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Wednesday 30 July 2008
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42 races were run across 7 meetings on 30 July 2008: Galway, Goodwood, Kempton (AW), Leicester, Perth, Redcar and Vichy (FR).

Galway Yielding · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

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

Galway racecourse statistics →

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

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 14/1

Goodwood racecourse statistics →

Kempton (AW) Standard · AW · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Kempton (AW) racecourse statistics →

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

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 50/1

Leicester racecourse statistics →

Perth Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 11/1

Perth racecourse statistics →

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

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

Redcar racecourse statistics →

Vichy (FR) Very Soft · Turf · 1 race · France

Vichy racecourse statistics →

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 42 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 favourites11 of 37 won29.7% · 37 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 £4.54Staked £37.00, returned £32.46 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerJust Spike (GB) 50/1The 8:45 Palmers Garden Centre Handicap at Leicester
  • Joint favourites2 of 8 won25.0% · 4 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Galway1781 of 2 won
Goodwood277—
Kempton (AW)377—
Leicester2560 of 2 won
Perth2561 of 2 won
Redcar1670 of 2 won
Vichy (FR)001—

One day is a tiny sample; the long-run line is the comparison. 1 race has no favourite identified — no starting prices are stored for it. 1 winner has 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 30 July 2008?
42 races across 7 meetings were run on 30 July 2008: Galway (8 races), Goodwood (7 races), Kempton (AW) (7 races), Leicester (6 races), Perth (6 races), Redcar (7 races) and Vichy (FR) (1 race). That is Galway in Ireland; Goodwood, Kempton (AW), Leicester, Perth and Redcar in Great Britain; Vichy (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 30 July 2008?
Galway: Yielding (Turf); Goodwood: Good To Firm (Turf); Kempton (AW): Standard (AW); Leicester: Good To Firm (Turf); Perth: Good (Turf); Redcar: Good To Firm (Turf); Vichy (FR): Very Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 30 July 2008?
Outright favourites won 11 of 37 on 30 July 2008 (29.7%); joint favourites won 2 of 8. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £37.00 and returned £32.46 — a loss of £4.54. 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 Just Spike (GB) at 50/1 in the 8:45 Palmers Garden Centre Handicap at Leicester.
What was the feature race on 30 July 2008?
The feature race was the 3:30 BGC Sussex Stakes (Group 1) (Group 1) at Goodwood, won by Henrythenavigator (USA) (4/11F).
What time was the first race on 30 July 2008?
The first race was the 1:35 Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles at Vichy (FR); the last was the 9:00 Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Apprentice Handicap at Kempton (AW).