Racecourse BHA Pars

[TheBluesBrother]

I got bored so I thought I would run a project using Raceform Interactive.

I wanted to know using the BHA ratings, plus every horse over 4yo that ran in England and Ireland, to determine the class of each racecourse.

No surprise that Ascot came out top.

ASCOT <b> 95 </b>
AYR <b> 66 </b>
BALLINROBE <b> 57 </b>
BATH <b> 63 </b>
BELLEWSTOWN <b> 60 </b>
BEVERLEY <b> 65 </b>
BRIGHTON <b> 58 </b>
CARLISLE <b> 65 </b>
CATTERICK <b> 64 </b>
CHEPSTOW <b> 60 </b>
CHESTER <b> 82 </b>
CLONMEL <b> 60 </b>
CORK <b> 72 </b>
CURRAGH <b> 83 </b>
DONCASTER <b> 81 </b>
DOWN ROYAL <b> 60 </b>
DOWNPATRICK <b> 55 </b>
DUNDALK (A.W) <b> 69 </b>
EPSOM <b> 82 </b>
FAIRYHOUSE <b> 67 </b>
FFOS LAS <b> 71 </b>
FOLKESTONE <b> 64 </b>
GALWAY <b> 74 </b>
GOODWOOD <b> 84 </b>
GOWRAN PARK <b> 71 </b>
HAMILTON <b> 65 </b>
HAYDOCK <b> 77 </b>
KEMPTON (A.W) <b> 65 </b>
KILLARNEY <b> 63 </b>
LAYTOWN <b> 66 </b>
LEICESTER <b> 69 </b>
LEOPARDSTOWN <b> 80 </b>
LIMERICK <b> 64 </b>
LINGFIELD <b> 63 </b>
LINGFIELD (A.W) <b> 67 </b>
LISTOWEL <b> 69 </b>
MUSSELBURGH <b> 66 </b>
NAAS <b> 69 </b>
NAVAN <b> 72 </b>
NEWBURY <b> 79 </b>
NEWCASTLE <b> 66 </b>
NEWMARKET <b> 90 </b>
NEWMARKET (JULY) <b> 82 </b>
NOTTINGHAM <b> 66 </b>
PONTEFRACT <b> 70 </b>
REDCAR <b> 64 </b>
RIPON <b> 74 </b>
ROSCOMMON <b> 64 </b>
SALISBURY <b> 72 </b>
SANDOWN <b> 81 </b>
SLIGO <b> 63 </b>
SOUTHWELL (A.W) <b> 60 </b>
THIRSK <b> 70 </b>
TIPPERARY <b> 68 </b>
TRAMORE <b> 62 </b>
WARWICK <b> 65 </b>
WEXFORD <b> 58 </b>
WINDSOR <b> 72 </b>
WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) <b> 62 </b>
YARMOUTH <b> 61 </b>
YORK <b> 88 </b>

[TheBluesBrother]

I just had a look at the BHA class pars for the all weather tracks.

The class 7 pars were exactly the same on all four tracks .

COURSE CLASS BHA PARS
LINGFIELD (A.W) GP3

109

LINGFIELD (A.W) LST

104

LINGFIELD (A.W) C2

92

LINGFIELD (A.W) C3

90

LINGFIELD (A.W) C4

79

LINGFIELD (A.W) C5

68

LINGFIELD (A.W) C6

58

LINGFIELD (A.W) C7

45

COURSE CLASS BHA PARS
KEMPTON (A.W) GP3

110

KEMPTON (A.W) LST

105

KEMPTON (A.W) C2

94

KEMPTON (A.W) C3

88

KEMPTON (A.W) C4

79

KEMPTON (A.W) C5

67

KEMPTON (A.W) C6

57

KEMPTON (A.W) C7

45

COURSE CLASS BHA PARS
WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) LST

105

WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) C2

93

WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) C3

87

WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) C4

77

WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) C5

68

WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) C6

57

WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) C7

45

COURSE CLASS BHA PARS
SOUTHWELL (A.W) C2

88

SOUTHWELL (A.W) C3

86

SOUTHWELL (A.W) C4

76

SOUTHWELL (A.W) C5

66

SOUTHWELL (A.W) C6

56

SOUTHWELL (A.W) C7

45

[sberry]

Don’t suppose you can break down the numbers/percentages of active horses into classes, ie, how many/what percent of current racehorses compete at each class level?

[TheBluesBrother]

Don’t suppose you can break down the numbers/percentages of active horses into classes, ie, how many/what percent of current racehorses compete at each class level?

Results from 2005 to 2012 covering all British flat racecourses.

C2 29009

6.65%

C3 25640

5.88%

C4 79120

18.14%

C5 160888

36.88%

C6 127914

29.32%

C7 13640

3.13%

[Irish Stamp]

Hope you don’t mind me asking BB but how does it determine each figure for each track?

Had assumed it was an Average winning rating but Downpatrick in the 50’s puts the mockers on that (jumps only etc).

Thanks

Martin

[TheBluesBrother]

Hope you don’t mind me asking BB but how does it determine each figure for each track?

Had assumed it was an Average winning rating but Downpatrick in the 50’s puts the mockers on that (jumps only etc).

Thanks

Martin

The BHA class pars are for the flat only.

Using the Raceform Interactive Query tool and using the "Aggregate" function in Excel 2010.

I took the BHA ratings for every winner from 2005 up to 2012, I then calculated the median figure of all the BHA ratings to arrive at a BHA racecourse class par.

If you want to check out the BHA ratings for Downpatrick etc:
http://tinyurl.com/c7pym7n
(25,000 races)

[Irish Stamp]

Thanks BB

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