Big Bets January 23Saturday Track Reports January 23
- Track reports, rail position and weather forecasts
Looking for the track report for Saturday’s racing? We bring you Australian track reports, rail positions and weather forecasts for the feature meetings across the country this weekend.
Saturday racing this week comes from Sandown, Randwick, Kembla Grange, Doomben, Gawler and Ascot plus Ellerslie and Trentham in New Zealand.
Current Track Ratings ⛅
SANDOWN (Hillside)
Weather: Fine (27)
Track: Good 4
Rail: True
RANDWICK
Weather: Fine (29)
Track: Good 4
Pen: 5.08
Rail: Out 9m Entire Track
KEMBLA GRANGE
Weather: Fine (28)
Track: Good 4
Rail: Out 6m (1100m-W/Post), Out 3m Remainder
DOOMBEN
Weather: Partly Cloudy (30)
Track: Soft 5 (Possible Upgrade)
Pen: 6.04
Rail: True
GAWLER
Weather: Fine, Hot (38)
Track: Soft 5
Pen: 5.79
Rail: Out 3m Entire Track, Sect. 606m
ASCOT
Weather: Fine (28)
Track: Good 4
Rail: Out 7m Entire Track
ELLERSLIE (NZ)
Weather: Mostly Fine (23)
Track: Dead 4
Rail: True
TRENTHAM (NZ)
Weather: Mostly Fine, Windy (20)
Track: Dead 4
Rail: True
All information is true and correct as of 6:45am (AEDT), on Saturday January 23.
Australian Track Rating System
The horse racing track system rating in Australia is a country-wide assessment scale of 1-10, varying from fast to heavy.
Below is a guide to what each rating means the ground conditions are like.
| TRACK RATING | DESCRIPTION |
| Fast 1 | Dry hard track |
| Fast 2 | Firm track |
| Good 3 | Track with good grass coverage and cushion |
| Good 4 | Track with some give in it |
| Soft 5 | Track with a reasonable amount of give in it |
| Soft 6 | Moist but not badly affected track |
| Soft 7 | More rain-affected track that will chop out |
| Heavy 8 | Rain affected track that horses will get into |
| Heavy 9 | Wet track getting into a squelchy area |
| Heavy 10 | Heaviest category track, very wet, towards saturation |
