Jennian Homes Mdn — a 1200m maiden at Otaki, jumping at 11:17 on — ground, rail out 5m. 12 runners engaged.
At the trip
Otaki has staged 29 races at 1200m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.
- Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 14 of 29 (48.3% win share); the value band has been Wide (10+) — A/E 1.23 (5 from 35).
- Pace: no workable sample in this category.
- Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 15 of 29 (51.7% win share); Mid ($5–10) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.57 (6 from 73).
- Data note: settling position is unknown for 249 runners in this sample, which dilutes the pace numbers.
Rail effect
Grouping similar rail positions (+5m ±1m) covers only 5 runnings — too small to lean on.
- For the record: Middle (5–9) accounted for 3 of the 5 winners (3 from 22 runners, A/E 0.90) in that limited data — colour, not signal; the overall numbers above carry more weight.
Jockeys & trainers
- Jockey Jim Chung: 5 from 26 (19.2%) in the last 30 days — rides #8 Elegant Elle here.
- Jockey Craig Grylls: 24 from 126 (19.0%) in the last 90 days — rides #1 Yaldy Time here.
- Jockey George Rooke is 5 from 11 at today’s meeting profile (45.5% strike, A/E 2.67) and has #7 Brutiful Lass here.
- Trainer B R Lammas is 2 from 14 at today’s meeting profile (14.3% strike, A/E 2.26) and has #12 Star Donna here.