Balaklava

Soft 7Rail: +5m 950m - 450m, +2m 1900-1600, True Remainder12:4517:00

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

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Inside (1–4)5456545.5%11.9%0.85
Middle (5–9)6545035%7.6%0.77
Wide (10+)3752819.6%7.5%0.93

Settling position

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Leaders (1–3)4127049%17%1.20
On-pace (4–6)4093323.1%8.1%0.65
Midfield (7–10)4883222.4%6.6%0.70
Backmarkers (11+)22142.8%1.8%0.34
Unknown4442.8%9.1%0.82

Market (SP)

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Odds-on (≤$2)15117.7%73.3%1.25
Pop ($2–5)2847149.7%25%0.88
Mid ($5–10)3463423.8%9.8%0.74
Roughie (>$10)9292718.9%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.