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  • January 20, 2013 at 20:28 #23436
    tommylorna
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    Can someone please help I want to know HOW TO RATE A HORSES RACING CLASS please.

    January 22, 2013 at 15:50 #427113
    davidbrady
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    Could you be more specific?

    Every race in UK is classified as 1-6 already with additional classifications in Class 1 as Gr1, Gr2, Gr3, & Listed (although Gr2 is not necessarily higher than Gr3)

    Alternatively you could class races by their prize-money, which is usually a good approximation of their general worth etc, although this wouldn’t be as useful at the top end

    January 27, 2013 at 18:00 #427723
    tommylorna
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    What I want to do is give each horse in the race a figure for class, so that each horse gets a rating.
    I have tried prize money divided by wins, but i was hoping that someone might have some more ideas.

    January 27, 2013 at 20:29 #427738
    Avatar photowyldesyde
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    You could do worse than checkout the methods of Van Der Wheil.

    January 27, 2013 at 22:18 #427759
    tommylorna
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    Does not VDW use prize money dived by races won.

    January 28, 2013 at 00:06 #427768
    Avatar photowyldesyde
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    You’re right – and this rating gives one of the most reliable assessments of a horse …. he also states that it must be used as a guide in conjunction with other factors such as consistency, speed figures, handicap ratings, race selection, betting forecast etc.

    Good Luck!!

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