Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-03
The Diagnosis
GOLD CHARIOT's win at Pakenham Synthetic was faster than 100% of everything run at the trip
GOLD CHARIOT won race 2 at Pakenham Synthetic, faster than 91% of the field it beat and 65% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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GOLD CHARIOT won race 2 at Pakenham Synthetic on Synthetic over 1600m, averaging 16.71 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 91% of the field it beat |
| faster than 100% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 63% of Blake Shinn's rides |
| faster than 81% of Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)'s runners |
| faster than 65% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 11 in the market at $1.18 |
| 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 2026-08-03Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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