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Racing Results

Thursday 31 May 2012

58 races were run across 8 meetings on 31 May 2012: Ayr, Brighton, Clonmel, Ffos Las, Longchamp (FR), Newcastle, Sandown and Wetherby.

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

Outright favs won 1 of 8 · Biggest winner 25/1

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

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

Clonmel Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 25/1

Ffos Las Good To Firm · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Longchamp (FR) Good · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 161/10

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

Outright favs won 1 of 7 · Biggest winner 20/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 4 · Biggest winner 8/1

Wetherby Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 50/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 58 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
Ayr188—
Brighton3781 of 2 won
Clonmel377—
Ffos Las4670 of 2 won
Longchamp (FR)4780 of 2 won
Newcastle177—
Sandown2462 of 4 won
Wetherby377—

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 31 May 2012?
58 races across 8 meetings were run on 31 May 2012: Ayr (8 races), Brighton (8 races), Clonmel (7 races), Ffos Las (7 races), Longchamp (FR) (8 races), Newcastle (7 races), Sandown (6 races) and Wetherby (7 races). That is Ayr, Brighton, Ffos Las, Newcastle, Sandown and Wetherby in Great Britain; Clonmel in Ireland; Longchamp (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 31 May 2012?
Ayr: Good To Firm (Turf); Brighton: Good To Firm (Turf); Clonmel: Good (Turf); Ffos Las: Good To Firm (Turf); Longchamp (FR): Good (Turf); Newcastle: Good To Firm (Turf); Sandown: Good To Firm (Turf); Wetherby: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 31 May 2012?
Outright favourites won 21 of 53 on 31 May 2012 (39.6%); joint favourites won 3 of 10. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £53.00 and returned £52.50 — a loss of £0.50. 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 Harrys Whim (GB) at 50/1 in the 5:55 Welcome To Wetherby's Community Racenight Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Wetherby.
What was the feature race on 31 May 2012?
The feature race was the 7:20 Betfair Henry II Stakes (Group 3) (Group 3) at Sandown, won by Opinion Poll (IRE) (5/4F).
What time was the first race on 31 May 2012?
The first race was the 12:50 Prix Du Bois De Boulogne at Longchamp (FR); the last was the 9:20 Sendrig Fillies' Handicap at Newcastle.