Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-18
The Diagnosis
FARAWAY DOWNS won at Townsville from 3 of 7 in the market, and 31% of the track
FARAWAY DOWNS won race 4 at Townsville. What the run was actually worth.
THE BACK PAGE · the run over the result · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
FARAWAY DOWNS won race 4 at Townsville on Good 4 over 1400m, averaging 16.96 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 87% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 76% of Ben Kennedy's rides |
| faster than 47% of Tom Button's runners |
| faster than 31% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 3 of 7 in the market at $3.6 |
| 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 2026-08-18Partial horse, field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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