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Racing Results

Wednesday 1 May 2013

53 races were run across 10 meetings on 1 May 2013: Ascot, Cheltenham, Kempton (AW), Le Lion-D'Angers, Le Pin au Haras, Pontefract, Saint-Cloud (FR), Southwell, Tipperary and Tours.

Ascot Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

Cheltenham Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 6 · Biggest winner 100/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 5 · Biggest winner 33/1

Le Lion-D'Angers Very Soft · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 33/10

Le Pin au Haras · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 32/5

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

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

Saint-Cloud (FR) Good To Soft · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 4 of 8 · Biggest winner 228/10

Southwell Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 8 · Biggest winner 9/1

Tipperary Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 6 · Biggest winner 9/1

Tours Soft · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 68/10

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 53 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
Ascot266—
Cheltenham0670 of 2 won
Kempton (AW)2571 of 4 won
Le Lion-D'Angers111—
Le Pin au Haras111—
Pontefract1670 of 2 won
Saint-Cloud (FR)488—
Southwell388—
Tipperary4670 of 3 won
Tours011—

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 1 May 2013?
53 races across 10 meetings were run on 1 May 2013: Ascot (6 races), Cheltenham (7 races), Kempton (AW) (7 races), Le Lion-D'Angers (1 race), Le Pin au Haras (1 race), Pontefract (7 races), Saint-Cloud (FR) (8 races), Southwell (8 races), Tipperary (7 races) and Tours (1 race). That is Ascot, Cheltenham, Kempton (AW), Pontefract and Southwell in Great Britain; Le Lion-D'Angers, Le Pin au Haras, Saint-Cloud (FR) and Tours in France; Tipperary 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 1 May 2013?
Ascot: Good (Turf); Cheltenham: Good (Turf); Kempton (AW): Standard (AW); Le Lion-D'Angers: Very Soft; Pontefract: Good To Firm (Turf); Saint-Cloud (FR): Good To Soft (Turf); Southwell: Good (Turf); Tipperary: Heavy (Turf); Tours: Soft.
How did the favourites do on 1 May 2013?
Outright favourites won 18 of 48 on 1 May 2013 (37.5%); joint favourites won 1 of 11. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £48.00 and returned £58.97 — a profit of £10.97. 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 Charles Bruce (IRE) at 100/1 in the 7:50 Jockey Club 7.75% Racecourse Bond Hunters' Chase at Cheltenham.
What was the feature race on 1 May 2013?
The feature race was the 2:20 Prix Du Muguet (4yo+) (Turf) (Group 2) at Saint-Cloud (FR), won by Don Bosco I (FR) (23/10F).
What time was the first race on 1 May 2013?
The first race was the 11:07 Prix de la Jaille-Yvon at Le Lion-D'Angers; the last was the 9:05 Book Kempton Tickets On 0844 579 3008 Handicap at Kempton (AW).