Sunday, 21 June 2026
No more jumps at this meeting today.
Punty's Punts
Race type: Maiden, 1400m
Map & tempo: Slow speed; No.1 Radiant Light looks the controlling type, with No.3 Mad Spitfire and No.4 Billy The Boss sitting handy enough to make life awkward for the backmarkers.
Punty read: This is a race where the bloke in front gets to choose the music. No.1 Radiant Light maps like the horse that's going to get the clean run, and on a day like this that's half the battle. No.4 Billy The Boss is the one I keep coming back to for the place side because it's honest, tough, and likely to be there when the whips start flying. No.6 Acoustic Bubbles will be finishing off, but it needs the race to fall apart a touch. No.3 Mad Spitfire has the blinkers on, which is the racing equivalent of yelling "wake the hell up", and if it improves sharply it can easily bob up at a juicy number. No.7 Gold Lilly is the quiet one who could sneak into the minors if a couple of these go for a jog.
Top 3 + Roughie ($20.50 pool)
1. Radiant Light (No.1) — $1.64 / $1.08 🏆 WINNER
Bet $6.50 Win — ✓ Won, net +$4.55
Prob 48.3% | Place: 95.0% | Value: 1.06x
Why The map is lovely, the race shape is soft, and this looks the horse most likely to get the sweetest run without ever being under the pump.
2. Billy The Boss (No.4) — $5.65 / $1.37 🏆 3RD
Bet $10.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$6.00
Prob 17.3% | Place: 65.5% | Value: 1.20x
Why Honest as a footy bloke who says he'll be five minutes and turns up in three; should stalk the speed and keep grinding when others start paddling.
3. Acoustic Bubbles (No.6) — $6.95 / $1.55 🏆 2ND
Bet $4.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$2.80
Prob 14.1% | Place: 66.7% | Value: 0.84x
Why Will be coming late and the soft track gives it a sniff, but it still needs the leaders to feel it late.
Roughie: Mad Spitfire (No.3) — $15.00 / $2.50 🏆 4TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 5.7% | Place: 46.3% | Value: 0.93x
Why Blinkers first time can light the fuse if it jumps sharper and lands on speed; if the hood works, it can stalk them and get into the placings.
Race type: Maiden, 1100m
Map & tempo: Moderate speed; No.8 Cawarra looks the classiest horse in the race, with No.2 Rule The Realm and No.3 Direct Debit mapping to get every chance from their spots.
Punty read: This is the maiden where the favourite should have every chance to stamp itself, but the danger is not getting cute with the back end of the field. No.8 Cawarra is the obvious anchor, barrier's fine, the map's tidy, and it's got the best chance to control proceedings without doing anything flashy. No.3 Direct Debit is the sort of runner I'd happily take a place ticket on because it finishes off well enough and should be saved for one crack. No.2 Rule The Realm has been around the traps and can keep running a drum if it gets a clean passage. No.7 Loona Dawn is the roughie that could snatch a cheque if the race turns into a busy little scrap and the pace holds up late.
Top 3 + Roughie ($22.50 pool)
1. Cawarra (No.8) — $1.82 / $1.12 🏆 WINNER
Bet $17.50 Win — ✓ Won, net +$26.25
Prob 44.5% | Place: 95.0% | Value: 1.15x
Why The right horse in the race, the right map, and the sort of gate that lets the jockey keep it simple rather than inventing a plan from outer space.
2. Rule The Realm (No.2) — $3.50 / $1.25 🏆 6TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 19.6% | Place: 95.0% | Value: 0.70x
Why A real chance — but at $1.25 the place he's not a saver, he's a punt, and that's not a price I insure at. Watching, not betting.
3. Direct Debit (No.3) — $4.60 / $1.37 🏆 3RD
Bet $5.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$1.85
Prob 18.1% | Place: 66.7% | Value: 1.13x
Why Backmarkers in these little maidens need luck, but this one looks ready to hit the line and fill a hole if the race gets even slightly messy.
Roughie: Le Beau (No.1) — $21.50 / $3.60 🏆 2ND
Bet Tracked
Prob 4.0% | Place: 54.9% | Value: 0.66x
Why If it can hold a spot from the inside and avoid getting bailed up, it can surprise, but it needs a few favours from the racing gods.
Race type: Handicap, 1100m
Map & tempo: Moderate speed; No.1 Call Me Frosty should roll forward and make them chase, with No.6 I'm Genevieve and No.9 Miss Lottie handy enough to keep it honest.
