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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-07-30
Vacillation silks
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VACILLATION won at Gatton on one of its slower days — 33% of its own runs, and 24% of the track

VACILLATION won race 9 at Gatton, faster than 90% of the field it beat and 24% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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VACILLATION won race 9 at Gatton on Soft 5 over 1400m, averaging 16.53 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — VACILLATION, the shape of the win at Gatton
VACILLATION · Gatton R9 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 33% of its own clocked runs
faster than 90% of the field it beat
faster than 74% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 68% of Adin Thompson's rides
faster than 48% of Maryann Brosnan's runners
faster than 24% of everything clocked at the track
started 1 of 10 in the market at $3.3
3 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 2026-07-30
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