The Geelong Racecourse Grass Track has a circumference of 2040m and a home straight being slightly up hill is 380m long. The track is approximately 24m wide.
The track is a spacious circuit with long straights and wide sweeping turns. Excellent wet weather racing surface. Type of soil is loamy and track is fully irrigated. Most starts have a field limit of 16 when the rail is in the true position. This large, oval style layout is popular as it gives every horse in a race an even chance.
The Synthetic Track, circumference is 1858m long and is 16m wide with a home straight being 332m long. Field limits: 12 from all starts except 1550m which is 10.
Track Details
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Straight |
400m
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Circumference |
2043m
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Direction |
Anti-Clockwise
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Information from www.racingandsports.com
Top 5 Jockeys at Geelong
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Jockey |
Win
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Rides
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SR%
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Daniel Stackhouse
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10
|
50
|
20%
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Damien Thornton
|
10
|
50
|
20%
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Billy Egan
|
9
|
50
|
18%
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Brad Rawiller
|
8
|
50
|
16%
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Laura Lafferty
|
8
|
50
|
16%
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Top 5 Trainers at Geelong
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Trainer |
Win
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Runners
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SR%
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Enver Jusufovic
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12
|
50
|
24%
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James Cummings
|
12
|
50
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24%
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Patrick Payne
|
12
|
50
|
24%
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Brian McGrath
|
11
|
50
|
22%
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Grahame Begg
|
11
|
50
|
22%
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