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Ipswich

TurfRail: +6m Entire—11:46–16:33

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Meeting overview

Ipswich in QLD hosts a provincial meeting on Turf. The rail is +6m Entire. There are 9 races scheduled from 11:46 to 16:33.

The card

Distances run from 1,100m to 2,180m across the card. The class mix is 3 maidens, 1 benchmark race, 3 restricted races, and 2 other races. The card leans toward sprint trips. The feature race of the day is Ipswich Tribune Today (Bm60).

What history says

Over 403 races from 2025-04-30 to 2026-06-25, settling position flags backmarkers (11+) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.54 A/E, 3.2% strike rate).

Jockey Brandon Lerena has 6 runners and a 15.8% local strike rate from 101 runs (1.26 A/E) and Trainer Chris & Corey Munce has 2 runners and a 20.1% local strike rate from 134 runs (1.03 A/E).

This overview is generated automatically from real race data by the HoofMetrics data engine — it is not AI-written. If you have feedback, email hello@hoofmetrics.com.Generated by HoofMetrics data engine (deterministic).

Track profile: Ipswich

403 races · 3824 runners · since 2025-04-30

Today’s angles — 2+ runners here today & A/E > 1

TT B Thomas6 todayA/E 2.73JSean Cormack3 todayA/E 1.87TRuby Chatterton2 todayA/E 1.62JAshley Butler4 todayA/E 1.51TWilliam Kropp3 todayA/E 1.47TRochelle Pereira2 todayA/E 1.40TDesleigh Forster2 todayA/E 1.35JBrandon Lerena6 todayA/E 1.26JAdin Thompson3 todayA/E 1.19TP & W Hulbert3 todayA/E 1.14TChris & Corey Munce2 todayA/E 1.03

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	1518	167	41.4%	11%	0.74
Middle (5–9)	1680	176	43.7%	10.5%	0.87
Wide (10+)	626	60	14.9%	9.6%	0.99

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	1060	169	41.9%	15.9%	0.97
On-pace (4–6)	1047	110	27.3%	10.5%	0.75
Midfield (7–10)	1020	67	16.6%	6.6%	0.73
Backmarkers (11+)	216	7	1.7%	3.2%	0.54
Unknown	481	50	12.4%	10.4%	0.81

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	72	36	8.9%	50%	0.83
Pop ($2–5)	817	199	49.4%	24.4%	0.84
Mid ($5–10)	867	95	23.6%	11%	0.81
Roughie (>$10)	2068	73	18.1%	3.5%	0.80

A/E = actual wins ÷ market-expected wins (Σ 1/SP). Above 1.0 (green) beats the market here; below 0.9 (red) lags. Strong bias day = a past meeting where one run-style won >65% of races (≥5 winners). “Today” = runners engaged here today.