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Wednesday 4 August 2021

43 races were run across 6 meetings on 4 August 2021: Bath, Brighton, Kempton (AW), Pontefract, Sligo and Yarmouth.

Bath Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 6 · Biggest winner 9/2

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

Outright favs won 1 of 5 · Biggest winner 8/1

Kempton (AW) Standard To Slow · AW · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 7 of 8 · Biggest winner 2/1F

Pontefract Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 7 · Biggest winner 22/1

Sligo Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

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

Yarmouth Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

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

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 43 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.

  • Outright favourites15 of 37 won40.5% · 37 races had one
  • The long run34.2% winOutright favourites across every race in our archive — 96,834 of 283,117, as at 3 October 2026
  • £1 on every outright favouriteA profit of £2.36Staked £37.00, returned £39.36 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerDark Defender (GB) 22/1The 5:30 Keith Hammill Memorial Handicap at Pontefract
  • Joint favourites1 of 12 won8.3% · 6 races had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Bath3670 of 2 won
Brighton1571 of 4 won
Kempton (AW)788—
Pontefract177—
Sligo1570 of 4 won
Yarmouth2670 of 2 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 4 August 2021?
43 races across 6 meetings were run on 4 August 2021: Bath (7 races), Brighton (7 races), Kempton (AW) (8 races), Pontefract (7 races), Sligo (7 races) and Yarmouth (7 races). That is Bath, Brighton, Kempton (AW), Pontefract and Yarmouth in Great Britain; Sligo 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 4 August 2021?
Bath: Good (Turf); Brighton: Good To Firm (Turf); Kempton (AW): Standard To Slow (AW); Pontefract: Good (Turf); Sligo: Yielding (Turf); Yarmouth: Good (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 4 August 2021?
Outright favourites won 15 of 37 on 4 August 2021 (40.5%); joint favourites won 1 of 12. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £37.00 and returned £39.36 — a profit of £2.36. 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 Dark Defender (GB) at 22/1 in the 5:30 Keith Hammill Memorial Handicap at Pontefract.
What time was the first race on 4 August 2021?
The first race was the 1:00 Casumo Bet 10 Get 10 Handicap at Bath; the last was the 9:00 Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap at Kempton (AW).