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Thursday 8 April 2021

45 races were run across 6 meetings on 8 April 2021: Aintree, Chelmsford City (AW), Deauville (FR), Gowran Park, Southwell (AW) and Taunton.

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

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 66/1

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

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 18/1

Deauville (FR) Standard · AW · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 0 of 8 · Biggest winner 269/10

Gowran Park Soft · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

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

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

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 17/2

Taunton Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

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

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 45 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
Aintree277—
Chelmsford City (AW)377—
Deauville (FR)088—
Gowran Park288—
Southwell (AW)477—
Taunton388—

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 April 2021?
45 races across 6 meetings were run on 8 April 2021: Aintree (7 races), Chelmsford City (AW) (7 races), Deauville (FR) (8 races), Gowran Park (8 races), Southwell (AW) (7 races) and Taunton (8 races). That is Aintree, Chelmsford City (AW), Southwell (AW) and Taunton in Great Britain; Deauville (FR) in France; Gowran Park 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 8 April 2021?
Aintree: Good To Soft (Turf); Chelmsford City (AW): Standard (AW); Deauville (FR): Standard (AW); Gowran Park: Soft (Turf); Southwell (AW): Standard (AW); Taunton: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 8 April 2021?
Outright favourites won 14 of 45 on 8 April 2021 (31.1%). £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £45.00 and returned £32.23 — a loss of £12.77. 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 Cousin Pascal (FR) at 66/1 in the 4:05 Rose Paterson Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase at Aintree.
What was the feature race on 8 April 2021?
The feature race was the 1:45 SSS Super Alloys Manifesto Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Grade 1) at Aintree, won by Protektorat (FR) (17/2).
What time was the first race on 8 April 2021?
The first race was the 12:50 Prix de l'Operation Overlord at Deauville (FR); the last was the 7:50 chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap at Chelmsford City (AW).