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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-01
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RUSSIAN MINT's win at Townsville was faster than 100% of everything run at the trip

RUSSIAN MINT won race 7 at Townsville, faster than 92% of the field it beat and 69% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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RUSSIAN MINT won race 7 at Townsville on Soft 5 over 1000m, averaging 17.96 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — RUSSIAN MINT, the shape of the win at Townsville
RUSSIAN MINT · Townsville R7 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 74% of its own clocked runs
faster than 92% of the field it beat
faster than 100% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 81% of Ryan Wiggins's rides
faster than 82% of Tom Button's runners
faster than 69% of everything clocked at the track
started 1 of 12 in the market at $3.9

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 2026-08-01
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