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Racing Results

Saturday 1 August 2009

55 races were run across 9 meetings on 1 August 2009: Deauville (FR), Doncaster, Galway, Goodwood, Hamilton, Lingfield, Lingfield (AW), Newmarket and Thirsk.

Deauville (FR) Good To Soft · Turf · 9 races · France

Outright favs won 0 of 3 · Biggest winner 22/5

Doncaster Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

Galway Yielding To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 50/1

Goodwood Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

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

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

Lingfield Good To Soft · Turf · 4 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 3 · Biggest winner 20/1

Lingfield (AW) Standard · AW · 2 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 4/1J

Newmarket Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 4 · Biggest winner 18/1

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

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 40/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 55 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 favourites6 of 42 won14.3% · 42 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 £29.82Staked £42.00, returned £12.18 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerIsland Myth (IRE) 50/1The 3:30 Freshways Handicap Hurdle at Galway
  • Joint favourites3 of 16 won18.8% · 7 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Deauville (FR)039—
Doncaster1560 of 2 won
Galway2670 of 2 won
Goodwood177—
Hamilton166—
Lingfield0341 of 2 won
Lingfield (AW)0121 of 2 won
Newmarket1471 of 8 won
Thirsk077—

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 1 August 2009?
55 races across 9 meetings were run on 1 August 2009: Deauville (FR) (9 races), Doncaster (6 races), Galway (7 races), Goodwood (7 races), Hamilton (6 races), Lingfield (4 races), Lingfield (AW) (2 races), Newmarket (7 races) and Thirsk (7 races). That is Deauville (FR) in France; Doncaster, Goodwood, Hamilton, Lingfield, Lingfield (AW), Newmarket and Thirsk in Great Britain; Galway 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 1 August 2009?
Deauville (FR): Good To Soft (Turf); Doncaster: Soft (Turf); Galway: Yielding To Soft (Turf); Goodwood: Good (Turf); Hamilton: Good To Soft (Turf); Lingfield: Good To Soft (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard (AW); Newmarket: Good (Turf); Thirsk: Good To Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 1 August 2009?
Outright favourites won 6 of 42 on 1 August 2009 (14.3%); joint favourites won 3 of 16. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £42.00 and returned £12.18 — a loss of £29.82. 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 Island Myth (IRE) at 50/1 in the 3:30 Freshways Handicap Hurdle at Galway.
What was the feature race on 1 August 2009?
The feature race was the 3:05 Blue Square Nassau Stakes (Fillies' Group 1) (Group 1) at Goodwood, won by Midday (GB) (11/2).
What time was the first race on 1 August 2009?
The first race was the 1:00 Prix Beachcomber Hotels Ile Maurice at Deauville (FR); the last was the 9:10 Hamilton-park.co.uk Handicap at Hamilton.