What the pattern suggests
The historical chart shows the clearest concentration of winners in the lower-numbered stalls. Stall 1 is particularly prominent, while winners become less frequent towards the highest stalls in the larger fields shown.
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 2020–2026.
Stall-numbering note: From 30 March 2011, stall numbering on right-handed courses changed so that stall 1 is always on the inside. Earlier Sandown results in the chart have been converted to the modern numbering convention.
Historical winning-stall chart
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WINNING STALL NUMBER |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
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of R U N N E R S |
8 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
H'caps Only 2020–2026 |
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| 10 | 11 |
11 | 11 | 1 | 1 1 |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1111 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 1 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
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| 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 20 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
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How to use the bias
- Pace: check whether the horse has enough early speed to hold a useful inside position.
- Field size: the lower-stall pattern is most relevant when there are enough runners for positioning to matter.
- Going: compare the historical pattern with how the rail and racing surface are behaving on the day.
- Recent evidence: use current meeting results to confirm whether the historical tendency is active.
Conclusion
The historical Sandown seven-furlong sample points towards an advantage for lower-numbered stalls, especially when compared with the sparsely represented highest draws. Pace, going and field size should still be assessed alongside the draw.