Sunday, 07 June 2026
No more jumps at this meeting today.
Punty's Punts
Race type: Maiden, 1200m
Map & tempo: Genuine pace, with Green Amber likely to make them work early
Punty read: This is a proper maiden puzzle, but the market has already leaned into the right horse and the map says No.8 can sit close enough to get first crack. No.1 has the wide-run excuse and a fair bit of market respect too, while the debutant No.6 has enough stable juice to be interesting without being a bet. No.9 could lob late if they go silly up front, but the drift is ugly as sin and the whole thing smells like one of those races where the winner looks obvious in hindsight and still makes you swear at the screen.
Top 3 + Roughie ($12.00 pool)
1. Elite Gathering (No.8) — $3.70 / $1.60 🏆 3RD
Bet $12.00 Each Way ($6.00W + $6.00P) — Cashed, net -$2.40
Prob 24.8% | Place: 48.4% | Value: 1.04x
Why Maps to sit handy, has the right sort of speed for a genuine tempo, and the money keeps saying this is the one they've come for.
2. Pierroplane (No.6) — $4.40 / $1.80 🏆 WINNER
Bet Tracked
Prob 17.3% | Place: 39.5% | Value: 0.98x
Why First starter with enough stable confidence to be annoying, but not enough to force the wallet open at this price.
3. Bishop's Choice (No.1) — $6.00 / $2.20 🏆 9TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 13.4% | Place: 32.1% | Value: 1.15x
Why Raced wide last start and can improve, but it's still not screaming "smash the place button" in a race that should keep a few honest.
Roughie: Firefinch (No.9) — $15.00 / $3.80 🏆 10TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 5.4% | Place: 21.5% | Value: 1.05x
Why Blinkers off and tongue tie on can wake one up, but that drift is a red flag the size of the Nullarbor.
Race type: Maiden, 1498m
Map & tempo: Moderate pace, with Little One and To Catch A Spieth getting the favours if they land where they should
Punty read: Little One is the shortie and the map makes sense, barrier 3, on-pace, and a run that's there to be stolen if the others go to sleep. Shamus In Pontivy is the place play in the race; it doesn't need to win to pay its way, it just needs to keep rolling and avoid getting buried on the turn. No.10 has been turned into a sacrificial lamb by the market, and No.2's a roughie only if the form gods decide to have a laugh.
Top 3 + Roughie ($10.00 pool)
1. Little One (No.6) — $2.54 / $1.30 🏆 2ND
Bet $5.50 Win — ✗ Lost, net -$5.50
Prob 29.3% | Place: 35.4% | Value: 1.18x
Why The one with the cleanest tactical setup; should sit close and be hard to hold out if the race unfolds the way the map says.
2. Shamus In Pontivy (No.12) — $4.60 / $1.70 🏆 5TH
Bet $4.50 Place — ✗ Lost, net -$4.50
Prob 16.4% | Place: 30.9% | Value: 0.87x
Why Wide enough to be annoying but still has enough forward zip to hang around for the exotics if the race doesn't turn into a mess.
3. La Petite (No.10) — $8.00 / $2.45 🏆 6TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 10.2% | Place: 21.9% | Value: 1.09x
Why The drift says the room isn't mad keen, so let it prove you wrong before you go in swinging.
Roughie: Nouveau Marche (No.2) — $41.00 / $7.00 🏆 7TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 2.1% | Place: 9.5% | Value: 0.92x
Why Needs a fair few things to go right and has been finding trouble for fun lately.
Race type: Benchmark 64, 1867m
Map & tempo: Moderate pace, with Sandastan and Shinohara the ones the map likes most
Punty read: Carashan Chloe is the obvious one in the ring, and the market knows it, but the real story is whether the pace is strong enough to let Ichibansan and Fox Dunnett launch late. No.1 can run a race from the right stalking spot, and No.3 is the one with the class edge if it doesn't get stranded at the pointy end too early. No.5 is the classic roughie that needs the leaders to start playing chess with themselves instead of racing; if it turns into a proper stamina test, it can be the bloke swooping down the outside like a late-night Batman cameo.
