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A way of rating a race

Olwenba

Filly
A new thread, hopefully with a new idea worth abit of merit but lets see.

The idea is two use both the RPR and OR a combination of ways to find the best horses in any given race using those two constants for the class of the horse, race, opposition and the performance rating.

I also use horseracebase for my race selection, I do prefer the handicaps and prefer more runners (8+) the idea being the more runners the likely the race will be truly run and the form being solid. I have the system saved and it produces me a shortlist of races to look at. Now the way I'm rating does involve a bit of manual input from the RPR the rest of the data I can gather direct from horseracebase. I did rate a race earlier, which now has a non runner so only 7 runners but we will proceed anyway, the race is the 2.55 Kelso class 121 how I am rating it. I use the last 6 races of form as per the showing on the racing post,

LTOBestHorseOR
0​
136​
Jungle Jack
132​
112​
132​
Carnfunnock (IRE)
126​
123​
123​
Ginger Mail (FR)
124​
110.5​
111​
Ip Up (FR)
121​
107.5​
108​
Bois Guillbert (FR)
119​
114​
114​
Slugger
118​
123​
123​
Cracking Rhapsody (IRE)
115​

As you can see, we have LTO rating and their best from the last 6, followed by the horse and its official rating. What is noticable straight away is as this is a class 121 the best figures of Ip Up, Bois Guillbert and Slugger are way short of todays class. These would be eliminated from contention. This now gives us a shortlist to delve further to see if a winner can be found. Bother Ginger Mail and Cracking Rhapsody put up figures just above class LTO, not by much and were 1 and 2 in the same race, both arriving in form. Both Jungle Jack and Carnfunnock were below form LTO but both recorded their best figures 2 starts back. In a brief summary their two best were over 2m 4f and 2m 3f and todays 2m trip could be on the sharp side? GM and CR both ran over the same CD on soft ground last time so could be the two to focus on here. CR with only 1 handicap run still could have improvement and only has to make up 3L on GM and I would be keen on him to reverse the form.

Anyway not too much detail on the analysis at the minute but a view on how I see the race. It's the ratings I'm looking to hopefully gain abit of confidence in but I guess it's all trial and error and can only be used as a guide.

Ready to see one of the first ones eliminated romp in now..... would be just my luck!
 
So another race for example the 4.10 wolves class 62.5 and the ratings below;

Rating
HorseOR
1​
2​
3​
4​
5​
6​
Best
Blazing Hot
65​
58​
55.5​
62​
64​
60​
61​
64​
Back Tomorrow
65​
70​
64.5​
60​
70​
Sixties Chic
64​
73​
71​
72​
71.5​
65.5​
71.5​
73​
Glamorous Express (IRE)
63​
70​
72.5​
73​
56.5​
79​
78​
79​
Late Arrival (IRE)
63​
42​
70.5​
52​
83.5​
79.5​
66​
83.5​
South Dakota Sioux (IRE)
62​
36​
71​
72​
63.5​
55​
33​
72​
All In The Hips (IRE)
61​
63​
65​
66​
58​
64.5​
44​
66​
Ballysax Lil Mick (IRE)
60​
10​
27.5​
27.5​
Porfin (IRE)
57​
63​
58​
60​
73​
48​
72​
73​
Empress Of Bough (IRE)
50​
52.5​
50​
56​
54​
64​
51​
64​

Ballyaax lil Mick is out of it straight away. The majority have ran a race better than class before but doing alittle further study I have eliminated also empress of bough, porfin, South dakota sioux and Blazing Hot, late arrival and all the hips. Back Tomorrow looks to be improving and has a nice draw and would be my selection.
 
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I need to find a quicker way of getting the RPR onto a spreadsheet so have only managed to rate the LTO races for the 4 races I have on my shortlist. Here are the 4 and my thoughts...

timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
130​
2.25.AscotLe Milos
146​
122​
2.25.AscotRare Edition (IRE)
139​
127​
2.25.AscotJay Jay Reilly (IRE)
139​
132​
2.25.AscotHyland (FR)
135​
131​
2.25.AscotSantos Blue
133​
122​
2.25.AscotSoaring Glory (IRE)
132​
122​
2.25.AscotRambo T (IRE)
132​
129​
2.25.AscotTeddy Blue (GER)
131​
128​
2.25.AscotMonviel (IRE)
128​
101​
2.25.AscotIssam (FR)
126​
122​
2.25.AscotOstend (IRE)
126​
102​
2.25.AscotIrish Hill (GER)
125​
125​
2.25.AscotMothill (IRE)
123​
126​
2.25.AscotBad (FR)
122​
111​
2.25.AscotIn The Air (FR)
121​
0​
2.25.AscotArqoob (IRE)
120​
124​
timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
137​
3.15.HaydockIwilldoit
149​
123​
3.15.HaydockChambard (FR)
147​
0​
3.15.HaydockHighland Hunter (IRE)
145​
0​
3.15.HaydockIron Bridge (IRE)
140​
122​
3.15.HaydockFamous Bridge (IRE)
139​
0​
3.15.HaydockYeah Man (IRE)
133​
139​
3.15.HaydockFull Back (FR)
133​
0​
3.15.HaydockCredo (IRE)
132​
134​
3.15.HaydockMy Silver Lining (IRE)
127​
142​
3.15.HaydockSnipe (IRE)
124​
129​
timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
124​
3.50.HaydockCuthbert Dibble (IRE)
133​
125​
3.50.HaydockPunta Del Este (FR)
131​
125​
3.50.HaydockIlovethenightlife
130​
115​
3.50.HaydockJai Froid (IRE)
129​
132​
3.50.HaydockCastle Rushen (IRE)
127​
117​
3.50.HaydockLord Snootie (IRE)
122​
0​
3.50.HaydockYes Day (IRE)
121​
0​
3.50.HaydockOur Sam
119​
117​
3.50.HaydockSchalke
118​
58​
3.50.HaydockFoillan (IRE)
110​
108​
timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
105​
4.17.WincantonEceparti (FR)
110​
103​
4.17.WincantonMotion In Limine (IRE)
110​
0​
4.17.WincantonUptown Lady (IRE)
109​
0​
4.17.WincantonEdeiffs Elton
108​
6​
4.17.WincantonLeissieres Express
105​
0​
4.17.WincantonSamuel Jackson
105​
95​
4.17.WincantonNo Hubs No Hoobs (IRE)
103​
95​
4.17.WincantonCaptain Claude (IRE)
100​
100​
4.17.WincantonBorn At Midnight
91​
109​


Ascot 2.25; class 130 by my calculations. Nothing really shining on their lto performance only Jay Jay Reilly and Hyland making a performance better than class but not by much. No obvious stand out and one to swerve me thinks.

3.15 haydock; class 137 a few of these failed to finish LTO but those who did My silver Lining and yeah man putting up figures better than class and I think are the two to focus on. My Silver Lining is up 5lb but gets similar conditions here to lto and would be my selection.

3.50 haydock; Not too many to note here, Cuthbert Dibble looks progressive, steps up to 3m on heavy ground though? I'll stick with Jai Ford for this one.

4.17 Wincanton; born to midnight at the bottom of the handicap could do well first run in 11months lto and did well on my figures. My selection.

Selections
My silver Lining
Jai Ford
Born to Midnight
 
2.25 - Right to swerve the race at ascot.

3.15 I've had the 1st and 2nd on the shortlist and chose the wrong one.

3.50 I've had the winner mentioned but was not sure the trip/ground combo. The selection ran okay in 4th.

4.17 - Born to midnight did okay for about 2 1/2 miles but not good enough in the end.

Work in progress with these, had I managed to included the 6 last time runs rather than one maybe a different picture would have emerged. I know how the ratings are formed its finding a way to interpret them the best way. The time consuming part really is the RPR for the runners and getting them onto a spreadsheet for the rest of the ratings to be formed. That's the manual part keying those in. There's bit of promise shown with a couple of the results so far but very early days of course.
 
Moving on to this evening I've managed to rate 4 races and below are the ratings

timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
50​
6.15.WolverhamptonBeau Geste (IRE)
46​
42​
6.15.WolverhamptonCalcutta Dream (IRE)
51​
54​
6.15.WolverhamptonDescendant
46​
26​
6.15.WolverhamptonHavana Goldrush
52​
55​
6.15.WolverhamptonHazel Bear
55​
55​
6.15.WolverhamptonKemerton (IRE)
49​
56​
6.15.WolverhamptonLough Leane (IRE)
58​
63​
6.15.WolverhamptonStar Of St Louis (FR)
51​
57​
6.15.WolverhamptonVan Zant
46​
53​
timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
67​
6.30.NewcastleBallyare
70​
75​
6.30.NewcastleHes An Angel
69​
64​
6.30.NewcastleHurt You Never (IRE)
66​
73​
6.30.NewcastleNaaser (IRE)
66​
63​
6.30.NewcastlePub Talk (IRE)
65​
55​
6.30.NewcastleRamon Di Loria (IRE)
65​
67​
6.30.NewcastleRory
64​
76​
6.30.NewcastleWestmorian
69​
74​
timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
59​
7.00.NewcastleAnif (IRE)
62​
51​
7.00.NewcastleComedian Leader
62​
56​
7.00.NewcastleConcert Boy (IRE)
62​
65​
7.00.NewcastleDanielsflyer (IRE)
61​
25​
7.00.NewcastleHeadabovetherest (IRE)
60​
0​
7.00.NewcastleJems Bond
57​
58​
7.00.NewcastleOne Last Hug
52​
60​
7.00.NewcastleRich Waters (IRE)
59​
64​
7.00.NewcastleSaisons Dor (IRE)
58​
56​
timetrackhorse_nametodayorRating1
59​
7.30.NewcastleAngel Amadea
59​
61​
7.30.NewcastleEleven Eleven (FR)
61​
64​
7.30.NewcastleGlobal Humor (USA)
52​
54​
7.30.NewcastleRing Fenced
58​
25​
7.30.NewcastleShes Got Bottle
62​
67​
7.30.NewcastleSmalleytime (IRE)
60​
40​
7.30.NewcastleTo The Bar (IRE)
60​
64​
7.30.NewcastleTurbo Command (IRE)
62​
67​

