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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-22
Plea silks
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PLEA won at Charleville from 7 of 8 in the market, and 75% of the track

PLEA won race 1 at Charleville, faster than 88% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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PLEA won race 1 at Charleville on Soft over 1000m, averaging 17.02 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — PLEA, the shape of the win at Charleville
PLEA · Charleville R1 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 56% of its own clocked runs
faster than 88% of the field it beat
faster than 73% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 55% of Ross Tilley's rides
faster than 62% of Carmel Baker's runners
faster than 75% of everything clocked at the track
started 7 of 8 in the market at $6.5

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 2026-08-22
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