Cambridge Synthetic R8

13:44Cambridge Grains (Bm72)
1550mBenchmark 72Rail: True
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Early previewTomorrow's fields, barriers and stats, published 8 July 14:09 AEST. Final scratchings, going, model picks and race commentary land race morning (~10am AEST) — runners shown here may scratch before racing.

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Cambridge Grains (Bm72)a 1550m benchmark 72 at Cambridge Synthetic, jumping at 13:44 on ground, rail true. 8 runners engaged.

At the trip

Cambridge Synthetic has staged 28 races at 1550m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.

  • Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 14 of 28 (50.0% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
  • Pace: Settle position 4–6 wins the most races here — 5 of 28 (17.9% win share); Settle position 1–3 underperforms its market price — A/E 0.55 (3 from 33).
  • Market: Mid ($5–10) and Roughie (>$10) win the most races here — 9 of 28 each (32.1% win share); the value band has been Roughie (>$10) — A/E 1.25 (9 from 157).
  • Data note: settling position is unknown for 176 runners in this sample, which dilutes the pace numbers.

Rail effect

Grouping similar rail positions covers 28 runnings — a sample worth weighting.

  • Barrier draw: read holds — Middle (5–9) again on top: A/E 0.94 (14 from 121).
  • Pace: read holds — Settle position 4–6 again on top: A/E 1.17 (5 from 33).
  • Market: read holds — Roughie (>$10) again on top: A/E 1.25 (9 from 157).

Jockeys & trainers

  • Jockey Michael Mc Nab: 26 from 139 (18.7%) in the last 90 days — rides #3 Delz Abeel here.
  • Jockey George Rooke: 10 from 65 (15.4%) in the last 30 days — rides #2 Lerado here.
  • Trainer A W Pike: 5 from 26 (19.2%) in the last 30 days — saddles #3 Delz Abeel here.
  • Trainer Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson: 31 from 172 (18.0%) in the last 90 days — saddles #8 Colonel Warden here.
  • Jockey Hayley Hassman is 8 from 24 at today’s meeting profile (33.3% strike, A/E 2.39) and has #9 Buccino here.
  • Trainer R R Manning is 2 from 14 at today’s meeting profile (14.3% strike, A/E 1.51) and has #1 Above The Clouds here.

A/E compares actual winners with market-expected winners — above 1.00 means that group has outperformed its market price historically. Settling positions we can’t determine are shown as “Unknown” in the tables below but are excluded from this read. Full tables below.

Distance stats

Distance
1550m · 28 races (28 winners)

Barrier draw

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Inside (1–4)1061035.7%9.4%0.75
Middle (5–9)1211450%11.6%0.94
Wide (10+)56414.3%7.1%0.78

Settling position

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Leaders (1–3)33310.7%9.1%0.55
On-pace (4–6)33517.9%15.2%1.17
Midfield (7–10)33310.7%9.1%0.99
Backmarkers (11+)800%0%0.00
Unknown1761760.7%9.7%0.84

Market (SP)

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Odds-on (≤$2)5310.7%60%1.16
Pop ($2–5)43725%16.3%0.56
Mid ($5–10)78932.1%11.5%0.80
Roughie (>$10)157932.1%5.7%1.25

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