Scone

Soft 7Rail: +7m 1000m to the 400m, +5m the remainder—12:55–16:35

Meeting overview

Scone in NSW hosts a country meeting on Soft 7. The rail is +7m 1000m to the 400m, +5m the remainder. There are 7 races scheduled from 12:55 to 16:35.

The card

Distances run from 900m to 2,200m across the card. The class mix is 3 maidens, 2 benchmark races, and 2 other races. The card leans toward sprint trips. The feature race of the day is Magic Millions (Bm66).

What history says

Over 176 races from 2025-05-16 to 2026-06-09, settling position flags backmarkers (11+) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.22 A/E, 1.4% strike rate).

Trainer R P Northam has 3 runners and a 20.6% local strike rate from 102 runs (1.18 A/E) and Trainer Brett & Georgie Cavanough has 4 runners and a 22.7% local strike rate from 75 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: Scone

176 races · 1820 runners · since 2025-05-16

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

TD Lane3 todayA/E 3.62JJeff Penza2 todayA/E 1.76TBrett & Georgie Cavanough4 todayA/E 1.28JMikayla Weir3 todayA/E 1.25TR P Northam3 todayA/E 1.18JRory Hutchings2 todayA/E 1.04

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	655	71	39.9%	10.8%	0.82
Middle (5–9)	747	78	43.8%	10.4%	0.88
Wide (10+)	418	29	16.3%	6.9%	0.76

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	469	72	40.4%	15.4%	1.06
On-pace (4–6)	469	49	27.5%	10.4%	0.77
Midfield (7–10)	477	35	19.7%	7.3%	0.79
Backmarkers (11+)	220	3	1.7%	1.4%	0.22
Unknown	185	19	10.7%	10.3%	0.82

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	51	26	14.6%	51%	0.82
Pop ($2–5)	297	86	48.3%	29%	0.93
Mid ($5–10)	334	39	21.9%	11.7%	0.87
Roughie (>$10)	1138	27	15.2%	2.4%	0.61

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.