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Racing Results

Friday 3 August 2018

57 races were run across 8 meetings on 3 August 2018: Bangor-on-Dee, Deauville (FR), Galway, Goodwood, Musselburgh, Newmarket, Thirsk and Wolverhampton (AW).

Bangor-on-Dee Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

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

Outright favs won 3 of 8 · Biggest winner 226/10

Galway Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 16/1

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

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 12/1

Musselburgh Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

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

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

Thirsk Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 25/1

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

Outright favs won 1 of 5 · Biggest winner 10/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 57 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
Bangor-on-Dee277—
Deauville (FR)388—
Galway3671 of 2 won
Goodwood3671 of 2 won
Musselburgh277—
Newmarket277—
Thirsk288—
Wolverhampton (AW)1561 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 3 August 2018?
57 races across 8 meetings were run on 3 August 2018: Bangor-on-Dee (7 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Galway (7 races), Goodwood (7 races), Musselburgh (7 races), Newmarket (7 races), Thirsk (8 races) and Wolverhampton (AW) (6 races). That is Bangor-on-Dee, Goodwood, Musselburgh, Newmarket, Thirsk and Wolverhampton (AW) in Great Britain; Deauville (FR) in France; Galway 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 3 August 2018?
Bangor-on-Dee: Good (Turf); Deauville (FR): Good To Soft (Turf); Galway: Soft (Turf); Goodwood: Good To Firm (Turf); Musselburgh: Good (Turf); Newmarket: Good To Firm (Turf); Thirsk: Good (Turf); Wolverhampton (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 3 August 2018?
Outright favourites won 18 of 54 on 3 August 2018 (33.3%); joint favourites won 3 of 6. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £54.00 and returned £45.99 — a loss of £8.01. 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 Another Situation (USA) at 25/1 in the 3:20 Tomrods Steel Stockholder & Service Centre Handicap at Thirsk.
What was the feature race on 3 August 2018?
The feature race was the 3:35 King George Qatar Stakes (Group 2) (Group 2) at Goodwood, won by Battaash (IRE) (8/11F).
What time was the first race on 3 August 2018?
The first race was the 12:40 Prix D'Englesqueville at Deauville (FR); the last was the 8:50 Best Flat Races Live On Racing Uk Handicap at Musselburgh.