Riccarton Park Synthetic

—Rail: True—09:12–13:54

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Meeting overview

Riccarton Park Synthetic in NZ hosts a provincial meeting on —. The rail is True. There are 9 races scheduled from 09:12 to 13:54.

The card

Distances run from 1,200m to 2,200m across the card. The class mix is 4 maidens, 4 benchmark races, and 1 other race. The card leans toward middle-distance races. The feature race of the day is The Pavilion Opening November 2026 Hcp.

What history says

Over 151 races from 2025-05-01 to 2026-06-25, settling position flags backmarkers (11+) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.29 A/E, 2.1% strike rate).

Trainer J & K Parsons has 6 runners and a 16.0% local strike rate from 100 runs (1.02 A/E) and Jockey Bridget Grylls has 8 runners and a 13.4% local strike rate from 67 runs (1.41 A/E).

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Track profile: Riccarton Park Synthetic

151 races · 1549 runners · since 2025-05-01

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

JAkshay Balloo6 todayA/E 1.65JFloor Moerman6 todayA/E 1.60TJ C Blackadder2 todayA/E 1.42JBridget Grylls8 todayA/E 1.41TL R Beckett3 todayA/E 1.40TM L Price2 todayA/E 1.27JJack Taplin7 todayA/E 1.23TM E Forde3 todayA/E 1.17TMs L Prendergast4 todayA/E 1.16TMs T Rae2 todayA/E 1.13TMs P Robson2 todayA/E 1.10TBrian Court & Jesse O'flaherty3 todayA/E 1.09JAshlee Strawbridge7 todayA/E 1.03TJ & K Parsons6 todayA/E 1.02TSteven Woodsford2 todayA/E 1.02

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	549	63	41.7%	11.5%	0.88
Middle (5–9)	629	58	38.4%	9.2%	0.80
Wide (10+)	371	30	19.9%	8.1%	0.82

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	147	27	17.9%	18.4%	1.14
On-pace (4–6)	142	12	7.9%	8.5%	0.67
Midfield (7–10)	139	9	6%	6.5%	0.66
Backmarkers (11+)	47	1	0.7%	2.1%	0.29
Unknown	1074	102	67.5%	9.5%	0.84

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	23	16	10.6%	69.6%	1.14
Pop ($2–5)	233	53	35.1%	22.7%	0.78
Mid ($5–10)	391	49	32.5%	12.5%	0.89
Roughie (>$10)	902	33	21.9%	3.7%	0.75

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.