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Racing Results

Sunday 2 January 2011

35 races were run across 5 meetings on 2 January 2011: Ayr, Folkestone, Naas, Plumpton and Southwell (AW).

Ayr Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 11/1

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

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 15/2

Naas Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

Plumpton Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 40/1

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

Outright favs won 1 of 7 · Biggest winner 25/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 35 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.

MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Ayr277—
Folkestone477—
Naas177—
Plumpton377—
Southwell (AW)177—

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 2 January 2011?
35 races across 5 meetings were run on 2 January 2011: Ayr (7 races), Folkestone (7 races), Naas (7 races), Plumpton (7 races) and Southwell (AW) (7 races). That is Ayr, Folkestone, Plumpton and Southwell (AW) 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 2 January 2011?
Ayr: Soft (Turf); Folkestone: Good To Soft (Turf); Naas: Soft (Turf); Plumpton: Soft (Turf); Southwell (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 2 January 2011?
Outright favourites won 11 of 35 on 2 January 2011 (31.4%). £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £35.00 and returned £26.77 — a loss of £8.23. 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 Arctic Flow (GB) at 40/1 in the 3:45 Attheraces.com Exclusive Hugh Taylor Handicap Hurdle at Plumpton.
What was the feature race on 2 January 2011?
The feature race was the 1:25 Slaney Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) (Grade 2) at Naas, won by Gagewell Flyer (IRE) (6/1).
What time was the first race on 2 January 2011?
The first race was the 12:20 European Breeders' Fund 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle at Ayr; the last was the 3:55 Thomas Smith Birthday Handicap Hurdle at Folkestone.