What the pattern suggests
Along with the 5 furlongs at Chester, the 5 furlongs at Beverley is probably the biggest and best-known draw bias in the country. Low-drawn runners at Beverley over 5 furlongs have a massive advantage. The only catch is that everybody knows it, so this fact is already built into the price of a specific horse, making it hard to profit from in isolation. The bias isn't just down to being drawn on the inside of a tight turn — the undulations of the course mean that wider-drawn runners actually start lower down the hill than the inside runners, which is an added disadvantage.
How to read the chart
Each mark represents a winning stall number plotted against the total number of runners. This reveals whether winners repeatedly cluster towards the low, middle or high side.
The source chart covers horses aged three and older in handicaps from 2024–2025.
Stall-numbering note: From 30 March 2011, stall numbering on right-handed courses changed so that stall 1 is always on the inside. Earlier Beverley results in the chart have been converted to the modern numbering convention.
Historical winning-stall chart
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WINNING STALL NUMBER |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
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of R U N N E R S |
8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | x | 1 | |
1 |
H'caps Only 2024 - 2025 |
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| 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11111 | 11 |
1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1111 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 11111 | 1 | 1 1 | 1 | 1 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1111 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | 111 |
1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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How to use the bias
- Pace: identify where the likely early leaders are drawn and which runners can secure a good position.
- Going: consider whether the inside or outside is riding faster on the day.
- Field size: draw effects are often more meaningful when runners are crowded into larger fields.
- Recent evidence: rail movements, watering and weather can alter the effective bias.
Conclusion
Along with the 5 furlongs at Chester, the 5 furlongs at Beverley is probably the biggest and best known draw bias in the country. Quite simply low drawn runners at Beverley over 5 furlongs have a massive advantage. The only problem with this is that everybody knows it, and therefore this fact will already be built into the price of a specific horse and so its very hard for knowledge of this particular draw bias to make you any money. The bias is not just due to being drawn on the inside of a tight turn, but also the nature of the 5 furlong course at Beverley means that due to the undulations of the course, the wider drawn runners are actually starting lower down the hill than the inside runners. Which is obviously a disadvantage.