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Racing Results

Saturday 20 December 2014

38 races were run across 7 meetings on 20 December 2014: Ascot, Fairyhouse, Haydock, Lingfield (AW), Newcastle, Pau and Pornichet-La Baule.

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

Outright favs won 2 of 4 · Biggest winner 14/1

Fairyhouse Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 33/1

Haydock Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 11/2

Lingfield (AW) Standard To Slow · AW · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 16/1

Newcastle Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Pau Heavy · 2 races · France

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 23/1

Pornichet-La Baule Standard · 2 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 2 · Biggest winner 29/10F

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 38 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
Ascot2460 of 5 won
Fairyhouse3670 of 2 won
Haydock277—
Lingfield (AW)3671 of 2 won
Newcastle2571 of 4 won
Pau0120 of 2 won
Pornichet-La Baule222—

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 20 December 2014?
38 races across 7 meetings were run on 20 December 2014: Ascot (6 races), Fairyhouse (7 races), Haydock (7 races), Lingfield (AW) (7 races), Newcastle (7 races), Pau (2 races) and Pornichet-La Baule (2 races). That is Ascot, Haydock, Lingfield (AW) and Newcastle in Great Britain; Fairyhouse in Ireland; Pau and Pornichet-La Baule 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 20 December 2014?
Ascot: Good To Soft (Turf); Fairyhouse: Soft (Turf); Haydock: Heavy (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard To Slow (AW); Newcastle: Soft (Turf); Pau: Heavy; Pornichet-La Baule: Standard.
How did the favourites do on 20 December 2014?
Outright favourites won 14 of 31 on 20 December 2014 (45.2%); joint favourites won 2 of 15. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £31.00 and returned £33.72 — a profit of £2.72. 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 Blackandamber Vic (IRE) at 33/1 in the 2:10 New Years Day Racing At Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse.
What was the feature race on 20 December 2014?
The feature race was the 2:25 JLT Long Walk Hurdle (25k Field Size Bonus Race) (Grade 1) (Grade 1) at Ascot, won by Reve De Sivola (FR) (13/2).
What time was the first race on 20 December 2014?
The first race was the 12:00 Joel Murray Handicap Hurdle at Haydock; the last was the 5:25 Prix de Morican at Pornichet-La Baule.