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Racing Results

Wednesday 7 August 2024

41 races were run across 6 meetings on 7 August 2024: Brighton, Kempton (AW), Pontefract, Sligo, Wexford and Yarmouth.

Brighton Good To Firm · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

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

Pontefract Good To Firm · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

Sligo Yielding · Turf · 7 races · Ireland

Wexford Good · Turf · 8 races · Ireland

Yarmouth Good To Firm · Turf · 6 races · Great Britain

The day in numbers

From the stored results of 41 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
Brighton266—
Kempton (AW)3780 of 2 won
Pontefract266—
Sligo2670 of 3 won
Wexford1680 of 4 won
Yarmouth1560 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 7 August 2024?
41 races across 6 meetings were run on 7 August 2024: Brighton (6 races), Kempton (AW) (8 races), Pontefract (6 races), Sligo (7 races), Wexford (8 races) and Yarmouth (6 races). That is Brighton, Kempton (AW), Pontefract and Yarmouth in Great Britain; Sligo and Wexford 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 7 August 2024?
Brighton: Good To Firm (Turf); Kempton (AW): Standard To Slow (AW); Pontefract: Good To Firm (Turf); Sligo: Yielding (Turf); Wexford: Good (Turf); Yarmouth: Good To Firm (Turf).
How did the favourites do on 7 August 2024?
Outright favourites won 11 of 36 on 7 August 2024 (30.6%); joint favourites won 0 of 11. £1 on every outright favourite would have staked £36.00 and returned £25.35 — a loss of £10.65. 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 A Girl Named Ivy (IRE) at 33/1 in the 4:40 Bet With Jayne - Your Local Bookmaker Handicap at Pontefract.
What time was the first race on 7 August 2024?
The first race was the 2:10 Heb Cleaning And Hygiene Amateur Jockeys' Handicap at Pontefract; the last was the 8:55 Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap at Kempton (AW).