Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-20
The Diagnosis
INTREPID LAD's win at Mackay was faster than 80% of everything run at the trip, and 12% of the track
INTREPID LAD won race 2 at Mackay. What the run was actually worth.
THE BACK PAGE · the run over the result · ACTUAL SPORTS MEDIA
INTREPID LAD won race 2 at Mackay on Soft 5 over 1560m, averaging 16.37 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 80% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 13% of Aidan Holt's rides |
| faster than 0% of Ricky Vale's runners |
| faster than 12% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 7 in the market at $2.3 |
| 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 2026-08-20Partial horse, field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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