Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-25
The Diagnosis
STARBURST's win at Ballarat Synthetic was faster than 76% of everything run at the trip, and 96% of the track
STARBURST won race 7 at Ballarat Synthetic, faster than 88% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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STARBURST won race 7 at Ballarat Synthetic on Synthetic over 1000m, averaging 16.92 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 62% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 88% of the field it beat |
| faster than 76% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 92% of Ms Olivia East's rides |
| faster than 83% of Tony & Calvin McEvoy's runners |
| faster than 96% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 2 of 8 in the market at $3.1 |
| 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 2026-08-25
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