Top 3 + Roughie ($16.50 pool)
1. Carashan Chloe (No.2) — $2.05 / $1.20 🏆 3RD
Bet $7.50 Win — ✗ Lost, net -$7.50
Prob 21.8% | Place: 36.6% | Value: 0.56x
Why In form, in the right lane, and the market has already piled in, she just needs a clean run to do the job.
2. Ichibansan (No.1) — $4.20 / $1.35 🏆 2ND
Bet $9.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$3.15
Prob 21.5% | Place: 39.5% | Value: 1.13x
Why Tough, genuine, and ideally suited to rolling along in a race that should suit a grinder who can keep finding.
3. Figo The Great (No.3) — $6.00 / $1.70 🏆 4TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 17.1% | Place: 35.1% | Value: 1.29x
Why Drops a bit in the market but still has the engine if the race becomes a slog and the leaders overcook it.
Roughie: Sandastan (No.5) — $14.00 / $2.90 🏆 6TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 6.0% | Place: 37.2% | Value: 1.05x
Why Needs the tempo to collapse and a bit of luck, but the late burn is there if the leaders hand it to him.
Race type: Restricted 54, 1498m
Map & tempo: Moderate pace, with Augusta Rock and Peerless Lad the map's sweeties
Punty read: This is the little brawl of the meeting. Ti Tree Royal has been smashed in and deserves the respect from barrier 2, but the race can absolutely get dirty if a couple of these on-pacers start trying to measure each other's ears. Never Surrender can run into the frame if the outside pressure is real, while Peerless Lad is the sort of bastard that keeps nagging at you from the fence. No.4 has been drifting like a barge, so the market is not buying into the fairytale, and No.13 is basically the "if they all stuff it up, maybe" horse.
Top 3 + Roughie ($18.00 pool)
1. Ti Tree Royal (No.2) — $2.30 / $1.25 🏆 3RD
Bet $11.50 Win — ✗ Lost, net -$11.50
Prob 24.6% | Place: 46.9% | Value: 0.75x
Why Has the right gate, the right map, and the right sort of market support to park up and go bang.
2. Peerless Lad (No.5) — $6.50 / $2.15 🏆 9TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 14.5% | Place: 40.2% | Value: 1.25x
Why Barrier 1 is a gift and the horse can run a cheeky race if it gets the run of the race, but the saver rules don't love it.
3. Never Surrender (No.1) — $7.00 / $2.25 🏆 WINNER
Bet $6.50 Place — ✓ Won, net +$12.35
Prob 12.4% | Place: 40.5% | Value: 1.15x
Why Wide-ish draw in the race doesn't scream heroics, but the horse has excuses and can keep finding late if they're all legless.
Roughie: Zilzie Lad (No.4) — $18.00 / $4.40 🏆 12TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 5.3% | Place: 38.6% | Value: 1.27x
Why Drift is ugly, but if the race turns into a pressure cooker and the leaders nick each other, this one can sneak into the frame.
Race type: Restricted 54, 1200m
Map & tempo: Genuine pace, with Dylan's Lad likely to drag them along early
Punty read: Here's where the race gets spicy. Super Sunny Seeya has been backed like the bookies left the safe open, and fair enough too, the map is attractive and the speed shape says it can get the run it wants if the leaders start fighting. Lakehurst is the one with the horrid gate but enough class to scare you, though the model keeps the handbrake on because the set-up isn't perfect. Ghaznavi is the rough-and-ready place type if the race turns into a drag race, and Dylan's Lad can set the whole thing on fire from the front if they let it. Think of this as Fast and Furious: Port Augusta Drift, except the cars wear silks.
Top 3 + Roughie ($10.50 pool)
1. Super Sunny Seeya (No.4) — $4.80 / $1.85 🏆 6TH
Bet $10.50 Each Way ($5.25W + $5.25P) — ✗ Lost, net -$10.50
Prob 20.2% | Place: 28.5% | Value: 1.26x
Why The money has come, the map is okay, and if the speed gets hot enough this one gets the perfect last crack.
