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Friday 8 October 2021

45 races were run across 7 meetings on 8 October 2021: Chepstow, Compiegne (FR), Downpatrick, Dundalk (AW), Newcastle (AW), Newmarket and York.

Chepstow Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 28/1

Compiegne (FR) Heavy · Turf · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 43/10

Downpatrick Soft · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 40/1

Dundalk (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 10/1

Newcastle (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 50/1

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

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 25/1

York Soft · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 0 of 7 · Biggest winner 14/1

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
Chepstow277—
Compiegne (FR)011—
Downpatrick277—
Dundalk (AW)2781 of 3 won
Newcastle (AW)2780 of 2 won
Newmarket477—
York077—

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 October 2021?
45 races across 7 meetings were run on 8 October 2021: Chepstow (7 races), Compiegne (FR) (1 race), Downpatrick (7 races), Dundalk (AW) (8 races), Newcastle (AW) (8 races), Newmarket (7 races) and York (7 races). That is Chepstow, Newcastle (AW), Newmarket and York in Great Britain; Compiegne (FR) in France; Downpatrick and Dundalk (AW) 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 October 2021?
Chepstow: Good (Turf); Compiegne (FR): Heavy (Turf); Downpatrick: Soft (Turf); Dundalk (AW): Standard (AW); Newcastle (AW): Standard (AW); Newmarket: Good To Soft (Turf); York: Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 8 October 2021?
Outright favourites won 12 of 43 on 8 October 2021 (27.9%); joint favourites won 1 of 5. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £43.00 and returned £30.18 — a loss of £12.82. 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 Lancashire Life (GB) at 50/1 in the 8:00 Read Kevin Blake On attheraces.com Apprentice Handicap at Newcastle (AW).
What was the feature race on 8 October 2021?
The feature race was the 3:35 Bet365 Fillies' Mile (Group 1) (Group 1) at Newmarket, won by Inspiral (GB) (8/11F).
What time was the first race on 8 October 2021?
The first race was the 1:00 Andy Stewart Racing's Great Friend Novices' Hurdle at Chepstow; the last was the 8:30 Free Replays On attheraces.com Handicap at Newcastle (AW).