Elite Sand And Soil Hcp — a 1400m open at Randwick, jumping at 11:10 on — ground, rail +9m. 11 runners engaged.
At the trip
Randwick has staged 50 races at 1400m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.
- Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 21 of 50 (42.0% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
- Pace: Settle position 4–6 wins the most races here — 16 of 50 (32.0% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
- Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 30 of 50 (60.0% win share); Roughie (>$10) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.56 (9 from 388).
Rail effect
Grouping similar rail positions (+9m ±1m) covers only 7 runnings — too small to lean on.
- For the record: Pop ($2–5) accounted for 6 of the 7 winners (6 from 14 runners, A/E 1.65) in that limited data — colour, not signal; the overall numbers above carry more weight.
Jockeys & trainers
- Together, Aaron Bullock × K A Lees are 4 from 17 (23.5%) in the last 90 days — they combine with #2 Rumdabar here.
- Jockey Rachel King: 29 from 152 (19.1%) in the last 90 days — rides #11 Circus Queen here.
- Jockey Siena Grima: 11 from 66 (16.7%) in the last 30 days — rides #10 Woodenbridge here.
- Trainer Michael Freedman: 24 from 142 (16.9%) in the last 90 days (9 of those in the last 30) — saddles #7 Ultimate Warrior here.
- Trainer G Ryan & S Alexiou: 6 from 38 (15.8%) in the last 30 days — saddles #10 Woodenbridge here.
- Trainer David Payne is 5 from 32 at today’s meeting profile (15.6% strike, A/E 2.04) and has #5 Gold Globe, #9 Proxima Dea here.