Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-03
The Diagnosis
CAVERN's win at Darwin was faster than 99% of everything run at the trip
CAVERN won race 3 at Darwin, faster than 89% of the field it beat and 96% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
THE BACK PAGE · the run over the result · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
CAVERN won race 3 at Darwin on Good over 1100m, averaging 17.63 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 89% of the field it beat |
| faster than 99% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 88% of Ms Jade Hampson's rides |
| faster than 85% of Dick Leech's runners |
| faster than 96% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 3 of 9 in the market at $4.6 |
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 horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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