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Racing Results

Thursday 2 August 2012

50 races were run across 9 meetings on 2 August 2012: Deauville (FR), Epsom Downs, Ffos Las, Galway, Goodwood, La Teste De Buch, La Teste De Buch (FR), Nottingham and Stratford.

Deauville (FR) Standard · AW · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 3 of 8 · Biggest winner 121/10

Epsom Downs Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 10/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 40/1

Galway Soft · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 1 of 8 · Biggest winner 16/1

Goodwood Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 25/1

La Teste De Buch Good · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 16/5F

La Teste De Buch (FR) Good · Turf · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 17/5

Nottingham Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 6 · Biggest winner 10/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 14/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 50 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
Deauville (FR)388—
Epsom Downs366—
Ffos Las2571 of 4 won
Galway188—
Goodwood2670 of 2 won
La Teste De Buch111—
La Teste De Buch (FR)011—
Nottingham066—
Stratford266—

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 August 2012?
50 races across 9 meetings were run on 2 August 2012: Deauville (FR) (8 races), Epsom Downs (6 races), Ffos Las (7 races), Galway (8 races), Goodwood (7 races), La Teste De Buch (1 race), La Teste De Buch (FR) (1 race), Nottingham (6 races) and Stratford (6 races). That is Deauville (FR), La Teste De Buch and La Teste De Buch (FR) in France; Epsom Downs, Ffos Las, Goodwood, Nottingham and Stratford 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 2 August 2012?
Deauville (FR): Standard (AW); Epsom Downs: Good (Turf); Ffos Las: Good To Soft (Turf); Galway: Soft (Turf); Goodwood: Good (Turf); La Teste De Buch: Good; La Teste De Buch (FR): Good (Turf); Nottingham: Good (Turf); Stratford: Good To Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 2 August 2012?
Outright favourites won 14 of 47 on 2 August 2012 (29.8%); joint favourites won 1 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £47.00 and returned £39.01 — a loss of £7.99. 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 Bertie Royale (GB) at 40/1 in the 6:40 Aartic Driver Cpc/british Stallion Studs E.b.f. Maiden Stakes at Ffos Las.
What was the feature race on 2 August 2012?
The feature race was the 2:45 Audi Richmond Stakes (Group 2) (Group 2) at Goodwood, won by Heavy Metal (GB) (9/1).
What time was the first race on 2 August 2012?
The first race was the 12:50 Prix de Pont L'Eveque at Deauville (FR); the last was the 8:50 Walters Uk Handicap at Ffos Las.