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Racing Results

Saturday 12 July 2008

63 races were run across 9 meetings on 12 July 2008: Ascot, Chester, Curragh, Deauville (FR), Dundalk (AW), Hamilton, Nottingham, Salisbury and York.

Ascot Good To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 11/1

Chester Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 5 · Biggest winner 8/1

Curragh Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

Deauville (FR) Very Soft · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 0 of 2

Dundalk (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Ireland

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

Hamilton Good To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 7/1

Nottingham Good To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 22/1

York Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 63 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 favourites16 of 54 won29.6% · 54 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 £8.01Staked £54.00, returned £45.99 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerRiver Bounty (GB) 22/1The 6:25 Bathwick Tyres Lady Riders' Series Handicap at Salisbury
  • Joint favourites1 of 6 won16.7% · 3 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Ascot277—
Chester3560 of 2 won
Curragh1670 of 2 won
Deauville (FR)028—
Dundalk (AW)1781 of 2 won
Hamilton477—
Nottingham277—
Salisbury266—
York177—

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. 8 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 12 July 2008?
63 races across 9 meetings were run on 12 July 2008: Ascot (7 races), Chester (6 races), Curragh (7 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Dundalk (AW) (8 races), Hamilton (7 races), Nottingham (7 races), Salisbury (6 races) and York (7 races). That is Ascot, Chester, Hamilton, Nottingham, Salisbury and York in Great Britain; Curragh and Dundalk (AW) in Ireland; Deauville (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 12 July 2008?
Ascot: Good To Soft (Turf); Chester: Good (Turf); Curragh: Yielding (Turf); Deauville (FR): Very Soft (Turf); Dundalk (AW): Standard (AW); Hamilton: Good To Soft (Turf); Nottingham: Good To Soft (Turf); Salisbury: Good To Soft (Turf); York: Heavy (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 12 July 2008?
Outright favourites won 16 of 54 on 12 July 2008 (29.6%); joint favourites won 1 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £54.00 and returned £45.99 — a loss of £8.01. 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 River Bounty (GB) at 22/1 in the 6:25 Bathwick Tyres Lady Riders' Series Handicap at Salisbury.
What was the feature race on 12 July 2008?
The feature race was the 2:55 Plymouth Gin Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) (Group 2) at Ascot, won by Archipenko (USA) (11/1).
What time was the first race on 12 July 2008?
The first race was the 12:55 Prix de Marolles at Deauville (FR); the last was the 9:15 Fair Friday In The Diary Handicap at Hamilton.