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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-17
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DIRTY LOOK won at Cranbourne — faster than 31% of everything clocked there, averaging 16.19 m/s

DIRTY LOOK won race 15 at Cranbourne. What the run was actually worth.
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DIRTY LOOK won race 15 at Cranbourne over 1000m, averaging 16.19 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — DIRTY LOOK, the shape of the win at Cranbourne
DIRTY LOOK · Cranbourne R15 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 37% of Michael Dee's rides
faster than 25% of Grahame Begg's runners
faster than 31% 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 2026-08-17Partial horse, field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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