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Racing Results

Friday 1 August 2014

51 races were run across 10 meetings on 1 August 2014: Bangor-on-Dee, Bath, Clairefontaine, Clairefontaine (FR), Galway, Goodwood, Musselburgh, Newmarket, Saint-Malo and Thirsk.

Bangor-on-Dee Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

Bath Firm · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Clairefontaine Good To Soft · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 9/5F

Clairefontaine (FR) Good To Soft · Turf · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 6/5F

Galway Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 6 · Biggest winner 12/1

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

Outright favs won 1 of 6 · Biggest winner 12/1

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

Outright favs won 1 of 5 · Biggest winner 17/2

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

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

Saint-Malo Good · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 11/10F

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

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 51 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
Bangor-on-Dee277—
Bath477—
Clairefontaine111—
Clairefontaine (FR)111—
Galway4670 of 2 won
Goodwood1670 of 2 won
Musselburgh1560 of 2 won
Newmarket377—
Saint-Malo111—
Thirsk3670 of 2 won

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 August 2014?
51 races across 10 meetings were run on 1 August 2014: Bangor-on-Dee (7 races), Bath (7 races), Clairefontaine (1 race), Clairefontaine (FR) (1 race), Galway (7 races), Goodwood (7 races), Musselburgh (6 races), Newmarket (7 races), Saint-Malo (1 race) and Thirsk (7 races). That is Bangor-on-Dee, Bath, Goodwood, Musselburgh, Newmarket and Thirsk in Great Britain; Clairefontaine, Clairefontaine (FR) and Saint-Malo in France; 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 1 August 2014?
Bangor-on-Dee: Good (Turf); Bath: Firm (Turf); Clairefontaine: Good To Soft; Clairefontaine (FR): Good To Soft (Turf); Galway: Good (Turf); Goodwood: Good To Firm (Turf); Musselburgh: Good To Firm (Turf); Newmarket: Good To Firm (Turf); Saint-Malo: Good; Thirsk: Good To Firm (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 1 August 2014?
Outright favourites won 21 of 47 on 1 August 2014 (44.7%); joint favourites won 0 of 8. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £47.00 and returned £48.48 — a profit of £1.48. 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 The Wee Midget (GB) at 16/1 in the 5:35 R W Hough & Sons Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle at Bangor-on-Dee (one of 2 winners at that price).
What was the feature race on 1 August 2014?
The feature race was the 3:40 Betfred King George Stakes (Group 2) (Group 2) at Goodwood, won by Take Cover (GB) (6/1).
What time was the first race on 1 August 2014?
The first race was the 12:30 Prix Duguesclin at Saint-Malo; the last was the 8:50 Thomson Anniversary Handicap at Musselburgh.