Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-16
The Diagnosis
THE CUNNING FOX won at Ballarat on one of its slower days — 3% of its own runs, and 1% of the track
THE CUNNING FOX won race 4 at Ballarat. What the run was actually worth.
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THE CUNNING FOX won race 4 at Ballarat on Heavy 9 over 3250m, averaging 14.0 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 3% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 11% of Tom Ryan's rides |
| faster than 1% of Patrick Payne's runners |
| faster than 1% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 3 in the market at $1.6 |
| 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 2026-08-16Partial field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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