Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-23
The Diagnosis
AUGUSTA ROCK's win at Port Augusta was faster than 77% of everything run at the trip, and 73% of the track
AUGUSTA ROCK won race 7 at Port Augusta, faster than 91% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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AUGUSTA ROCK won race 7 at Port Augusta on Good over 1498m, averaging 16.52 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.
| The run, measured against |
|---|
| faster than 56% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 91% of the field it beat |
| faster than 77% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 81% of Kate Halliday's runners |
| faster than 73% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 11 in the market at $4.8 |
| 3 of 3 experts were on it |
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.
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