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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-03
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EARTHING's win at Pakenham Synthetic was faster than 99% of everything run at the trip

EARTHING won race 3 at Pakenham Synthetic, faster than 91% of the field it beat and 82% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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EARTHING won race 3 at Pakenham Synthetic on Synthetic over 1400m, averaging 16.91 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — EARTHING, the shape of the win at Pakenham Synthetic
EARTHING · Pakenham Synthetic R3 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 91% of the field it beat
faster than 99% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 86% of Luke Nolen's rides
faster than 79% of Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman's runners
faster than 82% of everything clocked at the track
started 2 of 11 in the market at $4.2
2 of 2 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 2026-08-03Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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