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Doomben R8

16:08Cricks Highway Hcp
1350mOpenRail: +0.5m
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Early previewTomorrow's fields, barriers and stats, published 10 July 14:13 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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Cricks Highway Hcp — a 1350m open at Doomben, jumping at 16:08 on — ground, rail +0.5m. 16 runners engaged.

At the trip

Doomben has staged 114 races at 1350m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.

  • Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 50 of 114 (43.9% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
  • Pace: Settle position 1–3 wins the most races here — 48 of 114 (42.1% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
  • Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 44 of 114 (38.6% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.

Rail effect

Grouping similar rail positions (+0.5m ±1m) covers 10 runnings — indicative rather than conclusive.

  • Barrier draw: edge tilts to Inside (1–4) — A/E 1.10 (5 from 37); overall it's Middle (5–9).
  • Pace: edge tilts to Settle position 11+ — A/E 1.30 (1 from 9); overall it's Settle position 1–3.
  • Market: read holds — Mid ($5–10) again on top: A/E 1.06 (4 from 28).

Jockeys & trainers

  • Jockey Ben E Thompson: 46 from 300 (15.3%) in the last 90 days (15 of those in the last 30) — rides #9 Portofino here.
  • Trainer Jack Bruce: 25 from 125 (20.0%) in the last 90 days (8 of those in the last 30) — saddles #14 Wrigley Field here.
  • Trainer A J Edmonds: 6 from 37 (16.2%) in the last 90 days — saddles #7 Fire Bomber, #10 Crash The Party here.
  • Jockey Taylor Marshall is 3 from 32 at today’s meeting profile (9.4% strike, A/E 1.51) and has #17 Rhetoric 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
1350m · 114 races (114 winners)

Barrier draw

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Inside (1–4)4304842.1%11.2%0.79
Middle (5–9)5105043.9%9.8%0.90
Wide (10+)2401614%6.7%0.77

Settling position

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Leaders (1–3)3304842.1%14.5%0.95
On-pace (4–6)3293833.3%11.6%0.89
Midfield (7–10)3582017.5%5.6%0.62
Backmarkers (11+)11643.5%3.4%0.61
Unknown4743.5%8.5%0.74

Market (SP)

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Odds-on (≤$2)20119.6%55%0.92
Pop ($2–5)2084438.6%21.2%0.72
Mid ($5–10)2603328.9%12.7%0.94
Roughie (>$10)6922622.8%3.8%0.91

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