In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as Statsman, one Practical Punting analyst went track by track through South Australia and Western Australia and put a figure on it. Nine racecourses: the shape of each one, the run to the first turn, and which gates he wanted his horses drawn in.

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What you'll learn:

Morphettville's sweeping home turn and its testing run home of around 400 m — and why the longer the race, the smaller the disadvantage from a wide gate
Cheltenham, shaped "rather like a sausage balloon", where horses drawn 7 and inside get a clear advantage and those outside 10 face difficulties of up to 2 lengths
Victoria Park's 637m home straight, the longest in Australia, and the chute where the going — rails one day, outside the next — decides the barriers
Ascot and Belmont Park, where the draw bites harder, plus potted notes on Murray Bridge, Balaklava, Strathalbyn and Gawler

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