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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-07-31
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ITALIAN DANCER won at Rockhampton from 3 of 5 in the market

ITALIAN DANCER won race 4 at Rockhampton and 47% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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ITALIAN DANCER won race 4 at Rockhampton on Good 4 over 1050m, averaging 17.34 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — ITALIAN DANCER, the shape of the win at Rockhampton
ITALIAN DANCER · Rockhampton R4 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 50% of its own clocked runs
faster than 91% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 78% of Ms Steph Tierney's rides
faster than 84% of Stuart Kendrick's runners
faster than 47% of everything clocked at the track
started 3 of 5 in the market at $3.8
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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 2026-07-31Partial field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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