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Racing Results

Sunday 26 August 2012

46 races were run across 8 meetings on 26 August 2012: Beverley, Cork, Curragh, Deauville (FR), Goodwood, Granville-St Pair Sur Mer, Vittel and Yarmouth.

Beverley Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Cork Yielding To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Curragh Heavy · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

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

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

Granville-St Pair Sur Mer Good To Soft · 1 race · France

Vittel Good · 1 race · France

Yarmouth Good To Soft · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 46 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 favourites12 of 38 won31.6% · 38 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 £5.46Staked £38.00, returned £32.54 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerSilent Music (IRE) 42/1The 1:00 Prix Hotel Royal Barriere de Deauville at Deauville (FR)
  • Joint favourites2 of 13 won15.4% · 6 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Beverley3670 of 2 won
Cork3670 of 3 won
Curragh2780 of 2 won
Deauville (FR)0781 of 2 won
Goodwood066—
Granville-St Pair Sur Mer001—
Vittel001—
Yarmouth4681 of 4 won

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 26 August 2012?
46 races across 8 meetings were run on 26 August 2012: Beverley (7 races), Cork (7 races), Curragh (8 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Goodwood (6 races), Granville-St Pair Sur Mer (1 race), Vittel (1 race) and Yarmouth (8 races). That is Beverley, Goodwood and Yarmouth in Great Britain; Cork and Curragh in Ireland; Deauville (FR), Granville-St Pair Sur Mer and Vittel 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 26 August 2012?
Beverley: Good (Turf); Cork: Yielding To Soft (Turf); Curragh: Heavy (Turf); Deauville (FR): Standard (AW); Goodwood: Good To Soft (Turf); Granville-St Pair Sur Mer: Good To Soft; Vittel: Good; Yarmouth: Good To Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 26 August 2012?
Outright favourites won 12 of 38 on 26 August 2012 (31.6%); joint favourites won 2 of 13. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £38.00 and returned £32.54 — a loss of £5.46. 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 Silent Music (IRE) at 42/1 in the 1:00 Prix Hotel Royal Barriere de Deauville at Deauville (FR).
What was the feature race on 26 August 2012?
The feature race was the 3:45 Galileo European Breeders Fund Futurity Stakes (Group 2) (Group 2) at Curragh, won by First Cornerstone (IRE) (7/2).
What time was the first race on 26 August 2012?
The first race was the 11:07 Prix Des Vans Theault at Granville-St Pair Sur Mer; the last was the 5:55 Free Admission At The Curragh September 9th Handicap at Curragh.