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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-28
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FONDLED clocked Flemington faster than 88% of everything it has run, and 89% of the track

FONDLED won race 11 at Flemington. What the run was actually worth.
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FONDLED won race 11 at Flemington over 800m, averaging 17.14 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — FONDLED, the shape of the win at Flemington
FONDLED · Flemington R11 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 88% of its own clocked runs
faster than 93% of Luke Currie's rides
faster than 96% of Andrew Noblet's runners
faster than 89% of everything clocked at the track

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 2026-08-28Partial field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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