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Racing Results

Monday 17 April 2017

76 races were run across 11 meetings on 17 April 2017: Auteuil (FR), Blain-Bouvron-Le-Gavre, Chepstow, Cork, Fairyhouse, Fakenham, Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Plumpton, Redcar and Wolverhampton (AW).

Auteuil (FR) Very Soft · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 206/10

Blain-Bouvron-Le-Gavre Good To Firm · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 17/5

Chepstow Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 5 of 8 · Biggest winner 7/1

Cork Yielding · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 20/1

Fairyhouse Good To Yielding · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

Fakenham Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 5 · Biggest winner 9/2

Huntingdon Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

Market Rasen Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 12/1

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

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

Redcar Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 17/2

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

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 13/2

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 76 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
Auteuil (FR)288—
Blain-Bouvron-Le-Gavre111—
Chepstow588—
Cork288—
Fairyhouse3781 of 2 won
Fakenham3571 of 4 won
Huntingdon3670 of 2 won
Market Rasen277—
Plumpton377—
Redcar3781 of 2 won
Wolverhampton (AW)077—

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 April 2017?
76 races across 11 meetings were run on 17 April 2017: Auteuil (FR) (8 races), Blain-Bouvron-Le-Gavre (1 race), Chepstow (8 races), Cork (8 races), Fairyhouse (8 races), Fakenham (7 races), Huntingdon (7 races), Market Rasen (7 races), Plumpton (7 races), Redcar (8 races) and Wolverhampton (AW) (7 races). That is Auteuil (FR) and Blain-Bouvron-Le-Gavre in France; Chepstow, Fakenham, Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Plumpton, Redcar and Wolverhampton (AW) in Great Britain; Cork and Fairyhouse 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 17 April 2017?
Auteuil (FR): Very Soft (Turf); Blain-Bouvron-Le-Gavre: Good To Firm; Chepstow: Good (Turf); Cork: Yielding (Turf); Fairyhouse: Good To Yielding (Turf); Fakenham: Good (Turf); Huntingdon: Good (Turf); Market Rasen: Good (Turf); Plumpton: Good To Firm (Turf); Redcar: Good (Turf); Wolverhampton (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 17 April 2017?
Outright favourites won 27 of 71 on 17 April 2017 (38.0%); joint favourites won 3 of 10. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £71.00 and returned £70.92 — a loss of £0.08. 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 Via Dolorosa (FR) at 206/10 in the 12:47 Prix du President de la Republique - les Dimanches au Galop (Chase) Handicap) at Auteuil (FR).
What was the feature race on 17 April 2017?
The feature race was the 3:25 Prix Leon Rambaud (Hurdle) (5yo+) (Turf) (Grade 2) at Auteuil (FR), won by Blue Dragon (FR) (EvensF).
What time was the first race on 17 April 2017?
The first race was the 12:30 Invest City Of Wolverhampton Handicap at Wolverhampton (AW); the last was the 6:40 Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Flat Race at Fairyhouse.