Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-13
The Diagnosis
ENCOURAGED won at Rockhampton on one of its slower days — 26% of its own runs, and 16% of the track
ENCOURAGED won race 6 at Rockhampton, faster than 91% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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ENCOURAGED won race 6 at Rockhampton on Good 4 over 1500m, averaging 16.74 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 26% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 91% of the field it beat |
| faster than 90% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 51% of Ms Sophie Wilcock's rides |
| faster than 40% of Darryl Hansen's runners |
| faster than 16% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 11 in the market at $3.5 |
| 3 of 3 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 2026-08-13
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