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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-28
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AQUEDUCT won at Flemington on one of its slower days — 35% of its own runs, and 72% of the track

AQUEDUCT won race 5 at Flemington. What the run was actually worth.
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AQUEDUCT won race 5 at Flemington over 800m, averaging 16.85 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — AQUEDUCT, the shape of the win at Flemington
AQUEDUCT · Flemington R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 35% of its own clocked runs
faster than 81% of Jye McNeil's rides
faster than 79% of Tony & Calvin McEvoy's runners
faster than 72% of everything clocked at the track

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 2026-08-28Partial field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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