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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-01
Touchdown silks
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TOUCHDOWN clocked Flemington faster than 80% of everything it has run

TOUCHDOWN won race 6 at Flemington, faster than 93% of the field it beat and 51% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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TOUCHDOWN won race 6 at Flemington on Good 4 over 1620m, averaging 16.58 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — TOUCHDOWN, the shape of the win at Flemington
TOUCHDOWN · Flemington R6 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 80% of its own clocked runs
faster than 93% of the field it beat
faster than 83% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 53% of Blake Shinn's rides
faster than 55% of Ben, Will & JD Hayes's runners
faster than 51% of everything clocked at the track
started 1 of 14 in the market at $1.95
4 of 4 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 2026-08-01
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