according to Don Scott the following ratings are for country racing in victoria

class 1 44
class 2 46
class 3 48
class 4 49
class 5 50
class 6 52

What would be the ratings for

0-52
0-59
0-65
0-70
0-75
0-79

any help is most welcome

Benny

http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/p_...rogramming.aspx

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Here are 2 lists i use, the second one seams more accurate.


Metropolitan Ratings Based Races
2YO**- No change to how it is currently structured

3YO
3yo Open Handicap (No change)
3yo 0 – 82 (or 3yo midweek - 1MW)
3yo 0 – 72 (3yo Class 1)

OPEN
Open Handicap
0 – 95 (1MW – LY - Strong Midweek restricted race)
0 – 89 (1MW – LY - Class 6 (Equivalent of Midweek/Night/Sunday)
0 – 82 (Class 6 / NMW (Equivalent of Midweek Class 6 / Night / Sunday restricted race)

MARES
Mares Open Handicap
0 - 89 (Mares 1MW LY)
0 - 82 (Mares Class 6)

Provincial Ratings Based Races
Open Handicap
0 - 89 (Class 5 or 6 Provincial)
0 - 78 (Class 4 Provincial)
0 - 72 (Class 2 or 3 Provincial
0 - 68 (Class 1 or 2 Provincial)
0 - 62 (Weak Class 1 Provincial)
Ratings figures courtesy of Racing Victoria website.

RESTRICTED & SPECIAL CONDITIONS RACES
A conditions race is an event where specific conditions must be met before an entry is allowed. Number of wins in the city or country, age, sex, prizemoney won, even horse colour can be a race that is classed as a Restricted or Special condition's race.

TWO-YEAR-OLD**
A race event for 2yo colts & geldings and fillies only. Many 2yo events are open to males and females such as the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, however some 2yo races may be for colts & geldings only or fillies only. Early in the racing season 2yo races can be over distances as short as 900m.

THREE-YEAR-OLD**
A race event for 3yo colts & geldings and fillies only. Many 3yo events are open to males and females such as the Victoria Derby at Flemington, however some 3yo races may be for colts & geldings only, or fillies only.

DERBY
A blue ribbon classic stakes race for three year old colts & geldings and fillies and normally run over a distance of 2400m. The biggest Derby in Australia is the Victoria Derby held at Flemington each year during the spring racing carnival and it is raced over a distance of 2500m.

OAKS
A blue ribbon classic stakes race for three year old fillies and normally run over a distance of 2400m. The biggest Oaks race in Australia is the Crown Oaks held at Flemington each year during the spring racing carnival and it is raced over a distance of 2500m

FOUR-YEAR-OLD**
A race event for 4yo horses and mares only

MARES
A race event for female horses who are 4 years old and upwards

HANDICAP
A race event where the racecourse handicapper assigns horses a weight based on earnings and past performance to create a theoretical level playing field. The**Melbourne Cup**is Australia's most famous handicap race.

OPEN
An open race is one where there are no conditions on horses who enter the race.

FLYING
A race event open to all horses and usually over a sprint distance 1200m or less

WELTER
A race event where a minimum weight is assigned

FLYING WELTER
A race event open to all horses with a minimum weight assigned.

INVITATION RACE**
A race event for invited horses only

STAKES RACE
A race of higher quality that attracts better horses and offers much more prizemoney than a normal race and is generally a black type race such as a Listed or Group race.

QUALITY HANDICAP
A handicap race with a maximum and minimum weight which is different in each state but usually around 60-61kg maximum and 52-53kg minimum. Attracts higher quality horses and is generally a black type Group or Listed race.

SET WEIGHTS AND PENALTIES
A high majority of two and three year old races are run under Set Weights and Penalties (SW+P) conditions where weights are known upon entry into the race. The sex or age of the horse determines the weight of the race. Colts and Geldings usually carry around 2 kilograms more than the fillies. Set weights races are also available for horses and mares.

WEIGHT FOR AGE
A race where a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age(WFA) Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, sex, race distance, and month of the year. These races are usually Group races for high quality gallopers and more often than not Group 1 or Group 2 races. The**WS Cox Plate**is Australia's most famous Weight For Age race.

GROUP AND LISTED RACES
Group and Listed Races are those considered by the Australian Racing Board to reflect the highest standard of racing for races run in Australia and are published in the schedule of races described as “Group and Listed Races” by the Australian Racing Board.Group 1 races are the highest class race in Australia followed by Group 2, Group 3 and Listed races. More info on group races can be found at our**Australian group races**page.

NSW BENCHMARK FIGURE
Benchmark programming and handicapping commenced in NSW on 1st October 2009 to replace the Ratings system in use at the time. A Benchmark figure applies to NSW Meetings only and a horse's Benchmark figure is updated after each race start.





RACE CLASSES IN AUSTRALIA

Used to be reasonably easy - after you won a maiden, the lowest class race you were eligible for was a Class1 - when you won a Class 1 race you could then only compete in a Class 2 or better - when you won that you moved to Class 3 as the minimum quality race you were allowed to contest - and so it went all the way up to Open Class.**
Before that system, it was maiden, progressive, graduation, transition. open and good old Admiral Rouse's weight for age. Then the administrators, realising they were running out of horses with seven day a week races put in our current system so that older, once well performed horses could drop back in class and keep racing and keep the whole seven day a week monster keeping on!
It's why you now have once good horses getting thrashed at Taree et al when they're 9 and 10 years old and should have been retired three years ago :-)

This is our assessment list from best to worst. This is not an "official" list - just how we see things seemingly work out on an average day in, day out basis across all States and our "feel" for how things play out.**
As in all things racing, we are also likely to be wrong!

WFA
Group races
Open handicaps (Saturday and public holidays)
Open handicaps (Provincial - Sundays)
Welter (Saturdays and public holidays)
Flying (Provincial / Sunday)
Class 6 Saturday
Welter / mares handicap (provincial / Sunday)
Class 6 Provincial**
0 - 90 and better
Restricted Handicaps e.g. 1MW, 2MW etc
0 - 80 up to 0- 89
Class 5
0 - 75 up to 0 - 79
Class 4
3YO 1Metro win
0 - 72 up to 0-74
Class 3
0 - 63 up to 0-71
Class 2
3YO Open
0-55 up to 0 - 62
Class 1
3YO Restricted
2YO Quality**
Maiden City
2YO open
Maiden Provincial
Maiden Country

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Thanks shaun.