Class Rating

We can use the class structure to form a Class Rating for each horse.

The most reliable form comes from exposed runners, horses with 6 or more career runs under their belt or horses with only a few runs but have shown the ability and willingness to win,we can give a Rating to a horse and add a sign "p" to note Progressive or improving.The will to win is synonymous with high quality horses but just as there are horses with high ability that rarely visit the winners enclosure there are horses that given a chance in their right grade have that will to win and that is what forming a class rating is all about, finding the right horse with proven winning form, racing in its true grade.

Use your chosen form rating service to see whether the quality horse is considered on form to have a leading chance, the list is populated with current form horses but there may be class/form runners coming back from a break who run well fresh which merit respect.

Runners with a “?” mark indicate a rating which might be suspect and needs confirming with more racecourse evidence. A “pp” stands for a highly progressive type.

Runners given a "u" are considered unreliable/inconsistent.

"h" stands for rating based mainly on hurdles form.

No adjustment should be made for weight, excepting where you find a runner that has failed to carry 9st or more on previous occasions or where soft ground can make carrying a heavy burden too much for a horse.

Class Ratings

2.35 Sandown

French Opera 125 Wishful Thinking 124 Somersby 118 Sanctuaire 109 hWest With The Wind 108 Woolcombe Folly 104 Dan Breen 83 Cornas 82