for the rainbow goats facepainting and matching DIY goat horns, @Rufus Gerrard-Wright for the enthralling storytelling, The Goat Chelsea for making delicious GoaTEAni's, the inimitable Jay Foreman for his bad ass nonsense songs and to our incredible Goat Rave DJs The Chief Goat, DJ Lewi, Bunker Seventeen & @Itchy Rich What a day! We're still smiling from all of the fun that was had and will be posting pics and video clips throughout the week. You can also now watch the DJ sets back on our Twitch page www.twitch.tv/thegoatrave Below is the mini farm tour by Spitalfields Farm Manager Jenny that we kicked the day off with before Goat Yoga. Some of you may have missed this so we wanted to repost so you can see where your donations are going. And for those who have been asking if they can still donate to the farm, we have opened up a new event page so that you can. All you need to do is head to https://www.thegoatrace.com and click the 'make a donation' button. This will take you to an event page where you buy a 'ticket' as your donation (this is just to donate, there are no more goat rave events) Thanks again you awesome humans. IN GOAT WE TRUST! X

Who’s ready for GOAT-E-OKE this year? . . . #thegoatrace #oxfordcambridgegoatrace #goatrace #goatsofinstagram #goateoke #karaoke #goatkaraoke #singing #london #quirkylondon

We love this slo mo vid of the actual #goatrace by @strandpalace ! Hugo (Cambridge) was leading most of the way but reigning champion Hamish (Oxford) got in there just at the end to secure his FIFTH victory in a row! Our thanks to @hendricksgin and @delamere_dairy who sponsored the goats and all of you who made delicious veg trophies for Hamish to munch on and share with his goatdem. And thank you to all of you who cheered silently so our fabulous goats were happy and chilled 🐐✌️ In goat we trust! X . . . #goatsquad #goatsofinstagram #goats #goatrace #goatrace2019 #london #eastlondon #farm #spitalfields #spitalfieldscityfarm #farm #cityfarm #fundraiser #charity #hendricksgin #delameredairy