Dun Darte Cheap

What the result hid

Dun Darte Cheap covered about 10 metres more ground than the runner that saved the most and finished 10th at Ipswich.

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Ipswich Race 7 Friday 30 October 2026

It covered about 10 metres more ground than the runner that saved the most.
Its stride rate slowed over the last part of the race.

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Last run: 30 Oct 2026 at Ipswich, race 7.

Horse Truth reads Dun Darte Cheap as below the grade. Its form is falling.

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Horse Truth type: Below the grade
What that means: Neither the figures nor the results stand out at this level.
Form trend: Declining
Best distance so far: 1400m
Evidence behind this read: Low (6 runs analysed)
Attention flag: Decline watch

Updated 11 Nov 2026 17:52 Brisbane time.

Recent runs

Last run: 30 Oct 2026 at Ipswich, race 7.

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Date	Track	Race	Source
30 Oct 2026	Ipswich	7	Timing and running recordsOfficial resultsForm guide
7 Oct 2026	Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly	4	Timing and running recordsForm guide
30 Sep 2026	Doomben	7	Timing and running recordsForm guide
20 Sep 2026	Sunshine Coast	2	Official results
20 Sep 2026	Sunshine Coast	1	Timing and running recordsForm guide
15 Aug 2026	Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly	2	Timing and running recordsForm guide

The newest runs Horse Truth holds for this horse, from its timing and running records, official results and form-guide past starts. Each run shows where it came from.

Last raced at Ipswich in Horse Truth's records. See the other horses that last raced there, or horses with a new read this fortnight.

Tracks it ran at in Horse Truth's records: Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly, Doomben, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast. Each track page shows what happens at each part of the track.

What changed

2026-10-31: Form trend changed from Holding to Declining. Best distance so far now 1400m.
2026-10-30: 3 new runs analysed, now 6 runs. Horse Truth type changed from Class-edge midfielder to Below the grade. Best distance so far now 1350m.
2026-10-07: Horse Truth type changed from Below the grade to Class-edge midfielder.
2026-09-30: New run analysed, now 3 runs. Horse Truth type changed from Class-edge midfielder to Below the grade.

Dates are when Horse Truth's read of this horse changed. Rating changes are in the full file.

What Horse Truth saw

Form turning point. Form turned down. Against its field it ran clearly below its previous three runs, which had been flat or rising. Derived by Horse Truth, 30 Oct 2026. What the day showed
Running profile. Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs. Derived by Horse Truth, 30 Oct 2026. What the day showed
Form turning point. Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling. Derived by Horse Truth, 7 Oct 2026. What the day showed
Running profile. Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 5 runs. Derived by Horse Truth, 7 Oct 2026. What the day showed
Running profile. Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 4 runs. Derived by Horse Truth, 30 Sep 2026. What the day showed

Derived from timing and running records and official results. Form guides do not show these.

How it moved

What Dun Darte Cheap did in its races, compared with its own earlier runs and with the other runners. It describes runs that have happened. It is not a prediction.

Held its stride late best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data. Race of 7 Oct 2026. What the day showed
Stride against its own runs. Stride was noticeably longer than in its last 3 runs, after allowing for the going. Race of 30 Sep 2026. What the day showed
Stride type: quick stepper. Its stride rate was among the quickest third of its field, with a stride that was not among the longest, in 5 of its last 6 runs. Race of 30 Oct 2026. What the day showed

From race tracking data. Derived by Horse Truth. Latest race 30 Oct 2026.

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