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Racing Results

Thursday 23 May 2024

50 races were run across 8 meetings on 23 May 2024: Catterick, Chelmsford City (AW), Limerick, Lingfield, Lingfield (AW), Longchamp (FR), Market Rasen and Sandown.

Catterick Soft · Turf · 8 races · Great Britain

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

Chelmsford City (AW) Standard · AW · 8 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 2 of 7 · Biggest winner 15/2

Limerick Good To Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Outright favs won 4 of 7 · Biggest winner 13/2

Lingfield Good · Turf · 3 races · Great Britain

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

Lingfield (AW) Standard · AW · 3 races · Great Britain

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

Longchamp (FR) Heavy · Turf · 8 races · France

Outright favs won 2 of 8 · Biggest winner 99/10

Market Rasen Good · Turf · 7 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 5 of 6 · Biggest winner 22/1

Sandown Soft · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Outright favs won 1 of 6 · Biggest winner 11/1

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 50 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
Catterick1780 of 2 won
Chelmsford City (AW)2781 of 2 won
Limerick477—
Lingfield133—
Lingfield (AW)1230 of 3 won
Longchamp (FR)288—
Market Rasen5670 of 2 won
Sandown166—

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 23 May 2024?
50 races across 8 meetings were run on 23 May 2024: Catterick (8 races), Chelmsford City (AW) (8 races), Limerick (7 races), Lingfield (3 races), Lingfield (AW) (3 races), Longchamp (FR) (8 races), Market Rasen (7 races) and Sandown (6 races). That is Catterick, Chelmsford City (AW), Lingfield, Lingfield (AW), Market Rasen and Sandown in Great Britain; Limerick in Ireland; Longchamp (FR) in France. 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 23 May 2024?
Catterick: Soft (Turf); Chelmsford City (AW): Standard (AW); Limerick: Good To Yielding (Turf); Lingfield: Good (Turf); Lingfield (AW): Standard (AW); Longchamp (FR): Heavy (Turf); Market Rasen: Good (Turf); Sandown: Soft (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 23 May 2024?
Outright favourites won 17 of 46 on 23 May 2024 (37.0%); joint favourites won 1 of 9. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £46.00 and returned £44.31 — a loss of £1.69. 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 Kosasiempre (FR) at 22/1 in the 2:28 Mick And Linda Jackson Mares' Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen.
What was the feature race on 23 May 2024?
The feature race was the 6:33 Prix Hocquart (3yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) (Group 3) at Longchamp (FR), won by Calandagan (IRE) (1/2F).
What time was the first race on 23 May 2024?
The first race was the 1:58 Nicholsons Centenary Novices' Hurdle at Market Rasen; the last was the 8:52 Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap at Chelmsford City (AW).