Otaki

—Rail: Out 5m—10:42–14:20

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Meeting overview

Otaki in NZ hosts a provincial meeting on —. The rail is Out 5m. There are 7 races scheduled from 10:42 to 14:20.

The card

Distances run from 1,200m to 2,100m across the card. The class mix is 3 maidens, 2 benchmark races, 1 restricted race, and 1 other race. The card leans toward staying tests. The feature race of the day is John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes.

What history says

Over 110 races from 2025-06-20 to 2026-05-16, settling position flags on-pace (4–6) as the clearest profile, running above market expectation (1.89 A/E, 23.8% strike rate).

Jockey Amber Riddell has 6 runners and a 15.9% local strike rate from 44 runs (1.43 A/E) and Jockey Toni Davies has 5 runners and a 9.2% local strike rate from 65 runs (1.15 A/E).

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Track profile: Otaki

110 races · 1098 runners · since 2025-06-20

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

JGeorge Rooke4 todayA/E 2.67TB R Lammas3 todayA/E 2.26TPeter & Trent Didham2 todayA/E 1.57JAmber Riddell6 todayA/E 1.43JFloor Moerman4 todayA/E 1.37JLeah Hemi3 todayA/E 1.24JToni Davies5 todayA/E 1.15JLiam Kauri6 todayA/E 1.14TMs S Gordon2 todayA/E 1.13TK T Myers6 todayA/E 1.05

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	423	46	41.8%	10.9%	0.80
Middle (5–9)	471	48	43.6%	10.2%	0.88
Wide (10+)	204	16	14.5%	7.8%	0.83

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	21	1	0.9%	4.8%	0.29
On-pace (4–6)	21	5	4.5%	23.8%	1.89
Midfield (7–10)	21	1	0.9%	4.8%	0.50
Backmarkers (11+)	3	0	0%	0%	0.00
Unknown	1032	103	93.6%	10%	0.84

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	12	4	3.6%	33.3%	0.58
Pop ($2–5)	182	41	37.3%	22.5%	0.79
Mid ($5–10)	298	31	28.2%	10.4%	0.74
Roughie (>$10)	606	34	30.9%	5.6%	1.10

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.