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Racing Results

Sunday 6 August 2023

39 races were run across 6 meetings on 6 August 2023: Chester, Deauville (FR), Galway, Haydock, Le Lion-D'Angers (FR) and Market Rasen.

Chester Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

Deauville (FR) Very Soft · Turf · 9 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 9 · Biggest winner 26/1

Galway Yielding · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 6 of 8 · Biggest winner 33/1

Haydock Heavy · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 3 of 7 · Biggest winner 16/1

Le Lion-D'Angers (FR) Soft · Turf · 1 race · France

Outright favs won 0 of 1 · Biggest winner 42/10

Market Rasen Good To Soft · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 22/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 39 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 favourites17 of 38 won44.7% · 38 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 loss of £0.70Staked £38.00, returned £37.30 at SP
  • Biggest-priced winnerFighting Fit (GB) 33/1The 3:30 Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase at Galway
  • Joint favourites0 of 2 won0.0% · 1 race had joint favourites
MeetingFav wonFav ranRacesJoint
Chester266—
Deauville (FR)299—
Galway688—
Haydock377—
Le Lion-D'Angers (FR)011—
Market Rasen4780 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 6 August 2023?
39 races across 6 meetings were run on 6 August 2023: Chester (6 races), Deauville (FR) (9 races), Galway (8 races), Haydock (7 races), Le Lion-D'Angers (FR) (1 race) and Market Rasen (8 races). That is Chester, Haydock and Market Rasen in Great Britain; Deauville (FR) and Le Lion-D'Angers (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 6 August 2023?
Chester: Soft (Turf); Deauville (FR): Very Soft (Turf); Galway: Yielding (Turf); Haydock: Heavy (Turf); Le Lion-D'Angers (FR): Soft (Turf); Market Rasen: Good To Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 6 August 2023?
Outright favourites won 17 of 38 on 6 August 2023 (44.7%); joint favourites won 0 of 2. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £38.00 and returned £37.30 — a loss of £0.70. 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 Fighting Fit (GB) at 33/1 in the 3:30 Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase at Galway.
What was the feature race on 6 August 2023?
The feature race was the 3:25 Arc Prix Maurice de Gheest (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) (Group 1) at Deauville (FR), won by King Gold (FR) (78/10).
What time was the first race on 6 August 2023?
The first race was the 12:58 Prix du Cercle - Prix Dr Ignacio Pavlovsky Padre at Deauville (FR); the last was the 6:45 Sky Bet Sunday Series Stayers Handicap at Haydock.