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Thursday 8 September 2005

35 races were run across 5 meetings on 8 September 2005: Bath, Cork, Doncaster, Epsom Downs and Longchamp (FR).

Bath Hard · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 5 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

Cork Good To Firm · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 10/1

Doncaster Good To Firm · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 20/1

Epsom Downs Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 13/2

Longchamp (FR) Good · Turf · 7 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 3 · Biggest winner 9/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 35 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
Bath5670 of 2 won
Cork3671 of 2 won
Doncaster2670 of 2 won
Epsom Downs277—
Longchamp (FR)237—

One day is a tiny sample; the long-run line is the comparison. 4 races have no favourite identified — no starting prices are stored for them. 4 winners have no stored starting price and cannot be ranked by price. Figures are facts from the result, not a tip.

Quick answers

What horse racing was on 8 September 2005?
35 races across 5 meetings were run on 8 September 2005: Bath (7 races), Cork (7 races), Doncaster (7 races), Epsom Downs (7 races) and Longchamp (FR) (7 races). That is Bath, Doncaster and Epsom Downs in Great Britain; Cork in Ireland; Longchamp (FR) in France. 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 8 September 2005?
Bath: Hard (Turf); Cork: Good To Firm (Turf); Doncaster: Good To Firm (Turf); Epsom Downs: Good (Turf); Longchamp (FR): Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 8 September 2005?
Outright favourites won 14 of 28 on 8 September 2005 (50.0%); joint favourites won 1 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £28.00 and returned £40.90 — a profit of £12.90. 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 Lord of The East (GB) at 20/1 in the 5:05 Ralph Raper Memorial Prince Of Wales Cup Handicap at Doncaster.
What was the feature race on 8 September 2005?
The feature race was the 2:45 Murphy's Fastflow May Hill Stakes (Group 2 Fillies) (Group 2) at Doncaster, won by Nasheej (USA) (4/1).
What time was the first race on 8 September 2005?
The first race was the 12:50 Prix de l'Orangerie at Longchamp (FR); the last was the 6:35 Mitchelstown Maiden Hurdle at Cork.