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Friday 18 August 2006

48 races were run across 7 meetings on 18 August 2006: Catterick, Folkestone, Newbury, Newcastle, Newmarket, Roscommon and Tramore.

Catterick Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

Folkestone Good To Soft · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 9/1

Newbury Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

Newcastle Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 8/1

Newmarket Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 9/1

Roscommon Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

Tramore Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 8/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 48 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.

  • Outright favourites13 of 44 won29.5% · 44 races had one
  • The long run34.2% winOutright favourites across every race in our archive — 96,834 of 283,117, as at 3 October 2026
  • £1 on every outright favouriteA loss of £4.97Staked £44.00, returned £39.03 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerZazous (GB) 16/1The 5:30 Peter Brett Associates Handicap at Newbury
  • Joint favourites3 of 8 won37.5% · 4 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Catterick266—
Folkestone2781 of 2 won
Newbury1781 of 2 won
Newcastle2560 of 2 won
Newmarket266—
Roscommon1671 of 2 won
Tramore377—

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 18 August 2006?
48 races across 7 meetings were run on 18 August 2006: Catterick (6 races), Folkestone (8 races), Newbury (8 races), Newcastle (6 races), Newmarket (6 races), Roscommon (7 races) and Tramore (7 races). That is Catterick, Folkestone, Newbury, Newcastle and Newmarket in Great Britain; Roscommon and Tramore 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 18 August 2006?
Catterick: Soft (Turf); Folkestone: Good To Soft (Turf); Newbury: Good (Turf); Newcastle: Soft (Turf); Newmarket: Good (Turf); Roscommon: Good (Turf); Tramore: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 18 August 2006?
Outright favourites won 13 of 44 on 18 August 2006 (29.5%); joint favourites won 3 of 8. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £44.00 and returned £39.03 — a loss of £4.97. 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 Zazous (GB) at 16/1 in the 5:30 Peter Brett Associates Handicap at Newbury.
What was the feature race on 18 August 2006?
The feature race was the 3:50 Linda Alexander Washington Singer Stakes (Listed) (Listed) at Newbury, won by Dubai's Touch (GB) (9/4J).
What time was the first race on 18 August 2006?
The first race was the 1:20 Win A Million With Ladbrokes Coupons Maiden Auction Stakes at Folkestone; the last was the 8:20 transcendbloodstock.com Maiden Stakes at Catterick.