Caulfield

About this course

Metro · Turf · 2080m circumference · 367m straight · anticlockwise

Caulfield is triangular rather than oval — three straights joined by banked turns, in Caulfield, Victoria — and that shape is the whole character of the place. The bends come up quickly and the run home is moderate, so a horse caught wide for any length of time is usually beaten before the straight. The track was widened and lengthened in the nineteen-nineties, and it is Turf, run anticlockwise.

It carries metro racing. Across the 221 races in our records, fields have averaged 10.3 runners, and 1400 metres is the distance it uses most. C.Maher has 26 wins from 259 runners at the course, and First Chorus has won 3 of 6 starts.

Course stats

Favourite

won 82 of 218 races (37.6%)

Barrier

1-4 10.4% (868 runs)5-8 9.4% (826 runs)9+ 9% (592 runs)

Distances

1400m (49)1200m (37)1100m (37)

Going

Good (122)Soft (90)Heavy (9)

Specialists

First Chorus 3/6Natural Fling 2/2Half Yours 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.