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Overview
Whiskers has raced at Tuncurry exactly once, and it won. Trainer P J Kelly saddled that winner and has taken his other runners at the track to a placing each, a small sample but a pointed one heading into today’s card. That’s the thread running through this Tuncurry racing tips preview: a five-race maiden-heavy meeting where the horses with genuine runs on this circuit look worth more than the ones with the bigger reputation.
Five races go on the Tuncurry turf today, starting at 1:00pm and finishing with a 2297m staying test at 3:20pm. Three of the five are maidens or near-maidens, which means thin public form and plenty of room for the numbers below to do work the betting ring hasn’t done yet. Read on for a horse-by-horse breakdown, the trainers and jockeys with genuine runs on the board here, and where the value sits race by race.
Reading the Tuncurry card
Limited course form across today’s fields — most runners have one or two starts here, not enough to lean on. Two are the exceptions worth flagging early: Whiskers won on its only Tuncurry start, and Fashion Spree has placed twice from three runs at the track, an emerging pattern worth watching rather than a number worth trusting blindly.
The jockey numbers are more useful. Six riders on today’s card have five or more mounts at Tuncurry, and B Looker and Mollie Fitzgerald both convert to the frame six times in ten:
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Looker | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 60.0% |
| Mollie Fitzgerald | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20.0% | 60.0% |
| A Gibbons | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| Shannen Llewellyn | 11 | 1 | 5 | 9.1% | 45.5% |
| Gabrielle Johnston | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14.3% | 42.9% |
| O A Dalton | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7.7% | 38.5% |
On the training side, K A Lees is the number to know — 3 wins and 12 placings from 19 runners at Tuncurry, a 63% placed rate built on real volume. P Cheers doesn’t match that strike rate but has runners scattered right through today’s card and places 60% of the five he’s previously brought here:
| Trainer | Runs | Wins | Places | Win% | Place% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K A Lees | 19 | 3 | 12 | 15.8% | 63.2% |
| P Cheers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20.0% | 60.0% |
| MS K Owen | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25.0% | 37.5% |
| Terry Evans | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6.7% | 33.3% |
| A P Ball | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6.3% | 12.5% |
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Race by race
Race 1: South Pacific Palms Motel Country Boosted Showcase Mdn Hcp — 1:00pm, 1094m
Zous Apollo has been building toward this. Three runs back it finished eighth, then fourth, then second last start, a form line trending the right way, and it has drawn barrier one for this 1094m dash, about as kind a gate as a maiden could ask for. B Looker takes the ride, and Looker converts six of every ten Tuncurry mounts into a placing, the best strike rate of anyone riding here today. That combination is hard to leave out.
Purple Prince is the one capable of running it down — a second and a third scattered through its last six starts for J A Sylvester, who has a modest but genuine record at this track. Cerano Magic carries topweight off a placing two runs back but returns from a flat last-up effort, and looks the one to beat if the speed collapses late.
Each-way on Zous Apollo, with Purple Prince worth including in forecast and trifecta combinations.
Race 2: Club Forster & Sporties Tuncurry Showcase Mdn Plate — 1:35pm, 1312m
K A Lees doesn’t send horses to Tuncurry without a plan, and the record backs that up — a placed rate above 60% from nineteen runners here isn’t a fluke, it’s a stable that knows how to have them ready for this circuit. Pomelo Chamomile carries that banner today: placed at its only run of note before a break, and back with another placing last start against tougher company. A Gibbons rides, and Gibbons places half his Tuncurry mounts, another tick in the right column.
Love Goddess is trending the same direction — seventh, sixth, sixth, third, eighth, second reads messy on paper, but the finishing line is a second and it arrives fresh off that improvement. Kiss Of Gold has been the more consistent of the pair through its prep, placed in four of its last five, but a flat last-start run needs explaining before backing it with real confidence.
Pomelo Chamomile to win, with Love Goddess the each-way alternative for those wanting more on offer.
Race 3: Choices Flooring Forster Showcase Super Mdn Hcp — 2:10pm, 1531m
Does anyone else in this field have what Fashion Spree already owns? Two placings from three runs at Tuncurry, three placings from four runs this campaign gone the same way, and a step up to 1531m that should suit a horse whose recent form reads professional even without a win. Terry Evans trains it, G Buckley rides, and neither number is spectacular on its own, but stacked next to a genuine course record it’s enough to make Fashion Spree the one to beat.
Spicy Surprise is the each-way risk worth knowing about — placed three times in its first four starts for the powerful Neasham and Archibald stable, a break, then straight back with a placing last start. If it has trained on through the spell, it’s the one capable of running Fashion Spree down late.
