Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-13
The Diagnosis
TOO DARN DISCREET won at Ballarat Synthetic — faster than 69% of everything clocked there, and 61% of its own runs
TOO DARN DISCREET won race 2 at Ballarat Synthetic. What the run was actually worth.
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TOO DARN DISCREET won race 2 at Ballarat Synthetic over 1100m, averaging 16.45 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 61% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 65% of Declan Bates's rides |
| faster than 77% of Dan O'Sullivan's runners |
| faster than 69% 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 field, trip withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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