Hi Col,

Welcome.

Only research I've done shows that barrier positions are over-rated. Because they are easy and require no working out amateur form analysts place too much weight on them. I have no figures to prove it but I would bet barrier 1 returns marginally more winners but significantly less percentage return of money than any other barrier.

As far as 2, 4 and 7 are concerned I think you're dreaming. Unless they have special mood lighting and soft music to calm the horse before the race in those particular barriers I can't see any reason, other than pure chance, why horses would come out of them any more successfully. Especially since you don't even narrow it down to a particular course.

Just in case I'm completely wrong (as I usually am) how many races do you base your observations on?

KV