Win bet on Fashion Spree, saver each-way on Spicy Surprise if the market lets it drift.
Race 4: Forster Bowling Club Country Boosted (Bm58) — 2:45pm, 1531m
Whiskers grinds; La Bella Rosa sprints late. Both arrive in form, and the shape of this Bm58 will decide which profile gets there first.
Whiskers has one run at Tuncurry and won it, and its trainer P J Kelly has been hard to beat here too — two wins from three runners at the track, every one of them finishing in the placings. That’s too small a sample to call Kelly a specialist, but it’s not nothing, and it lines up with a horse whose broader form, a win five runs back and a third last start, says it’s racing to a similar level now. Ashley Morgan takes the ride.
La Bella Rosa is the danger, and a live one — it won last start, its third straight improving run, with R Simonetta’s stable clearly peaking it at the right time. Mollie Fitzgerald rides, and Fitzgerald has been one of the more effective jockeys at this track this campaign, converting three of her five Tuncurry mounts into a placing. The concern is the yard’s broader record here, no placings from four runners previously, which is the one mark against backing it with total confidence.
Nugget Smart deserves a mention too, placed on its only start at the course and finishing second two runs back, but this looks a genuine two-horse fight. Whiskers to win, La Bella Rosa the each-way safety net, and with this the best betting race on the card, it’s worth checking the latest markets below before locking anything in.
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Race 5: Choices Flooring Forster Showcase (Bm66) — 3:20pm, 2297m
Two sharp improvers and a wall of leg-weary older gallopers — that’s the shape of this 2297m final event, and it should suit the horse built to sustain a genuine test rather than the one relying on a single sprint home.
Caledonian fits that description. Five placings from its last six runs, all achieved without ever finding the winner’s stall, which reads like a horse doing the same honest thing at a level just below winning. MS K Owen trains it and wins a quarter of the runners she brings to Tuncurry, placing more than a third, while Madeline Owen rides having partnered eighteen mounts at the track. Over this longer trip, that kind of sustained honesty is exactly what tends to hit the frame.
Strobing is the one that changes the read if the tempo collapses. It won last start, its best form of the campaign, and Liberty Smyth partners it having ridden Tuncurry ten times for three wins and three placings, comfortably the strongest numbers of anyone in the race. The query is the horse’s own history at the track, nothing from two runs previously, so this is recent form against course record, and the form looks live enough to respect.
Each-way Caledonian for the sustained test, with Strobing the swing if it turns into a sprint from the turn.
Where the money goes
Whiskers is the one to build around. It’s undefeated at Tuncurry, its trainer’s small sample here reads close to perfect too, and the grinding profile from the race-by-race above carries less risk than most maidens on this card. That’s the NAP in these Tuncurry racing tips this week.
Fashion Spree is the value angle — a horse with a genuine, if small, course record running in a race where half the field is still finding its feet. If it starts anywhere near double figures, it’s worth taking.
Pomelo Chamomile is the banker leg. K A Lees is the most reliable trainer on this program by a distance, and a filly that’s placed at both runs of real note fits a stable that rarely sends one out short of ready.
Caledonian is the each-way play — hitting the frame five times from six starts is the kind of consistency that pays a place dividend even on the days it doesn’t quite get there.
And the course angle worth carrying into next week: P Cheers. He’s got runners scattered through nearly every race today and places six in every ten he sends to this track. If he keeps sending them here at that rate, he’ll be the Tuncurry angle worth following every meeting.
FAQ
What time does racing start at Tuncurry today?
The first race, the South Pacific Palms Motel Country Boosted Showcase Mdn Hcp over 1094m, jumps at 1:00pm, with five races on the card finishing with the 2297m Bm66 at 3:20pm.
Who are the top trainers and jockeys at Tuncurry?
K A Lees leads the trainer numbers with 3 wins and 12 placings from 19 runners at the track, a 63% placed rate. Among jockeys, B Looker and Mollie Fitzgerald both place six from every ten Tuncurry rides, the best conversion rate of anyone riding today.
What are the best bets at Tuncurry today?
Whiskers (Race 4, 2:45pm) is the pick of the day off a perfect record at the track, with Fashion Spree (Race 3, 2:10pm) the value option on its own course form.
Where can I find the best odds for Tuncurry races?
Markets are still forming ahead of the meeting, so check the latest bookmaker prices through the odds comparison links on this page before placing anything.
Which horse has the most convincing course form at Tuncurry?
Whiskers is undefeated in its lone Tuncurry appearance, and trainer P J Kelly has two wins from three runners at the track, the strongest raw record on today’s card.
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