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Racing Results

Friday 17 August 2018

62 races were run across 9 meetings on 17 August 2018: Catterick, Chelmsford City (AW), Clairefontaine (FR), Dundalk (AW), Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Tramore and Wolverhampton (AW).

Catterick Good To Firm · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 20/1

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

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

Clairefontaine (FR) Soft · Turf · 5 races · France

Outright favs won 3 of 5 · Biggest winner 14/1

Dundalk (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Ireland

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

Newbury Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 8 · Biggest winner 20/1

Newmarket Good To Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

Nottingham Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 8 · Biggest winner 16/1

Tramore Good · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 1 of 6 · Biggest winner 11/1

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

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 25/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 62 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
Catterick266—
Chelmsford City (AW)377—
Clairefontaine (FR)355—
Dundalk (AW)3781 of 2 won
Newbury088—
Newmarket366—
Nottingham088—
Tramore1671 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 August 2018?
62 races across 9 meetings were run on 17 August 2018: Catterick (6 races), Chelmsford City (AW) (7 races), Clairefontaine (FR) (5 races), Dundalk (AW) (8 races), Newbury (8 races), Newmarket (6 races), Nottingham (8 races), Tramore (7 races) and Wolverhampton (AW) (7 races). That is Catterick, Chelmsford City (AW), Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham and Wolverhampton (AW) in Great Britain; Clairefontaine (FR) in France; Dundalk (AW) 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 2018?
Catterick: Good To Firm (Turf); Chelmsford City (AW): Standard (AW); Clairefontaine (FR): Soft (Turf); Dundalk (AW): Standard (AW); Newbury: Good (Turf); Newmarket: Good To Soft (Turf); Nottingham: Good (Turf); Tramore: Good (Turf); Wolverhampton (AW): Standard (AW).
How did the favourites do on 17 August 2018?
Outright favourites won 15 of 60 on 17 August 2018 (25.0%); joint favourites won 2 of 4. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £60.00 and returned £36.87 — a loss of £23.13. 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 Dashing Willoughby (GB) at 25/1 in the 4:20 British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes at Wolverhampton (AW).
What was the feature race on 17 August 2018?
The feature race was the 3:30 Byerley Stud Stakes (Fillies' Listed) (Registered As The St Hugh's Stakes) (Listed) at Newbury, won by Shumookhi (IRE) (15/2).
What time was the first race on 17 August 2018?
The first race was the 12:40 Prix Equidarmor - TRM at Clairefontaine (FR); the last was the 9:00 Innovate Nationwide And Oakleafe Claims Handicap at Chelmsford City (AW).