Gold Coast

Soft 5Rail: +6m 1000m-W/Post; +3m Remainder—16:15–20:21

Meeting overview

Gold Coast in QLD hosts a provincial meeting on Soft 5. The rail is +6m 1000m-W/Post; +3m Remainder. There are 8 races scheduled from 16:15 to 20:21.

The card

Distances run from 1,000m to 1,800m across the card. The class mix is 3 maidens, 3 benchmark races, and 2 other races. The card leans toward sprint trips. The feature race of the day is Hyne Timber Hcp.

What history says

Over 317 races from 2025-05-10 to 2026-06-20, settling position flags midfield (7–10) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.58 A/E, 5.6% strike rate).

Jockey Bella Youngberry has 5 runners and a 21.4% local strike rate from 98 runs (1.12 A/E) and Trainer K M Schweida has 3 runners and a 17.1% local strike rate from 76 runs (1.05 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: Gold Coast

317 races · 3163 runners · since 2025-05-10

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

TGary Doughty2 todayA/E 1.86JScott Sheargold4 todayA/E 1.66TMs M Brosnan2 todayA/E 1.65TDonna Stanbridge2 todayA/E 1.23TTony & Maddysen Sears2 todayA/E 1.19JFrederick Larson3 todayA/E 1.14JBella Youngberry5 todayA/E 1.12TAllan Chau7 todayA/E 1.08TK M Schweida3 todayA/E 1.05TS B Laming2 todayA/E 1.05

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	1210	134	42.3%	11.1%	0.78
Middle (5–9)	1355	128	40.4%	9.4%	0.80
Wide (10+)	598	55	17.4%	9.2%	1.05

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	908	146	46.1%	16.1%	1.03
On-pace (4–6)	899	92	29%	10.2%	0.77
Midfield (7–10)	912	51	16.1%	5.6%	0.58
Backmarkers (11+)	305	14	4.4%	4.6%	0.77
Unknown	139	14	4.4%	10.1%	0.78

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	50	25	7.9%	50%	0.86
Pop ($2–5)	632	155	48.9%	24.5%	0.85
Mid ($5–10)	732	87	27.4%	11.9%	0.89
Roughie (>$10)	1749	50	15.8%	2.9%	0.66

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.