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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-22
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DURNESS won at Toowoomba on one of its slower days — 0% of its own runs, and 8% of the track

DURNESS won race 7 at Toowoomba, faster than 92% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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DURNESS won race 7 at Toowoomba on Good 4 over 2010m, averaging 15.69 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — DURNESS, the shape of the win at Toowoomba
DURNESS · Toowoomba R7 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 0% of its own clocked runs
faster than 92% of the field it beat
faster than 22% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 4% of Brandon Lerena's rides
faster than 14% of Corey & Kylie Geran's runners
faster than 8% of everything clocked at the track
started 3 of 12 in the market at $4.4
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 2026-08-22
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