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Racing Results

Tuesday 8 August 2017

50 races were run across 8 meetings on 8 August 2017: Catterick, Chelmsford City (AW), Cork, Deauville (FR), Leicester, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Nottingham and Roscommon.

Catterick Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 10/1

Chelmsford City (AW) Standard · AW · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 9/1

Cork Good To Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

Deauville (FR) Good · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 187/10

Leicester Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 14/1

Les Sables-d'Olonne Good To Soft · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 1 of 1 · Biggest winner 6/5F

Nottingham Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 10/1

Roscommon Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 25/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 50 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
Catterick2671 of 3 won
Chelmsford City (AW)377—
Cork377—
Deauville (FR)288—
Leicester266—
Les Sables-d'Olonne111—
Nottingham2670 of 2 won
Roscommon377—

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 8 August 2017?
50 races across 8 meetings were run on 8 August 2017: Catterick (7 races), Chelmsford City (AW) (7 races), Cork (7 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Leicester (6 races), Les Sables-d'Olonne (1 race), Nottingham (7 races) and Roscommon (7 races). That is Catterick, Chelmsford City (AW), Leicester and Nottingham in Great Britain; Cork and Roscommon in Ireland; Deauville (FR) and Les Sables-d'Olonne 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 8 August 2017?
Catterick: Soft (Turf); Chelmsford City (AW): Standard (AW); Cork: Good To Yielding (Turf); Deauville (FR): Good (Turf); Leicester: Soft (Turf); Les Sables-d'Olonne: Good To Soft; Nottingham: Heavy (Turf); Roscommon: Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 8 August 2017?
Outright favourites won 18 of 48 on 8 August 2017 (37.5%); joint favourites won 1 of 5. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £48.00 and returned £47.43 — a loss of £0.57. 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 Jeremys Joy (IRE) at 25/1 in the 7:40 Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Connacht Oaks Fillies Handicap at Roscommon.
What was the feature race on 8 August 2017?
The feature race was the 7:30 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes (Fillies Group 3) (Group 3) at Cork, won by Eziyra (IRE) (7/4F).
What time was the first race on 8 August 2017?
The first race was the 11:40 Prix de Gassard at Deauville (FR); the last was the 8:50 Boyzone Playing Here On 2nd September Handicap at Chelmsford City (AW).