Parkes

About this course

Turf · 2000m circumference · 400m straight

Parkes is a notably symmetrical course — near-identical horseshoe turns joining home and back straights of much the same length, squared off and tight through the bends. The home straight is wide as well as long, which leaves room for a field to spread rather than bank up against the rail.

Fields have averaged 9.4 runners over the 21 races we hold, with 1200 metres the most frequently run distance. B.Robb has the strongest record among stables with 2 wins from 11 runners.

Course stats

Barrier

1-4 10.7% (84 runs)5-8 12.7% (79 runs)9+ 5.7% (35 runs)

Distances

1200m (6)1600m (5)1400m (5)

Going

Good (16)Soft (5)

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