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Thursday 7 April 2016

44 races were run across 6 meetings on 7 April 2016: Aintree, Chelmsford City (AW), Limerick, Maisons-Laffitte (FR), Southwell (AW) and Taunton.

Aintree Good To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 14/1

Chelmsford City (AW) Standard · AW · 6 races · Great Britain

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

Limerick Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 6/1

Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Heavy · Turf · 9 races · France

Outright favs won 0 of 8 · Biggest winner 43/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 5/1

Taunton Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 8 · Biggest winner 12/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 44 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 42 won28.6% · 42 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 £16.23Staked £42.00, returned £25.77 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerSisyphe (FR) 43/1The 3:00 Prix Crecy Fitz-James at Maisons-Laffitte (FR)
  • Joint favourites2 of 5 won40.0% · 2 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Aintree377—
Chelmsford City (AW)1561 of 3 won
Limerick377—
Maisons-Laffitte (FR)0891 of 2 won
Southwell (AW)277—
Taunton388—

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 7 April 2016?
44 races across 6 meetings were run on 7 April 2016: Aintree (7 races), Chelmsford City (AW) (6 races), Limerick (7 races), Maisons-Laffitte (FR) (9 races), Southwell (AW) (7 races) and Taunton (8 races). That is Aintree, Chelmsford City (AW), Southwell (AW) and Taunton in Great Britain; Limerick in Ireland; Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 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 7 April 2016?
Aintree: Good To Soft (Turf); Chelmsford City (AW): Standard (AW); Limerick: Heavy (Turf); Maisons-Laffitte (FR): Heavy (Turf); Southwell (AW): Standard (AW); Taunton: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 7 April 2016?
Outright favourites won 12 of 42 on 7 April 2016 (28.6%); joint favourites won 2 of 5. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £42.00 and returned £25.77 — a loss of £16.23. 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 Sisyphe (FR) at 43/1 in the 3:00 Prix Crecy Fitz-James at Maisons-Laffitte (FR).
What was the feature race on 7 April 2016?
The feature race was the 1:40 Merseyrail Manifesto Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (Grade 1) at Aintree, won by Arzal (FR) (4/1).
What time was the first race on 7 April 2016?
The first race was the 11:10 Prix Jacques Laffitte at Maisons-Laffitte (FR); the last was the 8:20 Collect Totepool Winnings At Betfred Shops Handicap at Chelmsford City (AW).