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The longest shots of 2012

Every horse that won a British or Irish race at 50/1 or longer in 2012. The starting price, the race, the trainer and the jockey, year by year, from our own archive.

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Every completed race in Great Britain and Ireland from 2 January 2005 to 2 November 2026. Rebuilt through the day as results come in; today’s races join tomorrow.

Year by year

How many horses won at 50/1 or longer each year, and the longest price that won. Tap a year for its winners.

The winners at 50/1 or longer in 2012

In race order. Each name links to its profile and each race to its result where our archive holds the page.

In 2012, 54 horses won British or Irish races at 50/1 or longer — 28 on the Flat, 26 over jumps. The longest was Lights Of Broadway (IRE) at 200/1, in the European Breeders' Fund Mares' 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle at Taunton on 9 January 2012.

January3

February4

March5

April5

May8

June11

July4

August3

September5

October5

November1

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