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Racing Results

Wednesday 31 August 2016

49 races were run across 7 meetings on 31 August 2016: Bath, Carlisle, Deauville (FR), Gowran Park, Lingfield, Newton Abbot and Southwell.

Bath Firm · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Deauville (FR) Standard · AW · 8 races · France

Gowran Park Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

Newton Abbot Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Southwell Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 49 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
Bath3671 of 4 won
Carlisle177—
Deauville (FR)388—
Gowran Park3671 of 2 won
Lingfield477—
Newton Abbot0561 of 2 won
Southwell4670 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 31 August 2016?
49 races across 7 meetings were run on 31 August 2016: Bath (7 races), Carlisle (7 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Gowran Park (7 races), Lingfield (7 races), Newton Abbot (6 races) and Southwell (7 races). That is Bath, Carlisle, Lingfield, Newton Abbot and Southwell in Great Britain; Deauville (FR) in France; Gowran Park 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 31 August 2016?
Bath: Firm (Turf); Carlisle: Good To Soft (Turf); Deauville (FR): Standard (AW); Gowran Park: Good (Turf); Lingfield: Good To Firm (Turf); Newton Abbot: Good (Turf); Southwell: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 31 August 2016?
Outright favourites won 18 of 45 on 31 August 2016 (40.0%); joint favourites won 3 of 10. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £45.00 and returned £43.26 — a loss of £1.74. 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 Wonderful Tiger (IRE) at 28/1 in the 4:55 Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. (C & G) Median Auction Maiden at Gowran Park.
What time was the first race on 31 August 2016?
The first race was the 12:10 Prix de Colleville at Deauville (FR); the last was the 7:50 Apollobet Home Of Cashback Offers Handicap at Carlisle.