What the day showed: Sunshine Coast, 9 Oct 2026

Track pattern of the day

Pace position played out about as normal at Sunshine Coast on 9 Oct 2026. Inside and wide runners did about as well as normal.

Placegetters counted by where they were early in the race and how far off the rail they raced, compared with a normal day at the same track.

Ran better than the finish shows

Beaten horses whose speed over the last 400 m was among the best in their race.

• Crackenthorpe: Beaten, but ran the 2nd fastest last 400 m of the 10 runners in its race.
• Fighting Idol: Beaten, but ran the 2nd fastest last 400 m of the 8 runners in its race.
• She's So Pretty: Beaten, but ran the fastest last 400 m of the 9 runners in its race. It also covered about 7 m more ground than the middle of the field.

Form turning points

Horses whose run against their field just turned up or down against their last three runs.

• Fighting Idol: Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling.
• Outburst: Form turned down. Against its field it ran clearly below its previous three runs, which had been flat or rising.

Running profiles

Each runner's type from how it ran each part of its recent races.

• A Bit Dusty: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Amelioration: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• American Conquest: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Blakemore Avenue: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Bold Artic: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Bolero: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Bossiri: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Cabaletto: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Caesar Cake: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Caishen: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Castello Grande: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Celestial Blaze: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Centennial Park: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Clubman: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 5 runs.
• Crackenthorpe: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Custo: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Empress Aspen: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Entrusting: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 3 runs.
• Evade The Game: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Fighting Idol: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Financially Famous: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Galpin: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Golden Smile: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 4 runs.
• Justice Served: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Kadall: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• King Emperor: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 4 runs.
• King Of The Jungle: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Lord Protector: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Magic Invader: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Miss Kit Kat: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 3 runs.
• Northern Decree: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Old Faithful: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Oohlalouvre: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 6 of its last 6 runs.
• Ormond Road: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Outburst: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Poutchek: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Prochester: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Rhetoric: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Roaring Success: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Samurai Warrior: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Seneschal: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Show Me The Stars: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Showman: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 4 runs.
• Silent Answer: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 3 runs.
• Simply Fun: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Slugworth: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Smudged: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Stevie's Spirit: Running profile: speed all the way. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 3 runs, and a top three last 400 m in 2.
• Streak Of Winning: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Taradale: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Ultimate Outcome: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Uluwatu: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Waku Waku: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 5 runs.
• Wootton You Know: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 2 of its last 3 runs.
• Yes Donald Yes: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.

How they moved late

Runners that kept their stride length, or lifted their stride rate, over the last 400 m better than the rest of their field. This describes how they ran. It is not a prediction.

Held their stride late

• Race 1: Empress Aspen. Held its stride late best of the 11 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 20 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Ormond Road. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 11 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 16 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Amelioration. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 11 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 15 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Miss Kit Kat. Held its stride late best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 2 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: She's So Pretty. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 1 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Rainbow Charlie. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 12 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Bossiri. Held its stride late best of the 6 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 13 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Caishen. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 6 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 12 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: King Emperor. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 6 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 10 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Fighting Idol. Held its stride late best of the 8 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was the same as in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Custo. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 8 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 10 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Oohlalouvre. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 8 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 23 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Terrax. Held its stride late best of the 8 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 3 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Firebreak. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 8 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 16 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: The Wright Choice. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 8 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 22 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Rhetoric. Held its stride late best of the 10 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 7 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Bold Artic. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 10 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 3 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Yes Donald Yes. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 10 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 6 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Golden Smile. Held its stride late best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 70 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Prochester. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 31 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Castello Grande. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 27 cm longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Celestial Blaze. Held its stride late best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 8 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Galpin. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 14 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Waku Waku. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 9 runners. Over the last 400 m its stride was about 17 cm shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.

Lifted their stride rate late

• Race 1: A Bit Dusty. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 11 runners, about 8% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Empress Aspen. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 11 runners, about 5% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Ormond Road. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 11 runners, about 5% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: King Emperor. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 6 runners, about 6% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Silent Answer. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 6 runners, about 6% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Roaring Success. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 6 runners, about 5% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Cabaletto. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 8 runners, about 2% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Smudged. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 10 runners, about 7% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Kadall. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 10 runners, about 5% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Simply Fun. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 10 runners, about 4% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Northern Decree. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 9 runners, about 5% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Poutchek. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 9 runners, about 5% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Prochester. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 9 runners, about 4% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Ultimate Outcome. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 9 runners, about 4% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Streak Of Winning. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 9 runners, about 3% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Entrusting. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 9 runners, about 3% quicker over the last 400 m than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.

From race tracking data. Derived by Horse Truth. Race day 9 Oct 2026.