Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-07-31
The Diagnosis
KHARIF's win at Port Macquarie was faster than 65% of everything run at the trip
KHARIF won race 3 at Port Macquarie, faster than 91% of the field it beat and 68% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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KHARIF won race 3 at Port Macquarie on Soft 6 over 1509m, averaging 16.39 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 91% of the field it beat |
| faster than 65% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 44% of Grant Buckley's rides |
| faster than 50% of Ciaron Maher's runners |
| faster than 68% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 11 in the market at $2.45 |
| 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 2026-07-31Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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