Skip to content

Racing Results

Thursday 16 July 2009

52 races were run across 8 meetings on 16 July 2009: Bath, Cartmel, Doncaster, Epsom Downs, Hamilton, Killarney, Leicester and Leopardstown.

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

Outright favs won 1 of 5 · Biggest winner 10/1

Cartmel Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 12/1

Epsom Downs Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

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

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 13/2

Killarney Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 33/1

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

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 7/1

Leopardstown Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 5 · Biggest winner 6/1J

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 52 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 favourites18 of 45 won40.0% · 45 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 profit of £6.63Staked £45.00, returned £51.63 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerOrpen Guama (IRE) 33/1The 3:40 Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle at Killarney
  • Joint favourites5 of 15 won33.3% · 7 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Bath1561 of 2 won
Cartmel1670 of 2 won
Doncaster266—
Epsom Downs3561 of 2 won
Hamilton2561 of 2 won
Killarney277—
Leicester3670 of 2 won
Leopardstown4572 of 5 won

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 16 July 2009?
52 races across 8 meetings were run on 16 July 2009: Bath (6 races), Cartmel (7 races), Doncaster (6 races), Epsom Downs (6 races), Hamilton (6 races), Killarney (7 races), Leicester (7 races) and Leopardstown (7 races). That is Bath, Cartmel, Doncaster, Epsom Downs, Hamilton and Leicester in Great Britain; Killarney and Leopardstown 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 16 July 2009?
Bath: Good To Firm (Turf); Cartmel: Good (Turf); Doncaster: Good To Soft (Turf); Epsom Downs: Good (Turf); Hamilton: Good To Firm (Turf); Killarney: Good (Turf); Leicester: Good To Firm (Turf); Leopardstown: Yielding (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 16 July 2009?
Outright favourites won 18 of 45 on 16 July 2009 (40.0%); joint favourites won 5 of 15. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £45.00 and returned £51.63 — a profit of £6.63. 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 Orpen Guama (IRE) at 33/1 in the 3:40 Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle at Killarney.
What was the feature race on 16 July 2009?
The feature race was the 6:30 Silver Flash Stakes (Fillies Group 3) (Group 3) at Leopardstown, won by Cabaret (IRE) (2/1C).
What time was the first race on 16 July 2009?
The first race was the 2:00 John Smith's Novices' Hurdle at Cartmel; the last was the 9:10 Crownhotel-bawtry.com Handicap at Doncaster.