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On 2004-04-28 17:19, Luckyboy wrote:
I am having real difficulty in coming up with a quick method for measuring the class of a horse.

Luckyboy: This works in determing the 'class' horse of the field, but it does take a bit of effort.

In handicap races for the following:
award one point for every kg above the minimum a horse is handicapped (ignoring any claims) - max 10 points;
determine a ranking order for win strike rate and award ten points for the top-ranked horse, nine for the second, etc;
do the same re the place ranking;
do the same for both the total prizemoney and the average prizemoney rankings and add the two together and then score out of ten, ie. combined top-ranked gets ten points etc.

Sum up all the points and what you will be left with should be the 'class' runner of the field.

Just one caution - be careful when ranking lightly raced horses.

To quicken the process totally ignore any horse handicapped on the minimum weight or within one kg of the minimum weight - often you will be left with only a handful of runners.

In WFA and set weights races, do not award any points for 'handicapping' because there hasn't been any, but double the points for the combined prizemoney ranking.

[ This Message was edited by: La Mer on 2004-04-28 18:51 ]

[ This Message was edited by: La Mer on 2004-04-28 18:56 ]