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Racing Results

Friday 5 May 2006

50 races were run across 9 meetings on 5 May 2006: Bangor-on-Dee, Cork, Fontwell, Lyon Parilly (FR), Marseille Borely (FR), Musselburgh, Saint-Cloud (FR), Southwell and Wolverhampton (AW).

Bangor-on-Dee Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 20/1

Cork Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 1 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

Fontwell Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 6 · Biggest winner 33/1

Lyon Parilly (FR) · None · 1 race · France

Marseille Borely (FR) Good To Soft · Turf · 1 race · France

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

Outright favs won 1 of 6 · Biggest winner 25/1

Saint-Cloud (FR) Good · Turf · 8 races · France

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

Southwell Good To Firm · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 5 · Biggest winner 10/1

Wolverhampton (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 8 · Biggest winner 14/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 50 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
Bangor-on-Dee2561 of 2 won
Cork177—
Fontwell466—
Lyon Parilly (FR)001—
Marseille Borely (FR)001—
Musselburgh1670 of 2 won
Saint-Cloud (FR)118—
Southwell3561 of 2 won
Wolverhampton (AW)488—

One day is a tiny sample; the long-run line is the comparison. 9 races have no favourite identified — no starting prices are stored for them. 9 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 5 May 2006?
50 races across 9 meetings were run on 5 May 2006: Bangor-on-Dee (6 races), Cork (7 races), Fontwell (6 races), Lyon Parilly (FR) (1 race), Marseille Borely (FR) (1 race), Musselburgh (7 races), Saint-Cloud (FR) (8 races), Southwell (6 races) and Wolverhampton (AW) (8 races). That is Bangor-on-Dee, Fontwell, Musselburgh, Southwell and Wolverhampton (AW) in Great Britain; Cork in Ireland; Lyon Parilly (FR), Marseille Borely (FR) and Saint-Cloud (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 5 May 2006?
Bangor-on-Dee: Good (Turf); Cork: Soft (Turf); Fontwell: Good (Turf); Marseille Borely (FR): Good To Soft (Turf); Musselburgh: Good To Firm (Turf); Saint-Cloud (FR): Good (Turf); Southwell: Good To Firm (Turf); Wolverhampton (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 5 May 2006?
Outright favourites won 16 of 38 on 5 May 2006 (42.1%); joint favourites won 2 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £38.00 and returned £46.34 — a profit of £8.34. 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 Primrose Park (GB) at 33/1 in the 7:40 Bgc Supports Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign Handicap Chase at Fontwell.
What was the feature race on 5 May 2006?
The feature race was the 5:50 Cork Stakes (Listed) (Listed) at Cork, won by Miss Sally (IRE) (9/2F).
What time was the first race on 5 May 2006?
The first race was the 11:07 Prix Rivoli at Lyon Parilly (FR); the last was the 8:30 DWF Solicitors Handicap Hurdle at Bangor-on-Dee.