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Racing Results

Thursday 17 August 2017

59 races were run across 8 meetings on 17 August 2017: Beverley, Chepstow, Deauville (FR), Fontwell, Leopardstown, Salisbury, Tramore and Yarmouth.

Beverley Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 8/1

Deauville (FR) Fast · Dirt · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 31/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

Leopardstown Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

Salisbury Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 8 · Biggest winner 16/1

Tramore Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

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

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 14/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 59 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
Beverley1680 of 4 won
Chepstow277—
Deauville (FR)288—
Fontwell277—
Leopardstown3670 of 2 won
Salisbury388—
Tramore477—
Yarmouth277—

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 August 2017?
59 races across 8 meetings were run on 17 August 2017: Beverley (8 races), Chepstow (7 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Fontwell (7 races), Leopardstown (7 races), Salisbury (8 races), Tramore (7 races) and Yarmouth (7 races). That is Beverley, Chepstow, Fontwell, Salisbury and Yarmouth in Great Britain; Deauville (FR) in France; Leopardstown and Tramore 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 August 2017?
Beverley: Good (Turf); Chepstow: Good To Soft (Turf); Deauville (FR): Fast (Dirt); Fontwell: Good To Firm (Turf); Leopardstown: Good (Turf); Salisbury: Good (Turf); Tramore: Good (Turf); Yarmouth: Good To Firm (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 17 August 2017?
Outright favourites won 19 of 56 on 17 August 2017 (33.9%); joint favourites won 0 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £56.00 and returned £52.18 — a loss of £3.82. 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 Vienna Woods (FR) at 31/1 in the 12:47 Prix de Sassy - Categorie Employe de l'Annee at Deauville (FR).
What was the feature race on 17 August 2017?
The feature race was the 7:10 Invesco Pension Consultants Desmond Stakes (group 3) (Group 3) at Leopardstown, won by Alexios Komnenos (IRE) (6/1).
What time was the first race on 17 August 2017?
The first race was the 11:40 Prix du Couesnon - Categorie Leadership at Deauville (FR); the last was the 8:20 Seanie Colfer Construction (ladies) Maiden at Tramore.