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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-29
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PATRIOTIC KING ran faster than 88% of its own record — from 3 of 4 in the market, and 94% of the track

PATRIOTIC KING won race 3 at Darwin. What the run was actually worth.
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PATRIOTIC KING won race 3 at Darwin on Good over 1100m, averaging 17.59 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — PATRIOTIC KING, the shape of the win at Darwin
PATRIOTIC KING · Darwin R3 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 88% of its own clocked runs
faster than 99% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 99% of Ms Jessica Booth's rides
faster than 94% of Gary Clarke's runners
faster than 94% of everything clocked at the track
started 3 of 4 in the market at $5.5
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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 2026-08-29Partial field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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