Naracoorte Racing Tips: Can Rawiller Keep Rolling?

Campbell Rawiller doesn’t need a big city crowd to make his mark. Across his last 15 rides at Naracoorte he’s crossed the line first seven times and hit the frame in ten, numbers most jockeys would take for an entire season rather than one country track. He’s booked for two of the three races on today’s card, and the manner of those bookings says plenty about who trusts him locally. That’s the thread running through this Naracoorte racing tips column: a compact three-race meeting on the round turf track, two maiden plates either side of a wide-open handicap, and a jockey with the kind of course record that’s hard to bet against twice in an afternoon. Read on for the pick in each race, the horses worth a second look, and where the value sits in a card that rewards knowing who’s hot at this specific circuit.

What Naracoorte gives us today

Three races, all on turf, fields ranging from eight up to a full 14-horse handicap in the last. Limited course form across today’s fields — most runners have one or two starts here, so the individual horse angles lean on recent form and race shape rather than track records. The people running the show are a different story. Two trainers have sent three runners apiece: S & J Jaensch, with a 66.67% place rate from six runners at this course, and Wayne Walters, whose seven runners here have returned one placing for a 14.29% strike rate. That gap matters when you’re deciding which team to follow into a bigger field later on the card.

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The jockey numbers back up the Rawiller story and add a few more names worth tracking. Kayla Crowther has ridden here 16 times without a big win rate but places nearly half the time, and she’s got two rides today. Here’s how today’s key jockeys stack up at Naracoorte:

Jockey Runs Wins Places Win% Place%
Campbell Rawiller 15 7 10 46.67% 66.67%
Tala Hutchinson 11 0 5 0.00% 45.45%
Kayla Crowther 16 1 7 6.25% 43.75%
Jacob Opperman 5 1 2 20.00% 40.00%
MS S Metcalfe 9 1 3 11.11% 33.33%
Connor Murtagh 13 2 4 15.38% 30.77%
Alysha Warren 8 0 2 0.00% 25.00%
Harry Grace 12 1 3 8.33% 25.00%

Trainers tell a similar story once you filter for volume. Jaensch and Michael Hickmott share the top place rate, M J Seyers isn’t far behind with a genuine 20% win rate from five runners, and MS S Murphy brings the deepest sample of anyone on today’s card:

Trainer Runs Wins Places Win% Place%
S & J Jaensch 6 1 4 16.67% 66.67%
Michael Hickmott 6 2 4 33.33% 66.67%
M J Seyers 5 1 3 20.00% 60.00%
MS S Murphy 14 4 6 28.57% 42.86%
Garret Lynch 4 0 1 0.00% 25.00%
D I Dodson 9 1 2 11.11% 22.22%
Wayne Walters 7 0 1 0.00% 14.29%

No live bookmaker odds were available for today’s Naracoorte races at the time of writing, so every angle below is built on form, connections and course data rather than market price. Compare Naracoorte odds yourself once markets firm up closer to the first, and treat anything below as a form-based read rather than a market call. For readers after Naracoorte racing tips they can actually act on, that jockey table is the place to start before you even open the card.

Race by race

Race 1: Vale Leith Gale Mdn Plate — 1:20pm, 1564m

MS S Murphy doesn’t send Campbell Rawiller a long way without reason, and the pair have combined for three wins and four places from six runners specifically at Naracoorte — a 50% win rate that’s the strongest single number on this card. That partnership is aboard Hasta la Silver today, and while the mare’s own course form is a single, unplaced start, this is a case where the humans matter more than the horse’s résumé so far. She’s up against a maiden field where nobody boasts genuine course runs of their own, which levels things out.

Pretty Morsel is the each-way threat. Her form line of 6-2-4-6-3 shows a horse that keeps knocking on the door without quite winning, and she gets the added support of M J Seyers (60% place rate from five runners here) and Alysha Warren, who places a quarter of her Naracoorte rides. If the tempo lets her settle midfield, she’s the type to run into a place. Fomenter is the wildcard: one start for a fourth, and if that debut effort tightens up, it improves this whole field’s ceiling.

The rest of the field is honest but unremarkable. Chilly Bro’s 008 form line and Okeah’s recent 6-5 finishes suggest they’re finding their level rather than threatening to win, and Road To The City’s 630993 line has more placings than most but nothing sharp enough to trust over a well-supported combination. Resilient Ruby and Peyton Jane both look like makeweights on what’s in front of them.

Back Hasta la Silver to win on the strength of the Rawiller-Murphy record at this circuit, with Pretty Morsel the each-way cover if you want to spread the risk.

