Gosford

About this course

Provincial · Turf · 1710m circumference · 250m straight · clockwise

Gosford has raced on the Central Coast since before the first war, on a triangular course with a shape that decides races: a long back straight, then a tight horseshoe turn, then a very short run to the post. A horse still wide off that turn has almost no time to correct, so position entering it matters more here than at most tracks.

It is a provincial Turf course run clockwise in NSW. Fields have averaged 8.1 runners over the 164 races in our database, with 1200 metres the trip it programs most often. B.S.Widdup has 9 wins from 47 runners here, and Just Response has won 2 of 2 starts.

Course stats

Favourite

won 61 of 160 races (38.1%)

Barrier

1-4 11.2% (649 runs)5-8 14.2% (548 runs)9+ 11.2% (125 runs)

Distances

1200m (56)1600m (34)1100m (33)

Going

Good (104)Soft (38)Heavy (22)

Specialists

Just Response 2/2Mercy Me 2/2Banjora 2/3

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