Balaklava

About this course

Turf · 2053m circumference · 453m straight · anticlockwise

Balaklava is a grass track in SA, running clockwise. It is a country racecourse of modest scale, hosting the kind of racing that forms the backbone of provincial Australian thoroughbred sport.

The track's staple is the 1050-metre sprint, drawing fields of around 10.6 runners. Racing here sits well below metropolitan standard in terms of prize money and competition level, the sort of midweek and weekend fixture that serves local owners and trainers. The feature event is the Balaklava Cup.

Among 122 races in our database, the horse Super Lad stands out decisively—it won both times it ran here, an unusual perfection at a country track. G.C.Lynch has been far more prolific, taking 9 wins from 66 starts, evidence that form does repeat at Balaklava for trainers who know how to place a horse there.

Course stats

Favourite

won 41 of 130 races (31.5%)

Barrier

1-4 14.2% (520 runs)5-8 7.2% (503 runs)9+ 6.1% (375 runs)

Distances

1050m (32)1400m (27)1200m (25)

Going

Good (76)Soft (49)Heavy (7)

Specialists

Breakfast 2/2Sav On Ice 2/2Theodor 2/2

From our own results database. Figures appear only where the sample carries them; a missing row means the data is too thin to say.