Caulfield Track Bias & Historical Racing Data

Overview

Caulfield hosts racing across a range of distances and conditions. A pattern that appears over a short sprint may not apply to a staying race, and a favourable barrier on one day may be less valuable when the rail, going or field size changes. TrackBro helps put those differences into context.

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Caulfield Cup · Barriers & Run Style

Racecourse map

View the Caulfield map in Racing Australia's 26 December 2020 racebook. This historical reference is hosted by its publisher; it may not reflect the current layout.

Historical Caulfield 2400m: barrier win rates

Source: TrackBro active production historical research records; checked 11 October 2026. Owner-approved verification window: 1 January 2017–11 October 2026 inclusive (newly adopted, not the original export period). Caulfield exactly 2400m; 81 qualifying races and 867 runner records, spanning 2017-02-04 to 2026-07-25. All eligible races at this track and distance, not only feature-race editions. Historical observations are descriptive, not forecasts.

Win rate is wins divided by runner records within each group, not the share of all winners. These percentages do not need to add to 100%. Each first-place runner counts as one full win, including shared wins.

Absolute numeric barriers are used, not field-relative barrier thirds.

Historical Caulfield 2400m: recorded early position

Source: TrackBro active production historical research records; checked 11 October 2026. Owner-approved verification window: 1 January 2017–11 October 2026 inclusive (newly adopted, not the original export period). Caulfield exactly 2400m; 81 qualifying races and 867 runner records, spanning 2017-02-04 to 2026-07-25. All eligible races at this track and distance, not only feature-race editions. Production has 40 runner records without a classified settling position; position cohorts span 2017-02-04 to 2026-01-31. Historical observations are descriptive, not forecasts.

Settling position is recorded after the race, not known in advance. Categories use field-relative bands: leader = position 1; otherwise on speed up to 30%, midfield up to 60%, worse than midfield up to 80%, and backmarker beyond 80% of (position − 1)/(stored field size − 1). Missing settling positions are excluded from these categories.