What the day showed: Rockhampton, 17 Oct 2026

Track pattern of the day

Pace position played out about as normal at Rockhampton on 17 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.

• Better Than Words: Beaten, but ran the 2nd fastest last 400 m of the 8 runners in its race.

Form turning points

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

• Blue Toes: Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling.
• Guac On: Form turned down. Against its field it ran clearly below its previous three runs, which had been flat or rising.
• Kaffir Lily: Form turned down. Against its field it ran clearly below its previous three runs, which had been flat or rising.
• Mean Magic: 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.

• Adranos: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Alloutatime: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Amberinger: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Astilla: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 4 runs.
• August Joe: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Barbarian King: Running profile: speed all the way. Up near the front early in 2 of its last 3 runs, and a top three last 400 m in 3.
• Better Than Words: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Better Value: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 3 runs.
• Betty's Boy: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 3 runs.
• Blue Toes: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 4 runs.
• Bonewood: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Boom Boom Bella: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Bungarribee Lad: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 5 runs.
• Guac On: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Gypsy's Daughter: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 4 runs.
• Kaffir Lily: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Marellity: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Mean Magic: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 5 runs.
• Neptune Legend: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 4 runs.
• Next Stop Jupiter: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 6 of its last 6 runs.
• Patienceofasaint: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 4 runs.
• Peaking Tom: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Port River Billie: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Power Of Angeline: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Proviseur: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Pulsating: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 2 of its last 3 runs.
• Radomir: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Rattlesnakewhiskey: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 4 runs.
• Rum Rumble: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Shipping Lane: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Sujeed: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Thee Creek: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Three Gongs: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 2 of its last 3 runs.
• Triple Triple: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 3 runs.
• Wheeler Dealer: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 2 of its last 3 runs.
• Whip 'N Neighneigh: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.

How they moved late

Runners that kept their stride length, or lifted their stride rate, in the run home better than the rest of their field. This describes how they ran. It is not a prediction.

Held their stride late

• Race 1: Proviseur. Held its stride late best of the 6 runners. In the run home its stride was a lot longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Pulsating. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 6 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Little Khan. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 6 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Radomir. Held its stride late best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was a lot longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Fancy Geeone. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was a lot longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Betty's Boy. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was a lot longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Better Than Words. Held its stride late best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Bungarribee Lad. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was about the same as in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Alloutatime. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 8 runners. In the run home its stride was about the same as in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Neptune Legend. Held its stride late best of the 10 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Marellity. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its stride was about the same as in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: August Joe. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its stride was about the same as in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Adranos. Held its stride late best of the 10 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Sujeed. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: My Pepperjack. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.

Lifted their stride rate late

• Race 1: Whip 'N Neighneigh. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 6 runners. In the run home its cadence was noticeably quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 1: Pulsating. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 6 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Next Stop Jupiter. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 10 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Port River Billie. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Peaking Tom. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.

From race tracking data. Derived by Horse Truth. Race day 17 Oct 2026.