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Racing Results

Saturday 1 May 2021

60 races were run across 8 meetings on 1 May 2021: Doncaster, Goodwood, Hexham, Newmarket, Punchestown, Saint-Cloud (FR), Thirsk and Uttoxeter.

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

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

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 28/1

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

Outright favs won 0 of 5 · Biggest winner 12/1

Newmarket Good To Firm · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 16/1

Punchestown Good To Firm · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

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

Saint-Cloud (FR) Good · Turf · 9 races · France

Outright favs won 3 of 9 · Biggest winner 123/10

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 18/1

Uttoxeter Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 80/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 60 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
Doncaster2670 of 2 won
Goodwood2671 of 2 won
Hexham0561 of 2 won
Newmarket2682 of 4 won
Punchestown1780 of 2 won
Saint-Cloud (FR)399—
Thirsk2671 of 2 won
Uttoxeter288—

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 1 May 2021?
60 races across 8 meetings were run on 1 May 2021: Doncaster (7 races), Goodwood (7 races), Hexham (6 races), Newmarket (8 races), Punchestown (8 races), Saint-Cloud (FR) (9 races), Thirsk (7 races) and Uttoxeter (8 races). That is Doncaster, Goodwood, Hexham, Newmarket, Thirsk and Uttoxeter in Great Britain; Punchestown in Ireland; Saint-Cloud (FR) 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 1 May 2021?
Doncaster: Good To Firm (Turf); Goodwood: Good To Firm (Turf); Hexham: Good To Soft (Turf); Newmarket: Good To Firm (Turf); Punchestown: Good To Firm (Turf); Saint-Cloud (FR): Good (Turf); Thirsk: Good To Firm (Turf); Uttoxeter: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 1 May 2021?
Outright favourites won 14 of 53 on 1 May 2021 (26.4%); joint favourites won 5 of 14. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £53.00 and returned £47.53 — a loss of £5.47. 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 Thomas Kershaw (IRE) at 80/1 in the 2:30 Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle at Uttoxeter.
What was the feature race on 1 May 2021?
The feature race was the 3:40 Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Group 1) at Newmarket, won by Poetic Flare (IRE) (16/1).
What time was the first race on 1 May 2021?
The first race was the 12:58 Prix Empery at Saint-Cloud (FR); the last was the 8:10 Watch Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Fillies' Handicap at Doncaster.