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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-15
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HIT won at Longreach from 5 of 7 in the market, and 44% of the track

HIT won race 3 at Longreach. What the run was actually worth.
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HIT won race 3 at Longreach on Good over 1300m, averaging 16.95 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — HIT, the shape of the win at Longreach
HIT · Longreach R3 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 56% of its own clocked runs
faster than 76% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 58% of Ms Emma Bell's rides
faster than 64% of Clinton Austin's runners
faster than 44% of everything clocked at the track
started 5 of 7 in the market at $7.0

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 2026-08-15Partial field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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