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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-07-27
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ISDELL's win at Ballarat Synthetic was faster than 89% of everything run at the trip

ISDELL won race 9 at Ballarat Synthetic, faster than 92% of the field it beat and 59% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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ISDELL won race 9 at Ballarat Synthetic on Synthetic over 1500m, averaging 16.37 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — ISDELL, the shape of the win at Ballarat Synthetic
ISDELL · Ballarat Synthetic R9 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 52% of its own clocked runs
faster than 92% of the field it beat
faster than 89% of everything clocked at this trip and going
faster than 57% of Teo Nugent's rides
faster than 51% of Cheryl Weller's runners
faster than 59% of everything clocked at the track
started 2 of 12 in the market at $5.0
1 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 2026-07-27
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