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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-21
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GIN TWIST won at Flemington — faster than 13% of everything clocked there, averaging 15.85 m/s

GIN TWIST won race 8 at Flemington. What the run was actually worth.
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GIN TWIST won race 8 at Flemington over 800m, averaging 15.85 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — GIN TWIST, the shape of the win at Flemington
GIN TWIST · Flemington R8 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 12% of Luke Currie's rides
faster than 12% of Ben, Will & JD Hayes's runners
faster than 13% 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 2026-08-21Partial horse, field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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