Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-25
The Diagnosis
SHOOTER MCGAVIN's win at Ballarat Synthetic was faster than 66% of everything run at the trip, and 79% of the track
SHOOTER MCGAVIN won race 6 at Ballarat Synthetic, faster than 89% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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SHOOTER MCGAVIN won race 6 at Ballarat Synthetic on Synthetic over 1200m, averaging 16.56 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 63% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 89% of the field it beat |
| faster than 66% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 73% of Tom Madden's rides |
| faster than 85% of Shane Jackson's runners |
| faster than 79% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 2 of 9 in the market at $4.4 |
| 2 of 2 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 2026-08-25
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