All-weather racing - does the draw matter?

[fintron]

Do you give much importance to the draw on the all-weather? Do you start your study by looking at those drawn low or do you look for horses that interest you on form first and then look at their draw lastly, downing stakes if poorly drawn and upping stakes if well drawn? Is a draw bias stronger at certain tracks more than others? Or do you adopt the mentality that you cannot predict exactly how races will pan out, despite how things will look on paper, and instead put faith in the jockey on your selection to take the best course during the race and adapt and respond to any situations that may emerge?

[fintron]

Re: All-weather racing - does the draw matter? I think in recent months I've personally adopted the last mentality - putting faith in the jockeys and hoping that things work themselves out regardless of the draw, but a few times in the last few weeks Ive ended up backing losers that have been wide drawn in small fields, but still forced to race wide (often keenly) and have got going all to late when getting into the straight. Does the lower standard of jockeys on the AW (plenty of apprentice riders) mean you are often better off backing the best jockeys in the race, that have the best clocks in their heads, that will react to situations? All of the AW trips (with the exception of 5f at Southwell) are around a bend too - does that mean, because they are going round a bend, the draw is more important than on turf, where many tracks have straight races even up to 1m?