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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-11
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SHEZA ALIBI won at Pakenham Synthetic on one of its slower days — 0% of its own runs, and 6% of the track

SHEZA ALIBI won race 1 at Pakenham Synthetic and 6% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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SHEZA ALIBI won race 1 at Pakenham Synthetic over 1000m, averaging 15.81 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

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SHEZA ALIBI · Pakenham Synthetic R1 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 0% of its own clocked runs
faster than 13% of Luke Nolen's rides
faster than 6% of Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman's runners
faster than 6% of everything clocked at the track

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 2026-08-11Partial field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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