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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-03
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THE ACCELATOR won at Darwin from 10 of 12 in the market

THE ACCELATOR won race 5 at Darwin, faster than 92% of the field it beat and 29% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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THE ACCELATOR won race 5 at Darwin on Good over 1600m, averaging 16.82 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — THE ACCELATOR, the shape of the win at Darwin
THE ACCELATOR · Darwin R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 92% of the field it beat
faster than 94% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 36% of Ms Jade Hampson's rides
faster than 44% of Kerry Petrick's runners
faster than 29% of everything clocked at the track
started 10 of 12 in the market at $26.0

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 2026-08-03Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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