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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-03
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BRANDJAM won at Flemington on one of its slower days — 0% of its own runs

BRANDJAM won race 8 at Flemington and 19% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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BRANDJAM won race 8 at Flemington over 800m, averaging 16.06 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — BRANDJAM, the shape of the win at Flemington
BRANDJAM · Flemington R8 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 0% of its own clocked runs
faster than 35% of Declan Bates's rides
faster than 29% of Glen Thompson's runners
faster than 19% 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 2026-08-03Partial field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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