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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-13
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TENNESSEE SPIRIT won at Ballarat Synthetic — faster than 25% of everything clocked there, averaging 16.01 m/s

TENNESSEE SPIRIT won race 5 at Ballarat Synthetic. What the run was actually worth.
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TENNESSEE SPIRIT won race 5 at Ballarat Synthetic over 850m, averaging 16.01 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — TENNESSEE SPIRIT, the shape of the win at Ballarat Synthetic
TENNESSEE SPIRIT · Ballarat Synthetic R5 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 37% of Zac Moore's rides
faster than 38% of Toby Lake's runners
faster than 25% of everything clocked at the track

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 2026-08-13Partial horse, field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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