Punty read: This one feels like a proper "best horse vs best run" setup. No.1 Call Me Frosty is the one they all have to beat, loves the track, loves the trip, and the soft ground suits it down to the ground. No.6 I'm Genevieve has the right profile to stalk and pounce if the favourite has to do a shade too much early, while No.4 Viresha is the gritty sort who can hang around for a place if it gets the right tow into it. No.9 Miss Lottie is not without a shout either; she's the sneaky one if the front pair go too hard and start looking at each other instead of the line. No.3 Batista is the roughie, and if the market hasn't totally lost its marbles after that last run, it can bob up if the race is run to suit.
Top 3 + Roughie ($22.50 pool)
1. Call Me Frosty (No.1) — $2.27 / $1.25 🏆 WINNER
Bet $6.50 Win — ✓ Won, net +$8.29
Prob 36.3% | Place: 95.0% | Value: 1.05x
Why Proper little Kalgoorlie machine at this sort of trip, and with the tempo not looking savage, it should get to dictate terms or sit parked on the leader's shoulder.
2. Viresha (No.4) — $4.65 / $1.50 🏆 8TH
Bet $8.50 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$8.50
Prob 13.7% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 0.81x
Why Maps well enough and has enough grit to keep punching through the line even if the fav gets first crack.
3. I'm Genevieve (No.6) — $5.60 / $1.85 🏆 4TH
Bet $7.50 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$7.50
Prob 13.7% | Place: 65.5% | Value: 0.98x
Why The market's been a bit cool, but the horse has the right racing style to be right there if the speed gets genuine and the leaders feel the pinch.
Roughie: Batista (No.3) — $13.00 / $3.20 🏆 5TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 4.7% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 0.78x
Why Last-start excuse was real enough and if it rebounds, it's got a path to a cheeky placing from a midfield run.
Race type: Handicap, 1617m
Map & tempo: Genuine speed; No.1 Monty Zoomer looks the leader, with No.6 Please Mizter pressuring the front and a few backmarkers hoping the tempo doesn't go pear-shaped.
Punty read: This is the sort of race that can give you a migraine if you let it. No.1 Monty Zoomer has the map to make his own luck, and in a race with proper speed he might just keep trucking when others are gasping. No.5 Jayashree is one of those honest on-the-pace types that can sit in the right chair and fight out the finish. No.4 Secricity is the one I like as the value-ish place play because it can come late and the run it got last time suggests there is still a nice race in it. No.6 Please Mizter is the pace horse with the best map boost, and if it gets a smooth run it can absolutely make a nuisance of itself. No.3 Feuding is the sleeper; the map isn't perfect, but the horse has enough track form to cause a headache if things unfold kindly.
Top 3 + Roughie ($18.00 pool)
1. Monty Zoomer (No.1) — $2.79 / $1.30 🏆 2ND
Bet $5.00 Win — ✗ Lost, net -$5.00
Prob 23.9% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 0.86x
Why Makes its own luck up front and the track pattern suits that sort of straight-shooting style.
2. Jayashree (No.5) — $3.45 / $1.37 🏆 WINNER
Bet $7.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$4.20
Prob 18.5% | Place: 63.7% | Value: 0.82x
Why Honest, fit, and maps to sit in the slipstream of the speed without burning petrol too early.
3. Secricity (No.4) — $6.05 / $1.95 🏆 3RD
Bet $6.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$10.20
Prob 16.5% | Place: 43.3% | Value: 1.28x
Why The one that can stalk the tempo and finish over the top if the leaders get too busy having a staredown.
Roughie: Please Mizter (No.6) — $9.00 / $2.45 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet Tracked
Prob 10.3% | Place: 65.5% | Value: 1.19x
Why The map is lovely and that gives it a sneaky chance to pinch it if the front bunch rolls along too hard.
Race type: Handicap, 1200m
Map & tempo: Hot speed; No.6 Diego Dynamite, No.7 Elounda Star and No.9 Pat's Last Bang are expected to roll forward, and the leaders could be going at it like two blokes arguing over the last schooner.
Punty read: This is the one where your heart rate rises just reading the form. No.5 Door Buster is the anchor because the map says it gets the right run and can still finish with a bit of punch. No.1 High Precision is the solid on-pace type, but the drift is telling you to keep one eye open and not go full body-slam on it. No.3 The Lions' Gate is the honest middle runner who can sneak a cheque if the speed cooks the race late. No.9 Pat's Last Bang is the one the money has been sniffing around, and if it rolls along in front and gets a breather, it can absolutely win one of these. No.6 Diego Dynamite is the proper pace burner, the sort that can light the fuse for the whole race and then set it up for something sitting off them.
