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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-01
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ITAZURA clocked Flemington faster than 78% of everything it has run

ITAZURA won race 4 at Flemington, faster than 93% of the field it beat and 77% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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ITAZURA won race 4 at Flemington on Good 4 over 1410m, averaging 16.94 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — ITAZURA, the shape of the win at Flemington
ITAZURA · Flemington R4 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 78% of its own clocked runs
faster than 93% of the field it beat
faster than 87% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 87% of Luke Nolen's rides
faster than 81% of Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman's runners
faster than 77% of everything clocked at the track
started 5 of 14 in the market at $12.0
0 of 4 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 2026-08-01
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