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Racing Results

Wednesday 5 May 2021

44 races were run across 6 meetings on 5 May 2021: Chester, Fontwell, Gowran Park, Kelso, Kempton (AW) and Newton Abbot.

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

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 25/1

Fontwell Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 9/2

Gowran Park Yielding · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 1 of 8 · Biggest winner 28/1

Kelso Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 12/1

Kempton (AW) Standard To Slow · AW · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 33/1

Newton Abbot Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 12/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 44 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
Chester3670 of 2 won
Fontwell277—
Gowran Park188—
Kelso377—
Kempton (AW)377—
Newton Abbot288—

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 5 May 2021?
44 races across 6 meetings were run on 5 May 2021: Chester (7 races), Fontwell (7 races), Gowran Park (8 races), Kelso (7 races), Kempton (AW) (7 races) and Newton Abbot (8 races). That is Chester, Fontwell, Kelso, Kempton (AW) and Newton Abbot in Great Britain; 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 5 May 2021?
Chester: Good To Soft (Turf); Fontwell: Good (Turf); Gowran Park: Yielding (Turf); Kelso: Good (Turf); Kempton (AW): Standard To Slow (AW); Newton Abbot: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 5 May 2021?
Outright favourites won 14 of 43 on 5 May 2021 (32.6%); joint favourites won 0 of 2. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £43.00 and returned £29.47 — a loss of £13.53. 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 Goolwa (IRE) at 33/1 in the 5:40 Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Fillies' Novice Stakes at Kempton (AW).
What was the feature race on 5 May 2021?
The feature race was the 3:15 Chester Vase Stakes (Group 3) (Group 3) at Chester, won by Youth Spirit (IRE) (15/2).
What time was the first race on 5 May 2021?
The first race was the 1:00 NewtonAbbotRace On Twitter Beginners' Chase at Newton Abbot; the last was the 8:10 Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Fillies' Handicap at Kempton (AW).