Top 3 + Roughie ($10.00 pool)
1. Door Buster (No.5) — $3.20 / $1.37 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet $4.50 Win — ✗ Lost, net -$4.50
Prob 27.4% | Place: 43.3% | Value: 1.13x
Why The map is a gift and the horse has the right profile to sit off the burn and pounce when the front lot start coughing.
2. High Precision (No.1) — $3.65 / $1.45 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet $5.50 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$5.50
Prob 14.6% | Place: 28.9% | Value: 0.69x
Why Honest enough to be involved from the turn, but the drift says the confidence isn't exactly coming in on a white horse.
3. The Lions' Gate (No.3) — $5.35 / $1.90 🏆 WINNER
Bet Tracked
Prob 14.6% | Place: 39.9% | Value: 1.01x
Why Has the tactical speed to sit in the first wave, but today's tempo means it needs a lot to go right before it's a serious winning player.
Roughie: Bonny Rock (No.2) — $12.50 / $3.30 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet Tracked
Prob 7.0% | Place: 43.3% | Value: 1.12x
Why If the speed completely melts and it can peel off the right run, it might run into the finish, but the drift is screaming caution.
Race type: Handicap, 1100m
Map & tempo: Moderate speed; No.6 Sure Thing and No.9 Saturday Sesh look the likely leaders, with No.1 Prawns Eleven and No.5 Just Famous sitting close enough to keep the pressure on.
Punty read: This is a lovely little speed puzzle. No.5 Just Famous is the top pick but you're not getting a Christmas present price, so you're trusting the horse to keep doing what it does best: be in the right spot, travel sweetly and keep kicking. No.1 Prawns Eleven is the one with the blinkers on first time, and that can turn a good, honest run into a proper dangerous one if it jumps a touch sharper. No.7 The Showvinist is the strong place play because it's got the map to sit just off the speed and the sort of finish that can cash a cheque even if it doesn't quite blow the race apart. No.9 Saturday Sesh is the pace horse with the right map boost, while No.2 Pearly Nuggett is the classic "if the race gets messy, keep it in the exotics" type.
Top 3 + Roughie ($18.50 pool)
1. Just Famous (No.5) — $2.83 / $1.35 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet $4.00 Win — ✗ Lost, net -$4.00
Prob 17.3% | Place: 65.5% | Value: 0.64x
Why Short enough to make you wince, but the horse is in the right race shape and should get every possible chance from midfield.
2. Prawns Eleven (No.1) — $6.50 / $2.10 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet $10.00 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$10.00
Prob 15.3% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 1.30x
Why Blinkers first time can wake this bloke right up, and from a decent spot it can sit handy and keep rolling.
3. The Showvinist (No.7) — $6.95 / $2.20 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet $4.50 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$4.50
Prob 15.3% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 1.39x
Why Honest as they come and looks set to get the right trail into the race; if the leaders are feeling the pinch, this one can be storming late.
Roughie: Pearly Nuggett (No.2) — $19.75 / $4.20 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet Tracked
Prob 3.6% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 0.92x
Why Has enough toughness to run into a place if the tempo gets messy, but it's more a lane-for-a-cheque horse than a win bet.
Race type: Handicap, 1760m
Map & tempo: Slow speed; No.3 Lanta looks to be the natural on-pacer, with No.2 Ideally and No.4 Royal Guardian stalking from off the speed and hoping it turns into a tactical crawl.
Punty read: This is the race where the patient punter gets rewarded and the impatient one starts throwing chips at the wall. No.2 Ideally is the anchor because it can settle back, get comfy and launch late when the others are trying to find their lungs. No.4 Royal Guardian is the other serious player, because it can sit off the tempo and finish hard without needing the race to implode. No.3 Lanta is the one they'll try to hand the race to if they let it loaf out in front, but the big drift says the market isn't fully sold. No.1 Blood Brother is the inside horse with enough honesty to keep itself in the picture, while No.6 Kirrily is the roughie that can sneak into the frame if the tempo is truly dawdling and the front half overdo the chess match.
Top 3 + Roughie ($15.00 pool)
1. Ideally (No.2) — $4.80 / $1.90 🏆 2ND
Bet $11.00 Each Way ($5.50W + $5.50P) — ✓ Won, net +$3.85
Prob 16.3% | Place: 58.7% | Value: 1.03x
Why Backmarker in a slowly-run staying race is exactly the sort of setup that can turn into a late swoop special if the tempo stays sleepy.
