Chester Races – Thursday 7 May 2026

Thursday 7 May 2026

13:30–16:45 · 7 races · Flat

Course overview

Races analysed14

Favourite strike rate42.9%

Favourite place rate64.3%

Race dates 2026-04-08 to 2026-05-07. Settled stored results only.

Official starting-price favourites by race context in the selected period.

Name	Wins/runs	Strike rate	ROI
A P O'Brien	4/8	50.0%	-17.0%
Hugo Palmer	2/14	14.3%	-41.1%
Andrew Balding	1/7	14.3%	-50.0%
K R Burke	0/7	0.0%	-100.0%

Name	Wins/runs	Strike rate	ROI
Ryan Moore	4/5	80.0%	+32.8%
Oisin Murphy	3/11	27.3%	+6.8%
Billy Loughnane	2/7	28.6%	+58.9%
Tom Marquand	0/7	0.0%	-100.0%
Clifford Lee	0/6	0.0%	-100.0%

Jockey: Oisin Murphy

3 wins from 11 runs · 27.3% strike rate · +6.8% ROI

Moderate evidence · Course record in selected period

Jockey: Billy Loughnane

2 wins from 7 runs · 28.6% strike rate · +58.9% ROI

Small sample · Course record in selected period

Jockey: Ryan Moore

4 wins from 5 runs · 80.0% strike rate · +32.8% ROI

Small sample · Course record in selected period

2 wins from 13 runs · 15.4% strike rate · +9.4% ROI

Moderate evidence · Distance within the selected course population

6 · 12+ runners

1 wins from 12 runs · 8.3% strike rate · +116.7% ROI

Moderate evidence · 6; 12+ runners