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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-20
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FIVE STAR KING clocked Mackay faster than 86% of everything it has run, and 45% of the track

FIVE STAR KING won race 5 at Mackay, faster than 89% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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FIVE STAR KING won race 5 at Mackay on Good 4 over 1100m, averaging 17.01 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — FIVE STAR KING, the shape of the win at Mackay
FIVE STAR KING · Mackay R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 86% of its own clocked runs
faster than 89% of the field it beat
faster than 68% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 55% of Raul Silvera Olivera's rides
faster than 39% of Ricky Vale's runners
faster than 45% of everything clocked at the track
started 1 of 9 in the market at $2.05
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 2026-08-20
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