The Deputy
Last run: 24 Oct 2026 at Toowoomba, race 2.
Horse Truth reads The Deputy as better than its numbers say. It beats its rivals more than the clock. Its form is holding steady.
The free page gives the summary. The Horse Check report reads the 6 runs Horse Truth has analysed for The Deputy: the short answer and its type, a movement watch from the timing records, where its form is heading, its best distance and conditions, and a race by race file.
Built from the form, timing and running records Horse Truth has for this horse. Free summary below. See the Truth Board for horses better or worse than their figures, how the model works, and the public record of dated selections, official results and the misses.
- Horse Truth type
- Grade specialist
- What that means
- Wins its grade but the raw figures stay modest. It beats rivals rather than the clock.
- Form trend
- Holding
- Best distance so far
- 1200m
- Evidence behind this read
- Low (6 runs analysed)
- Attention flag
- Steady
Updated 06 Nov 2026 21:12 Brisbane time.
Recent runs
Last run: 24 Oct 2026 at Toowoomba, race 2.
Horse Check on this horse, A$19
| Date | Track | Race | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | Toowoomba | 2 | Timing and running recordsOfficial results |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Warwick | 7 | Official results |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Picklebet Park Warwick | 6 | Timing and running recordsForm guide |
| 26 Sep 2026 | Toowoomba | 1 | Timing and running recordsForm guide |
| 13 Sep 2026 | Dalby | 7 | Official results |
| 13 Sep 2026 | Dalby | 5 | 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 Toowoomba 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, Dalby, Doomben, Picklebet Park Warwick, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba. Each track page shows what happens at each part of the track.
What changed
- : New run analysed, now 6 runs.
- : Form trend changed from Declining to Holding. Horse Truth type changed from Class horse to Grade specialist. Best distance so far now 1200m.
- : Form trend changed from Holding to Declining. Best distance so far now 1300m.
- : New run analysed, now 20 runs. Form trend changed from Building to Holding.
- : New run analysed, now 19 runs.
Dates are when Horse Truth's read of this horse changed. Rating changes are in the full file.
What Horse Truth saw
- Running profile. Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs. Derived by Horse Truth, 24 Oct 2026. What the day showed
- Running profile. Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs. Derived by Horse Truth, 10 Oct 2026. What the day showed
- Ran better than its finish. Beaten, but ran the fastest last 400 m of the 12 runners in its race. Derived by Horse Truth, 26 Sep 2026. What the day showed
- Running profile. Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs. Derived by Horse Truth, 26 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 The Deputy 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 3rd best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was a lot shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data. Race of 24 Oct 2026. What the day showed
- Lifted its stride rate late best of the 11 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data. Race of 10 Oct 2026. What the day showed
- Stride against its own runs. Stride was a lot shorter than in its last 3 runs, after allowing for the going. A watch signal from race data only. Race of 24 Oct 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 6 of its last 6 runs. Race of 24 Oct 2026. What the day showed
From race tracking data. Derived by Horse Truth. Latest race 24 Oct 2026.
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