Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-03
The Diagnosis
MALDINI won at Darwin on one of its slower days — 33% of its own runs
MALDINI won race 9 at Darwin, faster than 92% of the field it beat and 15% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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MALDINI won race 9 at Darwin on Good over 2050m, averaging 16.49 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 33% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 92% of the field it beat |
| faster than 99% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 13% of Paul Shiers's rides |
| faster than 16% of Gary Clarke's runners |
| faster than 15% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 8 of 12 in the market at $21.0 |
| 0 of 3 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 2026-08-03
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