NAAS can be one of our most biased flat tracks, which is not necessarily a bad thing for betting and analysis – watching the early races and where the winners are coming from can produce angles later on a card, while looking back at replays afterwards may throw up useful eye-catchers that were disadvantaged by track position.

There have been some extreme examples of this during 2024, such as Shandy finishing well-beaten in a listed race in July when drawn one and racing far side, before getting stall 11 of 11 in a similar race next time at the same track, coming near side and winning at 50/1.