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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-29
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FLY FIFER's win at McKinlay was faster than 84% of everything run at the trip, and 29% of the track

FLY FIFER won race 5 at McKinlay. What the run was actually worth.
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FLY FIFER won race 5 at McKinlay on Good over 1500m, averaging 16.54 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — FLY FIFER, the shape of the win at McKinlay
FLY FIFER · McKinlay R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 42% of its own clocked runs
faster than 84% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 12% of Matthew Gray's rides
faster than 26% of Shryn Royes's runners
faster than 29% of everything clocked at the track
started 1 of 6 in the market at $2.1

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 2026-08-29Partial field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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