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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-19
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COASTAL STRIKE won at Hobart on one of its slower days — 31% of its own runs, and 88% of the track

COASTAL STRIKE won race 3 at Hobart. What the run was actually worth.
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COASTAL STRIKE won race 3 at Hobart on Soft 5 over 1400m, averaging 16.33 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — COASTAL STRIKE, the shape of the win at Hobart
COASTAL STRIKE · Hobart R3 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 31% of its own clocked runs
faster than 59% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 68% of Ms Sam Kennedy's rides
faster than 56% of Paul Hill's runners
faster than 88% of everything clocked at the track
started 6 of 7 in the market at $16.0
0 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 2026-08-19Partial field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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