Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-11
The Diagnosis
STRAIGHT BLAST's win at Dalby was faster than 75% of everything run at the trip
STRAIGHT BLAST won race 4 at Dalby, faster than 89% of the field it beat and 61% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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STRAIGHT BLAST won race 4 at Dalby on Good 4 over 1200m, averaging 16.94 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.
| The run, measured against |
|---|
| faster than 89% of the field it beat |
| faster than 75% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 86% of Ms Isabel Jessop (a2/52kg)'s rides |
| faster than 70% of Stephen Kirkwood's runners |
| faster than 61% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 9 in the market at $2.6 |
| 1 of 1 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 2026-08-11Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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