New Grades

[WorkingForTheEnemy]

Have I missed something with the new grading system for races? Cheching the papers and it seems as from Weds theyve changed the grades from A,B,C etc to A1 B3 C2 etc. Whats that all about? And even more annoyingly is that the RP website now doesnt seem to put up the grade for the race at all. What goods that? How you supposed to judge a horses chances if you don't know what grade race its running in?

[WorkingForTheEnemy]

Re: New Grades Scanning a few other boards, Ive found some details. This is the basic translation for new grading. From September 1, Flat racing is restructured into five classes, based on value and rating. For handicaps: Class 4=46-55 Class 3=56-70 Class 2=71-85 Class 1=86-110 The previous classes A–H are renamed categories. They include A: Pattern & Listed B: 96-110 Handicaps C: 86-100 D: 71-85 E: 56-70 F: 46-55 G: Classified Stakes 0-50, Claimers & Sellers H: (Class 5) Regional Fixtures For the whole thing in more detail, go here... www.britishhorseracing.com/images/inside_horseracing/media/Flat_Racing_From_September_1st_2004_briefing_note.doc This will take a while getting used to. Im not sure if its a good thing or not but seems theyre keeping the old system for jumps. At least theres no change to that but then the two will have different gradings which will confuse. And still dont see where the RP states the class. Guess you have to work it out for yourself by the handicap rating.