Tourtel (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
07-Sep-21
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay
Sire
Winning Rupert
Prize Money
15150
Trainer
Sue Grills
Owners
Irwin Racing (Mgr: M R A Irwin), R A W Woods, M J Langsworth, F W Mitchell, R D Ross, A M Cornell & S M Duchen
About

Tourtel is a 4yo bay gelding (male) from Australia trained by Sue Grills, who is based at Tamworth. He is sired by the stallion Winning Rupert out of the dam Chic And Happy. Tourtel has managed to win 1 race in his career so far. On 25th Oct 2025 at Armidale, Tourtel scored his most significant win to date, getting the money in the $16000.00 Maiden Handicap. He has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. If you had backed Tourtel throughout his career you'd have achieved a 42% return on investment.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Scone 02-Dec-25 1400m GOOD 4 R3 BM58 $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:22.800, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.170 1st Zoomorphic ( E Drew 60.5 , Cd 62.5 ) 2nd Insain Jewel ( B Nock 57.5 ) 0.78L 3rd Chestime ( A Bullock 57 , Cd 56 ) 0.84L 8th Tourtel ( J Duggan 57 ) 5.86L See full resultsJ Duggan 57kg 5.86L8 (8)
Armidale 09-Nov-25 1300m SOFT 5 R4 CTRY CL1 $2,800 (of $30,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:17.550, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th 1st Chica Del Mar ( A Bullock 57.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 2nd Souls Companion ( B Nock 58 ) 2.16L 3rd Tourtel ( S Grima 55.5 ) 2.96L See full resultsS Grima 55.5kg 2.96L3 (10)
Armidale 25-Oct-25 1100m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn Hcp $8,150 (of $16,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:05.050, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 6th 1st Tourtel ( C Hillier 58.5 ) 2nd Nucleaire ( P Graham 56.5 ) 0.21L 3rd Abated Breath ( N Palmer 57 , Cd 55 ) 0.74L See full resultsC Hillier 58.5kg1 (9)
Armidale 14-Oct-25 1300m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn Hcp $2,600 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:18.310, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th 1st Celestial Bell ( W A Peel 56 ) 2nd Backhander ( O Dalton 55 , Cd 53 ) 0.33L 3rd Tourtel ( K Nestor 57.5 ) 2.23L See full resultsK Nestor 57.5kg 2.23L3 (5)
Gunnedah 27-Sep-25 1000m GOOD 4 R3 3YO+ Mdn Hcp $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:57.430, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th 1st Solar Arc ( E Farr 57 , Cd 55 ) 2nd Invinciboo ( J Pracey-holmes 55 , Cd 55.5 ) 0.94L 3rd Barrieanna ( L Small 55 , Cd 53 ) 1.17L 8th Tourtel ( K Nestor 58 ) 4.56L See full resultsK Nestor 58kg 4.56L8 (10)
Scone 25-Aug-25 1000m HEAVY 9 R1 Mdn Hcp $600 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:59.080, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th 1st Raw Gold ( B Nock 55 ) 2nd Bonoyster ( J Pracey-holmes 56.5 ) 0.46L 3rd Cool Bee Bee ( G Buckley 56.5 ) 4.99L 6th Tourtel ( K Nestor 59 ) 8.21L See full resultsK Nestor 59kg 8.21L6 (6)
Tamworth 07-Aug-25 1000m SOFT 7 R2 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 01:00.160 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.780 1st Leovanni ( A Bullock ) 2nd Brutal Elegance ( A Roper ) 0.80L 3rd Blend Of Three ( T Gough ) 1.42L 8th Tourtel ( J Thompson ) 10.27LJ Thompson 10.27L8 (9)