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What actually wins at Dunstall Park

1,562 races, 9,049 runs and 126 meetings from 13 September 2025 to 12 September 2026. Recomputed from the results as they arrive; last racing counted 12 September 2026.

The short version

  • There is no trap worth backing blind at Dunstall Park: every box wins within 15% of its even-chance share over 9,049 runs.
  • Favourites win 37.1% of races at Dunstall Park at an average 2.64 and lose money at starting price (-5.6% on level stakes).
  • Early pace is decisive: dogs the stewards note as showing early pace win 27.7% of the time here, against 8.4% for the rest.
  • A quick break wins 15.4% of the time; a slow one 7.2%.
  • S W Deakin is the trainer to follow at Dunstall Park: 204 winners from 1105 runs (18.5%).
  • 99.9% of the results behind these figures have been confirmed by an independent second source.

Trap bias

Win rate by trap over every race in the window, against the even-chance share for a 5.8-runner field. A bar well above the dashed line is a draw the track favours; how far above is the size of the edge.

17.8%Trap 118.0%Trap 217.6%Trap 317.3%Trap 417.2%Trap 515.6%Trap 6even chance 17.2%
DistanceRunsT1T2T3T4T5T6
480m6,01317.0%17.5%17.3%17.5%17.5%17.5%
270m2,85818.4%19.3%17.7%17.0%16.7%12.6%
660m12745.5%15.0%17.4%18.2%0.0%10.0%
715m450.0%12.5%50.0%0.0%37.5%0.0%

Favourites and prices

Strike rate and level-stakes return at starting price. A negative return means the market at Dunstall Park already prices that band tighter than it wins.

Favourite wins
37.1%
1,562 races with SP
Average fav price
2.64
decimal
Fav return at SP
-5.6%
level stakes
Starting priceRunsWinsStrike rateReturn
evens or shorter19511156.9%-5.1%
2/1 – 3/12,70475828.0%-16.8%
3/1 – 5/12,45640916.7%-22.4%
5/1 – 8/11,90420610.8%-26.5%
8/1 and bigger1,790784.4%-49.8%

How races are run

From 8,919 stewards' comments parsed into how each dog broke, where it ran and whether it showed early pace.

Early pace

Dogs noted for early pace won 27.7% of their races here; everyone else 8.4%.

Quick away24715.4%
Slowly away1,7987.2%
Very slowly away2104.8%
Missed the break200.0%
Running line
Rails1,49516.7%
Rails to middle1,26117.7%
Middle3,07416.8%
Middle to wide80015.2%
Wide1,53815.4%

Trainers to follow

TrainerW/RSRSP return
S W Deakin204/110518.5%-20.4%
D T Smith181/84921.3%-18.4%
K S Harrison158/82919.1%-21.7%
J R Hall119/65718.1%-21.0%
R Williams118/74215.9%-29.3%
M T Field94/48719.3%-13.0%
I E Walker91/60815.0%-27.4%
R Short66/30821.4%-11.8%

Dogs that win here

DogW/RBest
FALSE WARRIOR12/3628.75
MALAIKA QUEEN11/3016.12
ASHTONS ERNIE8/1816.14
LAUGHIL LARRY8/2328.40
FASTNET FORCE8/2416.25
IVYS HOLLY8/2728.78
MADDIES LASS8/3116.36
INCLEMENTWEATHER8/3528.78

Track pars

The typical winning time per trip and the fastest recorded in the window. A dog whose best is near the par line is running to the standard of a winner here.

TripRacesMedian winFastest
480m1,04429.11s27.96s
270m48216.31s15.60s
660m2340.24s39.39s

How this page is made

Every figure is counted from the results we hold for Dunstall Park over the last 365 days and recomputed as new results arrive, so the page is never older than the racing. Non-runners are excluded; trap shares are compared with an even chance for the average field size; returns are level stakes at the industry starting price. Running-style figures come from the stewards' comments parsed into fields. 99.9% of the results in this window have been confirmed by an independent second source — see our data quality page.

Today's card and recent results: Dunstall Park track page. Trap bias across every track: trap statistics.