2. Lakehurst (No.1) — $4.40 / $1.65 🏆 2ND
Bet Tracked
Prob 17.3% | Place: 27.5% | Value: 0.98x
Why Good horse, ordinary gate, and the market has already done enough of the talking for you.
3. Ghaznavi (No.3) — $8.00 / $2.40 🏆 9TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 11.8% | Place: 28.7% | Value: 1.22x
Why Gear tweak might wake it up, but this is still a race where you want a proper map before unloading.
Roughie: Dylan's Lad (No.6) — $12.00 / $3.50 🏆 12TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 8.2% | Place: 35.6% | Value: 1.28x
Why Can take them along and make it a proper test, but the roughness comes from whether it can go all the way or just set the table for something swooping.
Race type: Benchmark 66, 1200m
Map & tempo: Moderate pace, with All Clubs and Zatanna the ones likely to roll forward
Punty read: This is the open race that can ruin a perfectly good mood if you get cute. Gwan So is the short one, but the race isn't set up to hand out medals early; it still needs to do the work from the map and not get bullied by the front bunch. Zatanna is the one with a lovely place profile and enough pace to stay in the hunt, while Lady Memphis is the sort who keeps showing up in the discussion without necessarily giving you a proper reason to dive in. Gusmao is the roughie with a path if the tempo goes a bit feral and the leaders cut each other's throats.
Top 3 + Roughie ($9.00 pool)
1. Gwan So (No.5) — $3.70 / $1.55 🏆 8TH
Bet $7.00 Each Way ($3.50W + $3.50P) — ✗ Lost, net -$7.00
Prob 14.8% | Place: 27.7% | Value: 0.73x
Why Has the tactical speed to sit in the right part of the race and should get every chance if it doesn't get scrambled early.
2. Lady Memphis (No.8) — $4.80 / $1.95 🏆 10TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 14.3% | Place: 35.7% | Value: 0.92x
Why A solid enough type, but the race shape doesn't hand it a gold-plated setup and the model is keeping the powder dry.
3. Zatanna (No.7) — $6.50 / $2.30 🏆 3RD
Bet $2.00 Place — ✓ Won, net +$3.60
Prob 13.8% | Place: 37.9% | Value: 1.20x
Why Should be right in the firing line if the speed map plays honest; the place angle is the sensible way to play it.
Roughie: Gusmao (No.4) — $9.60 / $3.30 🏆 11TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 8.0% | Place: 27.9% | Value: 1.02x
Why The horse has enough ability, but it needs the front end to cook itself before the price becomes interesting.
Race type: Benchmark 58, 1396m
Map & tempo: Hot pace, with Star Casino, Me Name's Harry and I'm Kenny likely to make a proper mess of it early
Punty read: This one looks like a bar fight in the first furlong. Star Casino has the pace advantage and the right sort of profile to control things if it gets across cleanly, but barrier 7 means there's no free lunch. Jamrock and Ioane are the sort of horses that can be in the money if the leaders get too greedy, while I'm Kenny is the one who might keep punching late if the others are gasping like extras in the end of Rocky IV. The race shape gives the swoopers a sniff, but the model still likes the speed horse best because sometimes the best tactic is just being quicker than the rest of the clowns.
Top 3 + Roughie ($10.00 pool)
1. Star Casino (No.6) — $4.80 / $1.95 🏆 WINNER
Bet $10.00 Each Way ($5.00W + $5.00P) — ✓ Won, net +$23.75
Prob 17.4% | Place: 25.4% | Value: 1.08x
Why The map is absolutely its friend and if it gets rolling early the others are going to need a big set of lungs to run it down.
2. Jamrock (No.4) — $5.00 / $2.00 🏆 11TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 13.3% | Place: 22.2% | Value: 0.86x
Why Honest enough, but this race is designed to eat on-pacers alive if they overdo it.
3. Ioane (No.2) — $8.50 / $2.80 🏆 6TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 10.0% | Place: 31.4% | Value: 1.10x
Why Can definitely run into the money if the speed melts, but the place case isn't quite fat enough to make it a bet.
