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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-14
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PREVENTION won at Geelong from 5 of 6 in the market, and 31% of the track

PREVENTION won race 5 at Geelong. What the run was actually worth.
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PREVENTION won race 5 at Geelong on Heavy 8 over 1325m, averaging 16.13 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — PREVENTION, the shape of the win at Geelong
PREVENTION · Geelong R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 69% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 36% of Beau Mertens's rides
faster than 25% of Robbie Griffiths's runners
faster than 31% of everything clocked at the track
started 5 of 6 in the market at $16.0
0 of 2 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 2026-08-14Partial horse, field withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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