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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-20
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BIG ROOSTER won at Warrnambool on one of its slower days — 12% of its own runs, and 17% of the track

BIG ROOSTER won race 7 at Warrnambool, faster than 93% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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BIG ROOSTER won race 7 at Warrnambool on Heavy 10 over 1400m, averaging 15.12 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — BIG ROOSTER, the shape of the win at Warrnambool
BIG ROOSTER · Warrnambool R7 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 12% of its own clocked runs
faster than 93% of the field it beat
faster than 8% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 4% of Jack Hill's rides
faster than 8% of Symon Wilde's runners
faster than 17% of everything clocked at the track
2 of 2 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.

Evidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-20
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