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← Thursday 25 June 2026NZ

Riccarton Park Synthetic

Synthetic 3Rail: True—09:49–13:50

Meeting overview

Riccarton Park Synthetic in NZ hosts a provincial meeting on Synthetic 3. The rail is True. There are 8 races scheduled from 09:49 to 13:50.

The card

Distances run from 1,200m to 2,200m across the card. The class mix is 3 maidens, 3 benchmark races, 1 restricted race, and 1 other race. The card is spread across sprint, middle-distance and staying ranges. The feature race of the day is Grand National Tickets On Sale Now Hcp.

What history says

Over 143 races from 2025-05-01 to 2026-06-10, settling position flags backmarkers (11+) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.29 A/E, 2.1% strike rate).

Trainer J & K Parsons has 6 runners and a 16.0% local strike rate from 94 runs (1.02 A/E) and Jockey Bridget Grylls has 4 runners and a 12.7% local strike rate from 63 runs (1.28 A/E).

This overview is generated automatically from real race data by the HoofMetrics data engine — it is not AI-written. If you have feedback, email hello@hoofmetrics.com.Generated by HoofMetrics data engine (deterministic).

Track profile: Riccarton Park Synthetic

143 races · 1479 runners · since 2025-05-01

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

JAshlee Strawbridge6 todayA/E 1.66TM P Mccann2 todayA/E 1.66JJack Taplin7 todayA/E 1.59TKrystal Williams3 todayA/E 1.45JBridget Grylls4 todayA/E 1.28TJ C Blackadder2 todayA/E 1.28TMs L Prendergast3 todayA/E 1.08JTerry Moseley4 todayA/E 1.04TJ & K Parsons6 todayA/E 1.02

Barrier draw

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Inside (1–4)5176042%11.6%0.89
Middle (5–9)5985538.5%9.2%0.81
Wide (10+)3642819.6%7.7%0.78

Settling position

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Leaders (1–3)1472718.9%18.4%1.14
On-pace (4–6)142128.4%8.5%0.67
Midfield (7–10)13996.3%6.5%0.66
Backmarkers (11+)4710.7%2.1%0.29
Unknown10049465.7%9.4%0.84

Market (SP)

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Odds-on (≤$2)221510.5%68.2%1.12
Pop ($2–5)2164934.3%22.7%0.77
Mid ($5–10)3724833.6%12.9%0.92
Roughie (>$10)8693121.7%3.6%0.74

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.