Best place to be drawnLow
Race type3yo+ handicaps
Sample period2024 - 2026
Key influenceInside bend
What the pattern suggests
The chart shows a noticeable advantage for horses drawn low. As field sizes increase, winners are concentrated in the lower stall numbers, indicating that inside draws have historically performed best over seven furlongs.
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.
Good or fasterGood to soft or softer
The source sample covers horses aged three and older in handicaps from 2024 - 2026.
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 | ||
| No
of R U N N E R S |
8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | x | 1 |
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| 10 | 1 | 111 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 20 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
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How to use the bias
- Pace: identify where the likely early leaders are drawn.
- Going: consider whether the fastest strip is likely to remain near the stands rail.
- Field size: positional advantages often become more meaningful in larger fields.
- Recent evidence: weather, rail movements and maintenance can change how the straight rides.
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