Balaklava

Soft 7Rail: +5m 950m - 450m, +2m 1900-1600, True Remainder—12:45–17:00

Meeting overview

Balaklava in SA hosts a provincial meeting on Soft 7. The rail is +5m 950m - 450m, +2m 1900-1600, True Remainder. There are 8 races scheduled from 12:45 to 17:00.

The card

Distances run from 1,200m to 2,200m across the card. The class mix is 3 maidens, 2 benchmark races, 1 restricted race, and 2 other races. The card leans toward sprint trips. The feature race of the day is Irongate Australia (Bm62).

What history says

Over 141 races from 2025-05-21 to 2026-06-14, settling position flags backmarkers (11+) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.34 A/E, 1.8% strike rate).

Trainer Travis Doudle has 3 runners and a 26.7% local strike rate from 45 runs (1.21 A/E) and Jockey Ben Price has 2 runners and a 19.5% local strike rate from 41 runs (1.15 A/E).

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Track profile: Balaklava

141 races · 1574 runners · since 2025-05-21

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

JLauren Stojakovic3 todayA/E 2.54JAshvin Goindasamy2 todayA/E 1.38TChris Bieg8 todayA/E 1.33JSophie Potter2 todayA/E 1.25TTravis Doudle3 todayA/E 1.21JKayla Crowther3 todayA/E 1.18JBen Price2 todayA/E 1.15TRaharna McDonald2 todayA/E 1.13JMargaret Collett2 todayA/E 1.09JAndrew Stead3 todayA/E 1.09

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	545	65	45.5%	11.9%	0.85
Middle (5–9)	654	50	35%	7.6%	0.77
Wide (10+)	375	28	19.6%	7.5%	0.93

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	412	70	49%	17%	1.20
On-pace (4–6)	409	33	23.1%	8.1%	0.65
Midfield (7–10)	488	32	22.4%	6.6%	0.70
Backmarkers (11+)	221	4	2.8%	1.8%	0.34
Unknown	44	4	2.8%	9.1%	0.82

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	15	11	7.7%	73.3%	1.25
Pop ($2–5)	284	71	49.7%	25%	0.88
Mid ($5–10)	346	34	23.8%	9.8%	0.74
Roughie (>$10)	929	27	18.9%	2.9%	0.76

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.