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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-08
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ILLEGAL JUSTICE's win at Townsville was faster than 94% of everything run at the trip, and 27% of the track

ILLEGAL JUSTICE won race 5 at Townsville, faster than 93% of the field it beat and 27% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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ILLEGAL JUSTICE won race 5 at Townsville on Good 4 over 1609m, averaging 16.86 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — ILLEGAL JUSTICE, the shape of the win at Townsville
ILLEGAL JUSTICE · Townsville R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 93% of the field it beat
faster than 94% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 88% of Dylan Turner's rides
faster than 44% of John Dann's runners
faster than 27% of everything clocked at the track
started 1 of 14 in the market at $1.24
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 2026-08-08Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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