Just a few quick thoughts on the

6.15 lough leane looks the pick, a winner last time out follow up again here.

6.30 Rory is consistent and looks good on the figures.

7.00 concert boy and rich waters I find hard to split.

7.30 she's got the bottle and turbo command
 
So I've decided to drop using the RPR as it's taking far too much time manual inputting those numbers onto the spreadsheets. So instead the OR is being used for all figures that I arrive at, class of race, class of the horse etc now what this has allowed me to do after abit of tinkering is use the ratings machine in HRB to create the raw figures I want. I can rate upto 10 races per runner per race using this now but I won't be using that many, instead I'll be taking the last 3. These raw figures can be exported onto a spreadsheet where there is a little excel work to be done to get the adjusted figures I want but the whole days handicaps can be done quite quickly. I'll use the 2.35 at punchestown as an example now. The ratings show the top OR in the race as 144 This is the class of the race, ideally now what I'm looking for is a LTO figures of the runners to be greater than 144. This meaning a horse only has to repeat their effort from last time to stand a good chance in the race today. If no figure LTO is greater the look to the 2lr and 3lr. Any figures that is extremely low and minus is showing the horse didn't finish the race.

timetrackhorsetoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
2.35.PunchestownAny Second Now (IRE)
144​
144​
114​
118​
23​
118​
2.35.PunchestownDunboyne (IRE)
144​
138​
0​
144​
5​
144​
2.35.PunchestownFrontal Assault (IRE)
144​
138​
111​
137​
139​
139​
2.35.PunchestownMy Immortal (IRE)
144​
134​
-134​
-134​
-134​
-134​
2.35.PunchestownQueen Jane (IRE)
144​
134​
0​
135​
-6​
135​
2.35.PunchestownStormy Judge (IRE)
144​
132​
145​
86​
-20​
145​
2.35.PunchestownStreet Value (IRE)
144​
132​
0​
127​
138​
138​
2.35.PunchestownMust Be Obeyed (IRE)
144​
131​
131​
1​
127​
131​
2.35.PunchestownChampagne Platinum (IRE)
144​
130​
108​
121​
2​
121​
2.35.PunchestownFakiera (FR)
144​
125​
3​
126​
6​
126​
2.35.PunchestownClonmeen (IRE)
144​
123​
113​
102​
94​
113​
2.35.PunchestownWhere It All Began (IRE)
144​
123​
-1​
111​
92​
111​
2.35.PunchestownRegina Dracones (IRE)
144​
121​
89​
77​
139​
139​
2.35.PunchestownWellhavewan (IRE)
144​
118​
148​
143​
133​
148​
2.35.PunchestownBaldurs Gate (IRE)
144​
118​
97​
122​
91​
122​

From the figures the best LTO races are from stormy judge and wellhavewan both better than class. These two now require abit more attention. Dunboyne is the only other runner to match or better the class from the reaming runners.

What the figures do is narrow the focus down the ones with the ability to compete in today's race. I have the criteria in place to give me the races to look at each day, the figures give me the horses in those races to look at further. We'll see shortly how the race pans out but hopefully gives an idea of what I'm looking at/for in a race.
 
