Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-11
The Diagnosis
ZAVEGA's win at Dalby was faster than 50% of everything run at the trip
ZAVEGA won race 7 at Dalby, faster than 89% of the field it beat and 64% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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ZAVEGA won race 7 at Dalby on Good 4 over 1000m, averaging 16.99 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 50% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 85% of Ms Jess Emmerson's rides |
| faster than 69% of Alyssa & Troy Sweeney's runners |
| faster than 64% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 9 in the market at $2.7 |
| 3 of 3 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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