Hi all,

AL ILLICH, once said:

"Horses of superior class defeat horses of inferior class because they have superior speed. Yes, speed and nothing but speed. Not necessarily speed as expressed in the final time of a race, but speed at the right time, speed when it is most needed. ...In order to understand why this is so, it is necessary to understand the importance of the pace of the race, meaning the speed prevailing at different stages of a race."

a. CLASS IS MORE IMPORTANT IN LONGER RACES.
b. CLASS IS MORE IMPORTANT IN HIGHER Classes
c. EVEN HIGHER CLASS Horses START OUT IN MAIDEN RACES.

A Good Class Indicator should produce: a. The highest percentage of WINNERS in its HIGHEST RATED Horses, and the lowest percentage of WINNERS in its LOWEST RATED Horses; b. A higher percentage of WINNERS in HIGHER Classes, and its lowest percentage of WINNERS in the lower Classes; c. A higher average percentage of WINNERS in longer races than in shorter races; and d. A very high percentage of WINNERS in MAIDEN GRADE races.

In short, to me this can only be accomplished by analysisng past winners sectionals and finding where the "right" speed of the race is applied.