Northpine Waipu Cup (Bm75) — a 1600m benchmark 75 at Ruakaka, jumping at 12:50 on — ground, rail true. 10 runners engaged.
At the trip
Ruakaka has staged 14 races at 1600m in our sample — indicative rather than conclusive.
- Barrier draw: Middle (5–9) wins the most races here — 8 of 14 (57.1% win share) — and beats its market price too (A/E 1.25).
- Pace: Settle position 1–3 wins the most races here — 4 of 14 (28.6% win share) — and beats its market price too (A/E 1.68).
- Market: Pop ($2–5) wins the most races here — 8 of 14 (57.1% win share); no band meaningfully beats its market price.
- Data note: settling position is unknown for 72 runners in this sample, which dilutes the pace numbers.
Rail effect
Grouping similar rail positions covers 8 runnings — indicative rather than conclusive.
- Barrier draw: read holds — Middle (5–9) again on top: A/E 1.64 (6 from 34).
- Pace: edge tilts to Settle position 11+ — A/E 1.98 (1 from 9); overall it's Settle position 1–3.
- Market: edge tilts to Roughie (>$10) — A/E 1.07 (3 from 54); overall it's Pop ($2–5).
Jockeys & trainers
- Jockey Michael Mc Nab: 26 from 144 (18.1%) in the last 90 days — rides #3 Delz Abeel here.
- Trainer C J Wood: 8 from 45 (17.8%) in the last 90 days — saddles #2 What A Yarn here.
- Trainer A W Pike: 5 from 30 (16.7%) in the last 30 days — saddles #3 Delz Abeel here.
- Jockey A Lawson-Carroll is 2 from 14 at today’s meeting profile (14.3% strike, A/E 1.59) and has #9 Sibella here.
- Trainer Ms M L Bradley is 4 from 21 at today’s meeting profile (19.0% strike, A/E 1.57) and has #1 Bourbon Proof here.