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Racing Results

Sunday 1 August 2021

34 races were run across 5 meetings on 1 August 2021: Chester, Clairefontaine (FR), Galway, Market Rasen and Thirsk.

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

Outright favs won 2 of 6 · Biggest winner 8/1

Clairefontaine (FR) Soft · Turf · 3 races · France

Outright favs won 1 of 3 · Biggest winner 113/10

Galway Good · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 12/1

Market Rasen Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

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

Thirsk Good · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

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

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 34 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
Chester2670 of 2 won
Clairefontaine (FR)133—
Galway2780 of 2 won
Market Rasen3781 of 2 won
Thirsk1681 of 4 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 1 August 2021?
34 races across 5 meetings were run on 1 August 2021: Chester (7 races), Clairefontaine (FR) (3 races), Galway (8 races), Market Rasen (8 races) and Thirsk (8 races). That is Chester, Market Rasen and Thirsk in Great Britain; Clairefontaine (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 1 August 2021?
Chester: Good To Soft (Turf); Clairefontaine (FR): Soft (Turf); Galway: Good (Turf); Market Rasen: Good (Turf); Thirsk: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 1 August 2021?
Outright favourites won 9 of 29 on 1 August 2021 (31.0%); joint favourites won 2 of 10. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £29.00 and returned £25.77 — a loss of £3.23. 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 Krystal Maze (IRE) at 28/1 in the 5:30 Next Meeting At thirskraces Friday 6th August Handicap at Thirsk.
What was the feature race on 1 August 2021?
The feature race was the 3:10 Children's Air Ambulance Queensferry Stakes (Listed) (Listed) at Chester, won by Judicial (IRE) (4/1).
What time was the first race on 1 August 2021?
The first race was the 1:00 DDM Juvenile Hurdle at Market Rasen; the last was the 5:30 Next Meeting At thirskraces Friday 6th August Handicap at Thirsk.