TAB Rockhampton Cup — a 1600m open at Rockhampton, jumping at 15:49 on — ground, rail 0.5 metre entire course.. 12 runners engaged.
At the trip
Rockhampton has staged 29 races at 1600m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.
- Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 15 of 29 (51.7% win share); Wide (10+) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.00 (0 from 32).
- Pace: Settle position 1–3 and Settle position 4–6 win the most races here — 11 of 29 each (37.9% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
- Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 15 of 29 (51.7% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
Rail effect
Grouping similar rail positions covers only 2 runnings — too small to lean on.
- For the record: Mid ($5–10) accounted for 2 of the 2 winners (2 from 5 runners, A/E 3.00) in that limited data — colour, not signal; the overall numbers above carry more weight.
Jockeys & trainers
- Together, Adam Sewell × Lachie Manzelmann are 10 from 34 (29.4%) in the last 90 days — they combine with #9 Our Missile here.
- Jockey Nikki Olzard: 27 from 114 (23.7%) in the last 90 days (13 of those in the last 30) — rides #12 Journalism here.
- Jockey Aidan Holt: 30 from 139 (21.6%) in the last 90 days (12 of those in the last 30) — rides #4 Zoology here.
- Trainer Alisha Taylor: 6 from 22 (27.3%) in the last 90 days — saddles #11 Pepperdine here.
- Trainer R T Hay: 5 from 28 (17.9%) in the last 30 days — saddles #3 Give Me Space here.
- Jockey Jason Taylor is 5 from 33 at today’s meeting profile (15.2% strike, A/E 1.62) and has #8 Matawai here.