Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-06
The Diagnosis
STARBURST's win at Ballarat Synthetic was faster than 27% of everything run at the trip
STARBURST won race 6 at Ballarat Synthetic, faster than 89% of the field it beat and 63% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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STARBURST won race 6 at Ballarat Synthetic on Synthetic over 1100m, averaging 16.41 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 27% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 62% of Ms Olivia East (a2/54kg)'s rides |
| faster than 47% of Tony & Calvin McEvoy's runners |
| faster than 63% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 9 in the market at $2.1 |
| 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 2026-08-06Partial horse withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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