Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-19
The Diagnosis
GOLD CHARIOT's win at Sandown Lakeside was faster than 40% of everything run at the trip, and 28% of the track
GOLD CHARIOT won race 6 at Sandown Lakeside, faster than 92% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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GOLD CHARIOT won race 6 at Sandown Lakeside on Soft 6 over 1600m, averaging 15.89 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 92% of the field it beat |
| faster than 40% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 11% of Blake Shinn's rides |
| faster than 21% of Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)'s runners |
| faster than 28% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 13 in the market at $2.2 |
| 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 2026-08-19Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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