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Racing Results

Sunday 16 August 2009

42 races were run across 6 meetings on 16 August 2009: Bath, Curragh, Deauville (FR), Pontefract, Southwell and Tramore.

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

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 18/1

Curragh Soft To Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

Deauville (FR) Standard · AW · 7 races · France

Outright favs won 3 of 5 · Biggest winner 9/1

Pontefract Good To Firm · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 8 · Biggest winner 12/1

Southwell Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 6 · Biggest winner 22/1

Tramore Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 14/1

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 favourites18 of 39 won46.2% · 39 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 £21.66Staked £39.00, returned £60.66 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerOrfeo Conti (FR) 22/1The 2:20 Fletchers Chartered Surveyors Handicap Chase at Southwell
  • Joint favourites0 of 2 won0.0% · 1 race had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Bath366—
Curragh477—
Deauville (FR)357—
Pontefract488—
Southwell4670 of 2 won
Tramore077—

One day is a tiny sample; the long-run line is the comparison. 2 races have no favourite identified — no starting prices are stored for them. 2 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 16 August 2009?
42 races across 6 meetings were run on 16 August 2009: Bath (6 races), Curragh (7 races), Deauville (FR) (7 races), Pontefract (8 races), Southwell (7 races) and Tramore (7 races). That is Bath, Pontefract and Southwell in Great Britain; Curragh and Tramore 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 16 August 2009?
Bath: Good To Firm (Turf); Curragh: Soft To Heavy (Turf); Deauville (FR): Standard (AW); Pontefract: Good To Firm (Turf); Southwell: Good (Turf); Tramore: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 16 August 2009?
Outright favourites won 18 of 39 on 16 August 2009 (46.2%); joint favourites won 0 of 2. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £39.00 and returned £60.66 — a profit of £21.66. 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 Orfeo Conti (FR) at 22/1 in the 2:20 Fletchers Chartered Surveyors Handicap Chase at Southwell.
What was the feature race on 16 August 2009?
The feature race was the 3:25 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois (Group 1) at Deauville (FR), won by Goldikova (IRE) (1/2F).
What time was the first race on 16 August 2009?
The first race was the 1:15 Prix de la Motte Sassy at Deauville (FR); the last was the 5:40 Trevor Woods Memorial Handicap at Pontefract.