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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-01
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AGED CARE won at Townsville on one of its slower days — 0% of its own runs

AGED CARE won race 6 at Townsville, faster than 92% of the field it beat and 18% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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AGED CARE won race 6 at Townsville on Soft 5 over 1609m, averaging 16.66 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — AGED CARE, the shape of the win at Townsville
AGED CARE · Townsville R6 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 0% of its own clocked runs
faster than 92% of the field it beat
faster than 89% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 57% of Ms Chelsea Jokic's rides
faster than 36% of Garry Dickson's runners
faster than 18% of everything clocked at the track
started 5 of 12 in the market at $11.0

Read down that list and the win either grows or shrinks. That is the whole point: the race says where they finished, the clock says how fast they actually went, and only one of those two survives contact with the next start.

Evidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-01
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