Rockhampton R8

16:24Living Turf (Bm70)
1200mBenchmark 70Rail: 0.5 metre Entire Course.
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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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Living Turf (Bm70)a 1200m benchmark 70 at Rockhampton, jumping at 16:24 on ground, rail 0.5 metre entire course.. 10 runners engaged.

At the trip

Rockhampton has staged 53 races at 1200m in our sample — a sample worth weighting.

  • Barrier draw: Inside (1–4) wins the most races here — 28 of 53 (52.8% win share); Wide (10+) underperforms its market price — A/E 0.16 (1 from 72).
  • Pace: Settle position 1–3 wins the most races here — 31 of 53 (58.5% win share) — and beats its market price too (A/E 1.24).
  • Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 28 of 53 (52.8% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.

Rail effect

Grouping similar rail positions covers only 3 runnings — too small to lean on.

  • For the record: Inside (1–4) accounted for 2 of the 3 winners (2 from 12 runners, A/E 0.96) in that limited data — colour, not signal; the overall numbers above carry more weight.

Jockeys & trainers

  • Jockey Nikki Olzard: 27 from 114 (23.7%) in the last 90 days (13 of those in the last 30) — rides #2 Kai Mondo here.
  • Jockey Aidan Holt: 30 from 139 (21.6%) in the last 90 days (12 of those in the last 30) — rides #8 Certified Copy here.
  • Trainer Clinton Taylor: 13 from 67 (19.4%) in the last 90 days (7 of those in the last 30) — saddles #10 Presszora here.
  • Trainer Ms G Bell: 16 from 107 (15.0%) in the last 90 days — saddles #3 Dark Gleam here.
  • Trainer Ms L Horstman is 2 from 27 at today’s meeting profile (7.4% strike, A/E 1.77) and has #11 Underrated here.
  • Jockey Jason Taylor is 5 from 33 at today’s meeting profile (15.2% strike, A/E 1.62) and has #4 Frosty Bear 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
1200m · 53 races (53 winners)

Barrier draw

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Inside (1–4)2042852.8%13.7%0.89
Middle (5–9)2102445.3%11.4%0.90
Wide (10+)7211.9%1.4%0.16

Settling position

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Leaders (1–3)1433158.5%21.7%1.24
On-pace (4–6)1391222.6%8.6%0.60
Midfield (7–10)12359.4%4.1%0.48
Backmarkers (11+)3500%0%0.00
Unknown4659.4%10.9%0.77

Market (SP)

RunsWins% WinSRA/E
Odds-on (≤$2)19713.2%36.8%0.62
Pop ($2–5)1012852.8%27.7%0.96
Mid ($5–10)1031120.8%10.7%0.79
Roughie (>$10)263713.2%2.7%0.68

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