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← RockhamptonThursday 9 July 2026

Rockhampton R8

16:42Living Turf (Bm65)
1100mBenchmark 65Rail: 0.5 metre Entire Course.
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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.

For model selections and full runner analysis, go to the Race Analysis page.

Living Turf (Bm65) — a 1100m benchmark 65 at Rockhampton, jumping at 16:42 on — ground, rail 0.5 metre entire course.. 12 runners engaged.

At the trip

Rockhampton has staged 36 races at 1100m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.

  • Barrier draw: Inside (1–4) wins the most races here — 27 of 36 (75.0% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
  • Pace: Settle position 1–3 wins the most races here — 20 of 36 (55.6% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
  • Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 19 of 36 (52.8% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.

Jockeys & trainers

  • Together, Nikki Olzard × Clinton Taylor are 7 from 25 (28.0%) in the last 90 days — they combine with #9 Don't Touch here.
  • Trainer R T Hay: 5 from 25 (20.0%) in the last 30 days — saddles #4 Wolfgang here.
  • Trainer Ricky Vale: 9 from 59 (15.3%) in the last 90 days — saddles #7 Cryoseisms here.
  • Jockey Jai Williams is 6 from 28 at today’s meeting profile (21.4% strike, A/E 1.31) and has #7 Cryoseisms 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
1100m · 36 races (36 winners)

Barrier draw

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Inside (1–4)1372775%19.7%0.95
Middle (5–9)113925%8%0.67
Wide (10+)1700%0%0.00

Settling position

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Leaders (1–3)1022055.6%19.6%0.87
On-pace (4–6)941130.6%11.7%0.82
Midfield (7–10)5038.3%6%0.71
Backmarkers (11+)500%0%0.00
Unknown1625.6%12.5%0.83

Market (SP)

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Odds-on (≤$2)16616.7%37.5%0.62
Pop ($2–5)671952.8%28.4%0.93
Mid ($5–10)54616.7%11.1%0.81
Roughie (>$10)130513.9%3.8%0.88

For model selections and full runner analysis, go to the Race Analysis page.