What the pattern suggests
What a bias. Over 5 furlongs at Lingfield you really need to be drawn high to have a chance of winning, and the very highest-numbered stall up against the stands-side rail has won nearly half the races on its own.
How to read the chart
Each mark represents a winning stall number plotted against the total number of runners. This reveals whether winners repeatedly cluster towards the low, middle or high side.
The source chart covers horses aged three and older in handicaps from 2024–2025.
Stall-numbering note: Stalls at Lingfield's turf course are always positioned on the inside of the track.
Historical winning-stall chart
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WINNING STALL NUMBER | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| No
of R U N N E R S |
8 | 11 | 1 1 | 1 | 1111 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | x | 111 | H'caps Only 2024 - 2025 |
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| 10 | 1 | 111 | 111 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 20 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
How to use the bias
- Pace: identify where the likely early leaders are drawn and which runners can secure a good position.
- Going: consider whether the inside or outside is riding faster on the day.
- Field size: draw effects are often more meaningful when runners are crowded into larger fields.
- Recent evidence: rail movements, watering and weather can alter the effective bias.
Conclusion
Wow what a bias. As you can see over 5 furlongs at Lingfield you just have to be drawn high to have a chance of winning, and the very highest numbered stall up against the stand side rail has won nearly half the races on its own.