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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-16
Cashout silks
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CASHOUT's win at Pakenham Synthetic was faster than 99% of everything run at the trip, and 86% of the track

CASHOUT won race 6 at Pakenham Synthetic, faster than 92% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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CASHOUT won race 6 at Pakenham Synthetic on Synthetic over 1400m, averaging 17.0 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — CASHOUT, the shape of the win at Pakenham Synthetic
CASHOUT · Pakenham Synthetic R6 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 92% of the field it beat
faster than 99% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 74% of Ms Jamie Melham's rides
faster than 93% of Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)'s runners
faster than 86% of everything clocked at the track
1 of 1 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 2026-08-16Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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