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Racing Results

Tuesday 24 May 2005

38 races were run across 7 meetings on 24 May 2005: Lingfield, Lingfield (AW), Nottingham, Ripon, Sedgefield, Sligo and Worcester.

Lingfield Good To Soft · Turf · 4 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 4 · Biggest winner 8/1

Lingfield (AW) Standard · AW · 3 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 2 · Biggest winner 16/1

Nottingham Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 6 · Biggest winner 33/1

Ripon Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 5 · Biggest winner 14/1

Sedgefield Good To Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 14/1

Sligo Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 12/1

Worcester Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 5 · Biggest winner 20/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 38 races. A favourite here is the outright favourite at starting price — the shortest SP with no other horse at that price; joint favourites are counted separately.

MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Lingfield344—
Lingfield (AW)2230 of 2 won
Nottingham166—
Ripon1561 of 2 won
Sedgefield2561 of 2 won
Sligo377—
Worcester1561 of 2 won

One day is a tiny sample; the long-run line is the comparison. Figures are facts from the result, not a tip.

Quick answers

What horse racing was on 24 May 2005?
38 races across 7 meetings were run on 24 May 2005: Lingfield (4 races), Lingfield (AW) (3 races), Nottingham (6 races), Ripon (6 races), Sedgefield (6 races), Sligo (7 races) and Worcester (6 races). That is Lingfield, Lingfield (AW), Nottingham, Ripon, Sedgefield and Worcester in Great Britain; Sligo in Ireland. KTB's archive covers British, Irish and French racing; every result and every runner from these meetings is on this page.
What was the going at each meeting on 24 May 2005?
Lingfield: Good To Soft (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard (AW); Nottingham: Good (Turf); Ripon: Soft (Turf); Sedgefield: Good To Soft (Turf); Sligo: Soft (Turf); Worcester: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 24 May 2005?
Outright favourites won 13 of 34 on 24 May 2005 (38.2%); joint favourites won 3 of 8. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £34.00 and returned £41.82 — a profit of £7.82. Across every race in KTB's archive, outright favourites win 34.2% of the time (96,834 of 283,117 favourites, as at 3 October 2026). The biggest-priced winner was Naughty Girl (IRE) at 33/1 in the 5:00 Racing Again On 1st June Amateur Riders' Banded Stakes at Nottingham.
What time was the first race on 24 May 2005?
The first race was the 2:10 E.B.F. Spa Welter Maiden Stakes at Ripon; the last was the 8:55 Severn Suite Restaurant Standard Open NH Flat Race at Worcester.