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Monday 26 October 2009

37 races were run across 5 meetings on 26 October 2009: Galway, Kempton (AW), Leicester, Leopardstown and Lingfield (AW).

Galway Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

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

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

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

Outright favs won 1 of 8 · Biggest winner 33/1

Leopardstown Yielding · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 20/1

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

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

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 37 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 34 won29.4% · 34 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 £4.14Staked £34.00, returned £29.86 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerRioliina (IRE) 33/1The 2:00 Gumley Claiming Stakes at Leicester
  • Joint favourites1 of 6 won16.7% · 3 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Galway477—
Kempton (AW)177—
Leicester188—
Leopardstown2681 of 4 won
Lingfield (AW)2670 of 2 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 26 October 2009?
37 races across 5 meetings were run on 26 October 2009: Galway (7 races), Kempton (AW) (7 races), Leicester (8 races), Leopardstown (8 races) and Lingfield (AW) (7 races). That is Galway and Leopardstown in Ireland; Kempton (AW), Leicester and Lingfield (AW) in Great Britain. 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 26 October 2009?
Galway: Soft (Turf); Kempton (AW): Standard (AW); Leicester: Good To Firm (Turf); Leopardstown: Yielding (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 26 October 2009?
Outright favourites won 10 of 34 on 26 October 2009 (29.4%); joint favourites won 1 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £34.00 and returned £29.86 — a loss of £4.14. 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 Rioliina (IRE) at 33/1 in the 2:00 Gumley Claiming Stakes at Leicester.
What was the feature race on 26 October 2009?
The feature race was the 1:25 J.r.a. Killavullan Stakes (group 3) (Group 3) at Leopardstown, won by Free Judgement (USA) (7/1).
What time was the first race on 26 October 2009?
The first race was the 12:55 Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown; the last was the 5:10 boxingdayraces.co.uk Handicap at Kempton (AW).