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Lingfield Draw Bias

5F, 6F
No discernable draw bias worth noting. The low draw used to be considered beneficial, aside from stall 1 over 6 furlongs, but a spate of winners from the 1 stall quashed that theory.

7F, 8F
Over 7&8 furlongs, there is no discernable draw bias worth noting. There was an apparent draw bias favouring the high draw over 7&8 furlongs during the early years at the Lingfield polytrack, but over recent years that trend has failed to reproduce itself.

1M 2F & Above
Further distances there is no draw bias to be found statistically.

Wolverhampton Draw Bias
5F, 6F
All Weather Racing Expert Simon Mapletoft published his opinion that a low draw in 5-6 furlong sprint races may well be beneficial opposed to the wider drawn runners.

7F
No discernable draw bias worth noting. The best racing pitch is definately close to the rail, as you don't want to be caught 4 wide rounding the bends, but most jockeys know that, therefore no statistical draw bias is prevalent.

8F & Above
8 furlongs and above there appears to be little evidence to suggest there is a draw bias.

♠ Jockey's View Of The Polytrack At Wolverhampton Racecourse (video)

Kempton Park Draw Bias
5F, 6F
Horses drawn high are nearest the rail, no conclusive data has been released as to the draw bias at Kempton Park, but over 5 and 6 furlongs, I personally prefer to follow horses drawn out wide, ie the highest 5 runners. Howard Hutch seems to agree with my preference somewhat.

7F
In my personal experience, horses drawn wide to middle, ie the highest 5 runners, arguably have an advantage due to the right hand turn into the straight. Little data is available to back up my theory. Once again, Howard Hutch possibly agrees with my general observation.

8F & Above
Little in the way of a draw bias from what I have noticed watching 1mile+ races on the Kempton all-weather surface to date.

Southwell Draw Bias

5F
Stalls 1-5 advantageous - At the 5 furlong distance, early paced runners can be an essential. Well out of the stalls fast starters have the advantage at the Southwell over 5F. Low drawn (1-5) fast starters are the horses to look out for here.

Mid-winter though, all low drawn horses (1-6), whether fast starters or not, may have the general advantage because the fibresand is possibly harrowed more deeply.

6F
No draw bias usually. The previous low draw stalls bias has failed to reproduce itself for the past 3 years or so.

That said, the low draw have a definate advantage when there is an overnight frost and the surface is officially running slow.

7F
Over 7 furlongs, the results look to be even across all stalls, high, middle and low.

8F & Above
No draw bias I am aware of.

♠ Jockey's View Of The Fibresand At Southwell Racecourse (video)

Great Leighs Draw Bias

5F, 6F
Unknown

7F, 8F
Unknown

1M 2F & Above
Unknown