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Saturday 17 January 2009

34 races were run across 5 meetings on 17 January 2009: Ascot, Haydock, Lingfield (AW), Naas and Wincanton.

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

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

Haydock Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

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

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 12/1

Naas Soft To Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 12/1

Wincanton Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 34 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 favourites10 of 33 won30.3% · 33 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 £11.49Staked £33.00, returned £21.51 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerPanjo Bere (FR) 16/1The 1:40 Montpelier Group Lightning Novices' Chase at Ascot · one of 2 winners at that price
  • Joint favourites0 of 2 won0.0% · 1 race had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Ascot377—
Haydock1560 of 2 won
Lingfield (AW)077—
Naas477—
Wincanton277—

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 17 January 2009?
34 races across 5 meetings were run on 17 January 2009: Ascot (7 races), Haydock (6 races), Lingfield (AW) (7 races), Naas (7 races) and Wincanton (7 races). That is Ascot, Haydock, Lingfield (AW) and Wincanton in Great Britain; Naas 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 17 January 2009?
Ascot: Good To Soft (Turf); Haydock: Good (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard (AW); Naas: Soft To Heavy (Turf); Wincanton: Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 17 January 2009?
Outright favourites won 10 of 33 on 17 January 2009 (30.3%); joint favourites won 0 of 2. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £33.00 and returned £21.51 — a loss of £11.49. 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 Panjo Bere (FR) at 16/1 in the 1:40 Montpelier Group Lightning Novices' Chase at Ascot (one of 2 winners at that price).
What was the feature race on 17 January 2009?
The feature race was the 3:00 Blue Square Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (Grade 2) at Haydock, won by Will Be Done (IRE) (11/4).
What time was the first race on 17 January 2009?
The first race was the 12:30 Execution Ltd Juvenile Novices' Hurdle at Ascot; the last was the 4:20 Connaught 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle at Wincanton.