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Racing Results

Tuesday 8 May 2007

45 races were run across 7 meetings on 8 May 2007: Catterick, Chepstow, Exeter, Fairyhouse, Kelso, Longchamp (FR) and Southwell (AW).

Catterick Firm · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

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

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

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 33/1

Fairyhouse Good To Firm · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 20/1

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

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 14/1

Longchamp (FR) Soft · Turf · 8 races · France

Biggest winner 73/10

Southwell (AW) Standard · AW · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 6 · Biggest winner 12/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 45 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
Catterick466—
Chepstow1560 of 3 won
Exeter266—
Fairyhouse377—
Kelso366—
Longchamp (FR)0080 of 4 won
Southwell (AW)466—

One day is a tiny sample; the long-run line is the comparison. 6 races have no favourite identified — no starting prices are stored for them. 6 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 May 2007?
45 races across 7 meetings were run on 8 May 2007: Catterick (6 races), Chepstow (6 races), Exeter (6 races), Fairyhouse (7 races), Kelso (6 races), Longchamp (FR) (8 races) and Southwell (AW) (6 races). That is Catterick, Chepstow, Exeter, Kelso and Southwell (AW) in Great Britain; Fairyhouse 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 May 2007?
Catterick: Firm (Turf); Chepstow: Good To Firm (Turf); Exeter: Good To Firm (Turf); Fairyhouse: Good To Firm (Turf); Kelso: Good To Firm (Turf); Longchamp (FR): Soft (Turf); Southwell (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 8 May 2007?
Outright favourites won 17 of 36 on 8 May 2007 (47.2%); joint favourites won 0 of 7. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £36.00 and returned £41.17 — a profit of £5.17. 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 Thunder Child (GB) at 33/1 in the 8:20 South West Racing Conditionals' Novices' Handicap Hurdle at Exeter.
What was the feature race on 8 May 2007?
The feature race was the 2:50 Prix Hocquart Mitsubishi Motors (Colts & Fillies) (Group 2) at Longchamp (FR), won by Anton Chekhov (GB) (73/10).
What time was the first race on 8 May 2007?
The first race was the 12:50 Prix de Chevilly at Longchamp (FR); the last was the 8:35 Sponsor A Race At Catterick Maiden Stakes at Catterick.