2. Royal Guardian (No.4) — $4.80 / $1.90 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet Tracked
Prob 15.8% | Place: 66.7% | Value: 1.00x
Why The top pick's each-way already covers the place angle here — doubling up is paying twice for the same insurance. Tracked instead.
3. Lanta (No.3) — $5.00 / $1.95 🏆 UNPLACED
Bet $4.00 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$4.00
Prob 11.7% | Place: 43.3% | Value: 0.77x
Why If the drift is a bluff and it gets a cheap lead, it can absolutely make them chase for a long way.
Roughie: Kirrily (No.6) — $9.40 / $3.00 🏆 4TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 11.6% | Place: 43.3% | Value: 1.44x
Why Not the flashiest ticket in town, but if the leaders hand it up and the race turns tactical, it can clunk into the placings.
That's the ticket as I struck it — the legs below are exactly what ran, no rewriting history.
Smart: 5,1,4,6 / 5,3,1,2 / 5,1,7,9 / 4,2,3,6 (256 combos x $0.20 = $50.00) -- 20% flexi
The day's multi leans on three win legs across the card.
1 - Radiant Light (Race 1, No.1)✓ Won — $1.64
2 - Cawarra (Race 2, No.8)✓ Won — $1.82
3 - Call Me Frosty (Race 3, No.1)✓ Won — $2.27
Meeting Stats
Selections
Punty's Early Mail
Rightio Loose Units, Kalgoorlie's serving up a Soft 5 with the rail out +4m, a bit of breeze in the lungs, and a card that starts with a few clean looks before turning into a proper knife fight in the back half.
MEET SNAPSHOT
Track: Kalgoorlie, 1100m to 1760m card
Rail: +4m entire
Official going: Soft 5 (expected to play fair-to-handy, with on-speed runners getting the first bite)
Weather: Cloudy, 11°C, humidity 81%, wind 16km/h N (watch for gusty chop and a bit of sting in the air)
Early lane guess: Handy runners from barriers 1-5 look the go; if you're buried back and wide, you're asking for a miracle
Tempo profile: Early races look steady to moderate, Race 5 is the burn-out sprint, and Race 7 is a slog where position and patience matter more than bravado
Jockeys to follow:
Jason Li, the 3kg claim is gold today and he's got a few right maps to work with
Ms Holly Nottle, when she can tuck one away and let it rip late, she gives backmarkers every chance
Laqdar Ramoly, classy hoop, tidy in the run, and he keeps finding the right spot in these middle-distance grinders
Stables to respect:
P J Fernie (13 runners), loads of live chances, and a few are drawn to get every favoured run
Brock Lewthwaite (5 runners), honest team, plenty with map or class upside, and the market's been sniffing around the right ones
Carey Martin (2 runners), small team but proper intent, with runners in races where the map could fall their way
Punty's take:
Kalgoorlie on a Soft 5 isn't exactly a bog, but it isn't a billiard table either. It's that tricky, slightly-deceptive kind of surface where the leaders think they're home, then the last 200m says "not so fast, champ". The rail's a touch out, so I'd rather be on horses that can lob in the first four or five than the ones coming from the back of Burke's backyard.
The first three races give us a pretty neat story: a couple of shorties that map well, a maiden or two where the right horse can simply out-tough the others, and then the card starts to get spicy. Race 5 is the one where the leg speed burns hard and the swoopers need a miracle. Race 7 is the proper staying grind, the sort of race where one bad stride, one bad spot, and your quaddie is in the bin quicker than a wet kebab in a storm.
The market movers are worth watching too. Pat's Last Bang, Penned, Electric Bec and The Candy Kid have all had a sniff of money, but don't get hypnotised by the steam like it's a Marvel trailer. Some of them are moving for a reason, some of them are just the usual Kalgoorlie scuttlebutt. The map still rules the roost today.
What it means for you:
This is not the day to spray-and-pray like a bloke who's just found out how to use a betting app. The early races are the ones to trust most, and the shorter-priced anchors can do the heavy lifting if you keep your head screwed on. Race 1, Race 2 and Race 3 are where you can build the day without getting too cute.
The back half is where you either cash in or get mugged by chaos. Race 4 is a proper betting race with a few chances, Race 5 is hot speed and margin for error is slim, Race 6 has enough value around the edges to keep you honest, and Race 7 is the old-fashioned "hope you found the right lane" sort of deal. If you're playing the quaddie, keep it sensible and let the structure do the work; if you're doing singles, lean into place money where the map says the horse will run top three but might not quite punch through to the front.