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Friday 17 March 2017
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41 races were run across 7 meetings on 17 March 2017: Cheltenham, Down Royal, Fakenham, Fontainebleau (FR), Lingfield (AW), Wexford and Wolverhampton (AW).

Cheltenham Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Cheltenham racecourse statistics →

Down Royal Yielding To Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

Down Royal racecourse statistics →

Fakenham Good · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 5 · Biggest winner 4/1

Fakenham racecourse statistics →

Fontainebleau (FR) Very Soft · Turf · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 17/2

Fontainebleau racecourse statistics →

Lingfield (AW) Standard · AW · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 33/1

Lingfield (AW) racecourse statistics →

Wexford Soft To Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 20/1

Wexford racecourse statistics →

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

Outright favs won 5 of 7 · Biggest winner 13/2

Wolverhampton (AW) racecourse statistics →

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 41 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 favourites10 of 40 won25.0% · 40 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 £13.00Staked £40.00, returned £27.00 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerWillwams (IRE) 33/1The 1:45 Sunbets.co.uk Claiming Stakes at Lingfield (AW)
  • Joint favourites1 of 2 won50.0% · 1 race had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Cheltenham177—
Down Royal277—
Fakenham0561 of 2 won
Fontainebleau (FR)011—
Lingfield (AW)266—
Wexford077—
Wolverhampton (AW)577—

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 March 2017?
41 races across 7 meetings were run on 17 March 2017: Cheltenham (7 races), Down Royal (7 races), Fakenham (6 races), Fontainebleau (FR) (1 race), Lingfield (AW) (6 races), Wexford (7 races) and Wolverhampton (AW) (7 races). That is Cheltenham, Fakenham, Lingfield (AW) and Wolverhampton (AW) in Great Britain; Down Royal and Wexford in Ireland; Fontainebleau (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 17 March 2017?
Cheltenham: Good (Turf); Down Royal: Yielding To Soft (Turf); Fakenham: Good (Turf); Fontainebleau (FR): Very Soft (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard (AW); Wexford: Soft To Heavy (Turf); Wolverhampton (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 17 March 2017?
Outright favourites won 10 of 40 on 17 March 2017 (25.0%); joint favourites won 1 of 2. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £40.00 and returned £27.00 — a loss of £13.00. 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 Willwams (IRE) at 33/1 in the 1:45 Sunbets.co.uk Claiming Stakes at Lingfield (AW).
What was the feature race on 17 March 2017?
The feature race was the 1:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (Grade 1) at Cheltenham, won by Defi Du Seuil (FR) (5/2F).
What time was the first race on 17 March 2017?
The first race was the 1:05 Prix du Mont Pierreux at Fontainebleau (FR); the last was the 8:45 Betway Handicap at Wolverhampton (AW).