Caulfield

Soft 7Rail: Out 3m Entire Circuit—11:50–16:40

Meeting overview

Caulfield in VIC hosts a metro meeting on Soft 7. The rail is Out 3m Entire Circuit. There are 9 races scheduled from 11:50 to 16:40.

The card

Distances run from 1,000m to 2,000m across the card. The class mix is 4 benchmark races and 5 other races. The card leans toward sprint trips. The feature race of the day is Sportsbet Race Previews Hcp.

What history says

Over 229 races from 2025-05-03 to 2026-05-30, settling position flags midfield (7–10) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.64 A/E, 6.1% strike rate).

Jockey Luke Cartwright has 8 runners and a 12.9% local strike rate from 85 runs (1.10 A/E) and Trainer P G Moody & Katherine Coleman has 4 runners and a 14.8% local strike rate from 88 runs (1.08 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: Caulfield

229 races · 2325 runners · since 2025-05-03

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

JJett Stanley2 todayA/E 2.19JDakotah Keane3 todayA/E 1.92JFred W Kersley3 todayA/E 1.66TL & T Corstens & W Larkin2 todayA/E 1.50TJohn McArdle2 todayA/E 1.32TL Smith2 todayA/E 1.32JBen Allen4 todayA/E 1.29TT & C McEvoy3 todayA/E 1.23TG M Begg2 todayA/E 1.13JCraig Newitt3 todayA/E 1.12JLuke Cartwright8 todayA/E 1.10TP G Moody & Katherine Coleman4 todayA/E 1.08JJamie Mott7 todayA/E 1.06

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	874	97	42.4%	11.1%	0.87
Middle (5–9)	963	90	39.3%	9.3%	0.80
Wide (10+)	488	42	18.3%	8.6%	0.89

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	680	100	43.7%	14.7%	1.00
On-pace (4–6)	675	73	31.9%	10.8%	0.84
Midfield (7–10)	686	42	18.3%	6.1%	0.64
Backmarkers (11+)	257	12	5.2%	4.7%	0.70
Unknown	27	2	0.9%	7.4%	0.81

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	31	18	7.9%	58.1%	0.98
Pop ($2–5)	442	117	51.1%	26.5%	0.95
Mid ($5–10)	544	52	22.7%	9.6%	0.71
Roughie (>$10)	1308	42	18.3%	3.2%	0.73

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.