Remembering Ngakau Hailey (Bm80) — a 1300m benchmark 80 at Cambridge Synthetic, jumping at 10:07 on — ground, rail true. 11 runners engaged.
At the trip
Cambridge Synthetic has staged 32 races at 1300m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.
- Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 18 of 32 (56.2% win share); Inside (1–4) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.60 (11 from 119).
- Pace: Settle position 1–3 wins the most races here — 5 of 32 (15.6% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
- Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 14 of 32 (43.8% win share); Roughie (>$10) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.53 (4 from 156).
- Data note: settling position is unknown for 181 runners in this sample, which dilutes the pace numbers.
Rail effect
Grouping similar rail positions covers 32 runnings — a sample worth weighting.
- Barrier draw: read holds — Middle (5–9) again on top: A/E 1.15 (18 from 132).
- Pace: read holds — Settle position 7–10 again on top: A/E 1.15 (4 from 33).
- Market: read holds — Mid ($5–10) again on top: A/E 1.14 (11 from 68).
Jockeys & trainers
- Jockey George Rooke: 10 from 65 (15.4%) in the last 30 days — rides #4 Halo's Fire here.
- Trainer Debbie Sweeney: 8 from 29 (27.6%) in the last 90 days — saddles #7 Bonnie Gem here.
- Trainer G J Old is 4 from 13 at today’s meeting profile (30.8% strike, A/E 2.26) and has #2 Anton here.
- Trainer M A Treweek is 4 from 10 at today’s meeting profile (40.0% strike, A/E 1.79) and has #1 Lhasa here.