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Port Macquarie

TurfRail: +2m Entire—13:01–16:05

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Meeting overview

Port Macquarie in NSW hosts a country meeting on Turf. The rail is +2m Entire. There are 6 races scheduled from 13:01 to 16:05.

The card

Distances run from 1,004m to 1,808m across the card. The class mix is 2 maidens and 4 benchmark races. The card leans toward middle-distance races. The feature race of the day is Fisher’s Plumbing Plus (Bm58).

What history says

Over 168 races from 2025-06-15 to 2026-06-14, settling position flags midfield (7–10) as the clearest profile, underperforming market expectation (0.58 A/E, 5.7% strike rate).

Trainer J A Sprague has 3 runners and a 18.9% local strike rate from 53 runs (1.43 A/E) and Jockey Jon Grisedale has 6 runners and a 8.9% local strike rate from 56 runs (1.05 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: Port Macquarie

168 races · 1626 runners · since 2025-06-15

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

TJonathan Smith2 todayA/E 2.44JStephen Cummins5 todayA/E 2.29TD L Matts2 todayA/E 2.21JMikayla Weir4 todayA/E 1.77TJ C Deamer2 todayA/E 1.50TDonna Grisedale2 todayA/E 1.48TJ A Sprague3 todayA/E 1.43TJ A Sylvester2 todayA/E 1.21JJeff Kehoe2 todayA/E 1.19JLiberty Smyth6 todayA/E 1.09JJon Grisedale6 todayA/E 1.05

Barrier draw

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Inside (1–4)	636	62	36.9%	9.7%	0.69
Middle (5–9)	717	78	46.4%	10.9%	0.89
Wide (10+)	273	28	16.7%	10.3%	1.01

Settling position

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Leaders (1–3)	456	79	47%	17.3%	1.08
On-pace (4–6)	450	44	26.2%	9.8%	0.72
Midfield (7–10)	454	26	15.5%	5.7%	0.58
Backmarkers (11+)	95	3	1.8%	3.2%	0.58
Unknown	171	16	9.5%	9.4%	0.81

Market (SP)

	Runs	Wins	% Win	SR	A/E
Odds-on (≤$2)	37	20	11.9%	54.1%	0.88
Pop ($2–5)	322	81	48.2%	25.2%	0.86
Mid ($5–10)	378	36	21.4%	9.5%	0.71
Roughie (>$10)	889	31	18.5%	3.5%	0.83

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.