Roughie: I'm Kenny (No.14) — $9.00 / $3.00 🏆 4TH
Bet Tracked
Prob 9.9% | Place: 27.7% | Value: 1.15x
Why If the leaders go too hard, this one can hang around late, but it's more a menace than a bet.
Sequence legs are the picks-engine's authoritative choice, rendered from the persisted ticket.
Smart: 2,1,5,4 / 4,1,3,6 / 8,5,7,4 / 6,4,2,14 (256 combos x $0.25 = $65.00) -- 25% flexi
The day's multi leans on three win legs across the card.
1 - Little One (Race 2, No.6)✗ — $2.54
2 - Carashan Chloe (Race 3, No.2)✗ — $2.05
3 - Ti Tree Royal (Race 4, No.2)✗ — $2.30
Meeting Stats
Selections
Punty's Early Mail
Rightio Loose Units, Port Augusta is rolling around on a true-rail Good deck and that usually means the horses with a bit of toe and a clean map get their chance to front up instead of the wet-track miners having a whinge in the stalls. It's dry, it's fair enough, and there's enough genuine speed on the card to stop this turning into a jog in the park.
MEET SNAPSHOT
Track: Port Augusta, 1000m-1867m card
Rail: True
Official going: Good (expected to play fair, with handy runners getting first look)
Weather: Mostly sunny, 14°C, humidity 66%, wind 7km/h N (watch for a genuine tempo and late pressure in the hotter races)
Early lane guess: On-pace can be your best mate early, but it won't be a total leader's picnic all day
Tempo profile: Honest to hot through the sprints, more tactical in the middle, and a proper burn-up in Race 7
Jockeys to follow:
Dylan Caboche, he's got a stack of live rides across the meeting and a few of them map like a dream if the speed holds together.
Alyssa Webb, pops up on a couple of the better-positioned runners and doesn't need much luck if the race shape does the heavy lifting.
Ashvin Goindasamy, gets some handy forward sits and has a real chance to keep himself in the frame early.
Stables to respect:
Garret Lynch (9 runners), plenty of bullets spread through the card and a few of them are landing in exactly the right sort of races.
Jason Allen (7 runners), always worth a glance when the card has a bit of chaos, because he can lob a winner from nowhere if the map falls his way.
Christopher Harrison (5 runners), has a couple of the meeting's more practical chances and the market's not exactly asleep to that.
Punty's take: This is the sort of meeting where the form guide can look tidy and still hand you your lunch if you get greedy. The market's already been swinging the hammer in a few races, Elite Gathering, Little One, Ti Tree Royal, Super Sunny Seeya, Star Casino, and fair enough, some of them deserve the smoke. But the sneaky thing here is that Port Augusta on a dry day isn't just a favourites parade; if the speed's genuine, horses that can sit a touch off the heat and get the last crack can pinch a result like a bloke stealing chips off your plate at the pub.
Races 1, 5 and 7 have enough shove in them to make things interesting, so the on-speed types won't be handed a free dinner. Race 4 is the little knife fight of the card, tight weight spread, heavy market attention, and a few horses wanting the same bit of real estate. Then the quaddie legs from Race 4 to Race 7 go from manageable to full-blown ratbag territory pretty quickly. That's where the ticket gets its personality: a couple of anchors, then a couple of races where you need to survive rather than strut.
What it means for you: Don't try to be a hero on every leg. This is a day for discipline, not for launching moon shots because you saw one drift to $41 and thought you were the second coming of Bart Cummings. The cleaner play is to lean into the horses that have the map, the money, or both, then use the place line where the win price is a bit too skinny for comfort. The model's telling you that some of these favourites are genuine, but the smart money is in staying selective and letting the right horses do the work.
If you're building your day around one spine, make it the short-priced runners with the clearest lanes: Little One, Ti Tree Royal and Carashan Chloe. That's the cleanest path through the card. After that, the quaddie is a coverage job, not a chest-beating contest, if you overplay the roughies, you'll spend the afternoon staring at the form guide like it owes you money.