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Race 2: Vale Murray Telfer Mdn Plate — 1:55pm, 1312m

Here’s the contrast worth noting. Individually, Rawiller and Jaensch are two of the strongest operators at this track. Together, they’ve combined for eight runs and just one placing — no wins yet as a pairing. That one placing, though, came right here at Naracoorte, when Calm The Press ran on for second last time she started at this course. She’s since had a quiet run at Mt Gambier, but the drop back to a track where she’s already proven she handles the surface and the pair’s only success together makes her the one to beat in a genuine 12-horse maiden.

Settle Petal is the each-way danger under Kayla Crowther, who’s Naracoorte’s best pure placer outside Rawiller at 43.75% from 16 rides. Her recent runs haven’t matched her earlier consistency, but Crowther’s course numbers are hard to ignore in a race this open. Just Comet also holds place claims off a runner-up finish two starts back, and Say It How It Is has shown enough with a placing of its own recently to be worth a spot in the trifecta if you’re playing that deep. The rest of the 12-horse field, from Nic The Cash’s faded form to Rhythmic Gold’s stop-start record, looks to be running for minor money at best. Each-way cover on Calm The Press, with Settle Petal the roughie if the speed collapses late.

Race 3: Sportsbet Get On Extra Hcp (54) — 2:30pm, 1203m

Fourteen runners and no standout make this a watch-and-learn race more than a confident one. If forced to pick, Shooting For Stars gets the vote on trajectory alone — sixth, then a win, then third across its last three runs is the shape of a horse building into form, even without any course runs to lean on. Just Like Lisa is the more reliable ticket for minimum risk: five places from eight runs in recent months and a placing on her only Naracoorte start, ridden by her own trainer Margaret Collett, which at least tells you the stable rates her enough to put its money where its mouth is. Nankeen and Sports Choice both hold place claims in a field this deep, Nankeen for its habit of finishing fourth to sixth without ever winning and Sports Choice for a recent third that suggests it’s building into this grade, but neither offers a clear reason to prefer them over the two above. Forever Waiting and Zuetoro both won at a lower level earlier in their campaigns and are yet to find that form again, while veterans like Immediate Response and Unlimited Ability look to be there to make up the field rather than trouble the finish. Small stakes only here, or watch it go by — this is the race to save your bank for the earlier two.

Where the money goes

Boiling these Naracoorte racing tips down to a card, here’s where the money goes. Hasta la Silver is the NAP. Not because her own Naracoorte form says much yet, but because the jockey and trainer combining on her have found the winner’s stall three times from six runners together at this exact track, and there’s nothing in the Vale Leith Gale field with a stronger credential. Shooting For Stars is the value play in race three: three unheralded connections, no course runs to point to, but a form line that’s trending the right way in a race where the market will likely spread its money thin across 14 runners. Just Like Lisa is the banker for anyone building a multi — five places from eight runs is about as reliable as this card gets, even without a win in that sample. For each-way cover, Pretty Morsel’s consistency in race one stacks up better than most in a genuine maiden. And the repeatable angle for next time Rawiller rides here: follow the jockey, not just the horse — his 46.67% win rate from 15 rides at this track is the number that should carry the most weight on a card like today’s. That’s the core of these Naracoorte predictions and the broader case for today’s Naracoorte best bets: on a card this thin on individual course form, the strongest signal comes from the people in the saddle and the stable, not the horses’ own résumés. If he adds to that tally on Hasta la Silver, backing his book at Naracoorte stops being a tip and starts being the standing order.

Frequently asked questions

What time does racing start at Naracoorte today?
The first race, the Vale Leith Gale Mdn Plate, jumps at 1:20pm, with the three-race card wrapping up with the Sportsbet Get On Extra Hcp (54) at 2:30pm.

Who are the top trainers and jockeys at Naracoorte today?
Campbell Rawiller leads the jockey stats with a 46.67% win rate and 66.67% place rate from 15 rides at the course. Among trainers with real volume, S & J Jaensch and Michael Hickmott both place two-thirds of their Naracoorte runners, while MS S Murphy carries the deepest sample at 14 runners for a 28.57% win rate.

What are the best bets at Naracoorte today?
Hasta la Silver is the top pick in race one on the back of a 50% win rate for the Rawiller-Murphy combination at this specific track. Shooting For Stars is the each-way value option in race three off an improving recent form line.

Where can I find the best odds for Naracoorte races?
No bookmaker odds were published for today’s Naracoorte meeting at the time of writing. Check live markets closer to raceday and compare a few bookmakers before placing anything, particularly in the open race three field.

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