Best place to be drawnGoing-dependent bias
Race type3yo+ handicaps
Sample period2024–2025
Key influenceHigh on quick ground, low on soft
What the pattern suggests
There appears to be a definite advantage to being drawn high at Yarmouth over 5 furlongs when the ground is good or faster. When it is soft, low appears to be the place to be drawn.
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 chart covers horses aged three and older in handicaps from 2024–2025.
Stall-numbering note: Stalls at Yarmouth are always positioned on the inside of the track.
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 | 11 | 11 |
11 | 11 | 1 | 1111 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | 11 | x | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 111 |
H'caps Only 2024 - 2025 |
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| 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 20 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
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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
Their appears to be a definate advantage to being drawn high at Yarmouth over 5 furlongs when the ground is good or faster. When it is soft low appears to be the place to be drawn.
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