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Friday 17 October 2014

62 races were run across 9 meetings on 17 October 2014: Cheltenham, Downpatrick, Dundalk (AW), Haydock, Maisons-Laffitte (FR), Moulins, Newmarket, Redcar and Wolverhampton (AW).

Cheltenham Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Downpatrick Good To Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 6 · Biggest winner 14/1

Dundalk (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 0 of 8 · Biggest winner 33/1

Haydock Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Heavy · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 0 of 8 · Biggest winner 16/1

Moulins Very Soft · 2 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 2 · Biggest winner 11/5F

Newmarket Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 4 · Biggest winner 22/1

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

Outright favs won 1 of 8 · Biggest winner 10/1

Wolverhampton (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 5 · Biggest winner 33/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 62 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
Cheltenham277—
Downpatrick4670 of 2 won
Dundalk (AW)088—
Haydock177—
Maisons-Laffitte (FR)088—
Moulins222—
Newmarket0470 of 8 won
Redcar188—
Wolverhampton (AW)0580 of 6 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 17 October 2014?
62 races across 9 meetings were run on 17 October 2014: Cheltenham (7 races), Downpatrick (7 races), Dundalk (AW) (8 races), Haydock (7 races), Maisons-Laffitte (FR) (8 races), Moulins (2 races), Newmarket (7 races), Redcar (8 races) and Wolverhampton (AW) (8 races). That is Cheltenham, Haydock, Newmarket, Redcar and Wolverhampton (AW) in Great Britain; Downpatrick and Dundalk (AW) in Ireland; Maisons-Laffitte (FR) and Moulins 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 17 October 2014?
Cheltenham: Good (Turf); Downpatrick: Good To Yielding (Turf); Dundalk (AW): Standard (AW); Haydock: Soft (Turf); Maisons-Laffitte (FR): Heavy (Turf); Moulins: Very Soft; Newmarket: Soft (Turf); Redcar: Good To Soft (Turf); Wolverhampton (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 17 October 2014?
Outright favourites won 10 of 55 on 17 October 2014 (18.2%); joint favourites won 0 of 16. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £55.00 and returned £23.43 — a loss of £31.57. 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 Sparklingsovereign (GB) at 33/1 in the 6:05 Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Median Auction Maiden at Dundalk (AW) (one of 2 winners at that price).
What was the feature race on 17 October 2014?
The feature race was the 2:55 vision.ae Middle Park Stakes (Group 1) (Group 1) at Newmarket, won by Charming Thought (GB) (22/1).
What time was the first race on 17 October 2014?
The first race was the 12:45 Prix Thebais at Maisons-Laffitte (FR); the last was the 9:20 Raise Your Profile With Ultratek Handicap at Wolverhampton (AW).