Northam

Soft 5Rail: +7m Entire—14:57–18:35

Meeting overview

Northam in WA hosts a provincial meeting on Soft 5. The rail is +7m Entire. There are 7 races scheduled from 14:57 to 18:35.

The card

Distances run from 1,000m to 1,600m across the card. The class mix is 4 maidens and 3 other races. The card leans toward middle-distance races. The feature race of the day is Zax And Co Hcp (C3).

What history says

Over 183 races from 2025-05-11 to 2026-06-18, settling position flags backmarkers (11+) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.45 A/E, 2.8% strike rate).

Jockey William Pike has 4 runners and a 30.8% local strike rate from 107 runs (1.01 A/E) and Jockey Troy Turner has 3 runners and a 13.6% local strike rate from 66 runs (1.41 A/E).

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Track profile: Northam

183 races · 1878 runners · since 2025-05-11

Today’s angles — 2+ runners here today & A/E > 1

TF R Kersley4 todayA/E 1.46JTroy Turner3 todayA/E 1.41TJ P Taylor2 todayA/E 1.38TMack Hall2 todayA/E 1.38JAlex Hearn2 todayA/E 1.32TSummer Dickson2 todayA/E 1.32TG & A Williams3 todayA/E 1.30JAustin Galati2 todayA/E 1.22JSteven Parnham3 todayA/E 1.06JJason Whiting3 todayA/E 1.04JWilliam Pike4 todayA/E 1.01

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	688	73	39.9%	10.6%	0.76
Middle (5–9)	832	90	49.2%	10.8%	0.92
Wide (10+)	358	20	10.9%	5.6%	0.70

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	548	60	32.8%	10.9%	0.81
On-pace (4–6)	548	62	33.9%	11.3%	0.84
Midfield (7–10)	604	56	30.6%	9.3%	0.89
Backmarkers (11+)	177	5	2.7%	2.8%	0.45
Unknown	1	0	0%	0%	0.00

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	45	26	14.2%	57.8%	0.99
Pop ($2–5)	344	77	42.1%	22.4%	0.78
Mid ($5–10)	389	42	23%	10.8%	0.79
Roughie (>$10)	1100	38	20.8%	3.5%	0.85

A/E = actual wins ÷ market-expected wins (Σ 1/SP). Above 1.0 (green) beats the market here; below 0.9 (red) lags. Strong bias day = a past meeting where one run-style won >65% of races (≥5 winners). “Today” = runners engaged here today.