What the day showed: Townsville, 18 Oct 2026

Track pattern of the day

On-pace runners did better than usual at Townsville on 18 Oct 2026. 13 of 21 placegetters were in the front third early, against about 45% on a normal day there. 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.

• Foxtrotting: Beaten, but ran the 2nd fastest last 400 m of the 13 runners in its race.
• Goodnight Romeo: Beaten, but ran the fastest last 400 m of the 11 runners in its race.
• In The Hole Tiger: Beaten, but ran the 3rd fastest last 400 m of the 13 runners in its race. It also covered about 6 m more ground than the middle of the field.
• Sweetpea Moochi: Beaten, but ran the 2nd fastest last 400 m of the 11 runners in its race.

Beat the day's pattern

Horses that still placed from the part of the track the day was against.

• Arctic Bear: Placed from the back third early on a day that suited on-pace runners. It ran against the track.
• Colleano: Placed from the back third early on a day that suited on-pace runners. It ran against the track.
• Khamis: Placed from the back third early on a day that suited on-pace runners. It ran against the track.
• Looming One: Placed from the back third early on a day that suited on-pace runners. It ran against the track.
• Octavian Treasure: Placed from the back third early on a day that suited on-pace runners. It ran against the track.

Form turning points

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

• Aoom's Choice: Form turned down. Against its field it ran clearly below its previous three runs, which had been flat or rising.
• Ballandella Street: Form turned down. Against its field it ran clearly below its previous three runs, which had been flat or rising.
• Foxtrotting: Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling.
• Pennypacker: Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling.
• Rashford: Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling.
• Towers Hill: Form turned up. Against its field it ran clearly better than in its previous three runs, which had been flat or falling.

Running profiles

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

• Aoom's Choice: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Arctic Bear: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Ask Me Mate: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Ballandella Street: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 5 runs.
• Belinda's Rubi: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Boom Bunny: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Boom Crusher: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Brave Agenda: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Ceretti: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Check One Two: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Cifonelli: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Colleano: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Craicaro: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Egzakly: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 5 runs.
• Ellis Beach: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Enterprise Valour: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 5 runs.
• Exceedingly Brazen: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Foxtrotting: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 4 runs.
• General Gordon: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Goodnight Romeo: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Hartshorn: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Hell Of A Bentley: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Hot Digity Boom: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Hot Torque Invegas: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Ibegood: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 3 of its last 5 runs.
• In The Hole Tiger: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Intruder: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 5 of its last 6 runs.
• Khals: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Khamis: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• King Jester: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Latin Boss: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Looming One: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 6 of its last 6 runs.
• Magic Sunny Day: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Masali Raffa: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Mayor Of Kingston: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Media Empire: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Midas Star: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Moonya Lad: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Mordecai: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Northern Pride: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Not Worth It: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Octopolis: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 3 runs.
• Overland: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Pennypacker: Running profile: sustained finisher. Ran a top three last 400 m of its race in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Power Cruise: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Properleigh: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Rashford: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Sneaky Peaky: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 4 runs.
• Spirit Of Giving: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Spiritof The Ocean: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Stylish Rosie: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 5 runs.
• Super Freeze: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Sweetpea Moochi: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• The Kamikaze: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 4 of its last 6 runs.
• Time To Prophet: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Toranaga: Running profile: early speed. Up near the front early in 6 of its last 6 runs.
• Towers Hill: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 4 runs.
• Turn Bird: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Volare: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Vouchers: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Watchya Language: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 6 runs.
• Zemoreya: Running profile: even pace. No strong early or late pattern over its last 5 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 2: Power Cruise. Held its stride late best of the 13 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Volare. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 13 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Towers Hill. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 13 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Arctic Bear. Held its stride late best of the 7 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Hot Digity Boom. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 7 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Colleano. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 7 runners. In the run home its stride was a little shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Vouchers. 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 4: Mordecai. 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 4: Boom Crusher. 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.
• Race 5: Spirit Of Giving. Held its stride late best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Exceedingly Brazen. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Hot Torque Invegas. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Ellis Beach. Held its stride late best of the 11 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Sweetpea Moochi. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 11 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Brave Agenda. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 11 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Heathcliff. Held its stride late best of the 11 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: Ziggy Starcraft. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 11 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 7: General Gordon. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 11 runners. In the run home its stride was a lot shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: King Jester. Held its stride late best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was a little longer than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Octavian Treasure. Held its stride late 2nd best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Cifonelli. Held its stride late 3rd best of the 9 runners. In the run home its stride was noticeably shorter than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.

Lifted their stride rate late

• Race 2: Enterprise Valour. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 13 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Ballandella Street. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 13 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 2: Watchya Language. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 13 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 3: Time To Prophet. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 7 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Mayor Of Kingston. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 10 runners. In the run home its cadence was noticeably quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Khamis. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its cadence was noticeably quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 4: Mordecai. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd best of the 10 runners. In the run home its cadence was noticeably quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Mr Ferrari. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 9 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 5: Ibegood. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 9 runners. In the run home its cadence was a little quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 6: Intruder. 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 6: Toranaga. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd 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 6: Masali Raffa. Lifted its stride rate late 3rd 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 8: Super Freeze. Lifted its stride rate late best of the 9 runners. In the run home its cadence was noticeably quicker than in the middle of the race, from the race tracking data.
• Race 8: Cifonelli. Lifted its stride rate late 2nd best of the 9 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 18 Oct 2026.