The remaining races on the shortlist of races are below.. I have ** the horses which make the shortlist
timetrackhorsetoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
2.45.MusselburghCall Me Harry (IRE)**
112​
112​
106​
-3​
113​
113​
2.45.MusselburghBalkardy (FR)**
112​
110​
103​
115​
120​
120​
2.45.MusselburghCardamon Hill (IRE)
112​
108​
89​
4​
90​
90​
2.45.MusselburghMasked Crusader (FR)
112​
108​
105​
7​
11​
105​
2.45.MusselburghJem In Em (IRE)
112​
107​
106​
106​
102​
106​
2.45.MusselburghSean Og (IRE)
112​
104​
98​
2​
87​
98​
2.45.MusselburghValleyview Tommy (IRE)
112​
103​
-103​
-103​
-103​
-103​
2.45.MusselburghSo Many Roads
112​
99​
93​
93​
99​
99​
timetrackhorsetoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
4.20.MusselburghLimerick Leader (FR)
92​
92​
86​
88​
82​
88​
4.20.MusselburghCoolkill (IRE)**
92​
89​
84​
97​
64​
97​
4.20.MusselburghEx Selance (FR)**
92​
84​
106​
93​
95​
106​
4.20.MusselburghClaret Dabbler**
92​
81​
4​
76​
109​
109​
4.20.MusselburghBudarri**
92​
77​
110​
98​
75​
110​
4.20.MusselburghDivas Doyen (IRE)**
92​
76​
97​
-5​
72​
97​
4.20.MusselburghIzzys Champion** (IRE)
92​
75​
8​
95​
96​
96​
4.20.MusselburghHalfway House Lad
92​
71​
89​
87​
92​
92​
4.20.MusselburghBlazing Hartingo (IRE)
92​
66​
82​
91​
70​
91​
timetrackhorsetoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
4.50.MusselburghCancan (FR)**
100​
100​
109​
115​
93​
115​
4.50.MusselburghBashful**
100​
98​
107​
63​
50​
107​
4.50.MusselburghAll Ways And Ever (IRE)
100​
97​
2​
6​
-97​
6​
4.50.MusselburghCopper Fox
100​
87​
97​
87​
94​
97​
4.50.MusselburghCliffs Of Dooneen (IRE)
100​
84​
45​
71​
94​
94​
4.50.MusselburghDont Look Back
100​
83​
89​
25​
31​
89​
4.50.MusselburghWe Still Believe (IRE)
100​
81​
95​
83​
88​
95​
4.50.MusselburghSpanish Hustle
100​
80​
46​
50​
59​
59​
4.50.MusselburghLifetime Adventure (IRE)
100​
79​
76​
85​
5​
85​
4.50.MusselburghLa Quarite (FR)
100​
88​
-88​
-88​
-88​
-88​
timetrackhorsetoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
5.30.KemptonBeautiful Surprise**
60​
60​
53​
61​
54​
61​
5.30.KemptonArt Collection (FR)
60​
60​
51​
21​
24​
51​
5.30.KemptonAraifjan**
60​
59​
65​
51​
17​
65​
5.30.KemptonRevision
60​
58​
51​
51​
58​
58​
5.30.KemptonSeas Of Elzaam (IRE)
60​
58​
50​
49​
31​
50​
5.30.KemptonDulcet Spirit**
60​
57​
57​
62​
46​
62​
5.30.KemptonSmasher (IRE)
60​
57​
51​
47​
-4​
51​
5.30.KemptonDivine Messenger
60​
56​
51​
44​
57​
57​
5.30.KemptonMiss Moonshine
60​
55​
58​
50​
54​
58​
5.30.KemptonWhite Mist
60​
53​
52​
49​
57​
57​
5.30.KemptonScramble
60​
50​
54​
44​
-2​
54​
5.30.KemptonStar Adorned (IRE)
60​
46​
-3​
0​
32​
32​
timetrackhorsetoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
6.00.KemptonOne Hart (IRE)**
60​
60​
59​
63​
60​
63​
6.00.KemptonHolbache
60​
59​
29​
58​
44​
58​
6.00.KemptonDue Date
60​
58​
46​
46​
42​
46​
6.00.KemptonMan On A Mission**
60​
58​
59​
55​
63​
63​
6.00.KemptonDiamondsinthesand (IRE)**
60​
57​
54​
61​
59​
61​
6.00.KemptonPorfin (IRE)
60​
57​
54​
56​
50​
56​
6.00.KemptonDiamond Dreamer
60​
56​
54​
58​
43​
58​
6.00.KemptonPrincess Naomi**
60​
55​
48​
62​
54​
62​
6.00.KemptonPhoenix Star (IRE)**
60​
55​
63​
53​
23​
63​
6.00.KemptonSisters In The Sky
60​
52​
45​
50​
48​
50​
6.00.KemptonBeauen Arrows**
60​
50​
37​
23​
65​
65​

Obviously the ratings a purely a guide and other aspects must be looked at before checking if one is worthy of being a selection. Maybe the use of a speed rating to match a good class/form figure I have is an indication the form is worth some merit? Anyway not to get too far ahead the figures can now be done alot quicker are they any good? Who knows? But it's a start.
 
I'm going to pop something on but I'm not sure how it will come out. It's something that is part of Inform racing
 
Official Ratings
HorseTo LastTodayLastHighestLto1Lto2Lto3Lto4Lto5Lto6Lto7Lto8Lto9Lto10

Captain Quint-2+117+119+119117/2121/8122/2122/U122/5119/1118/2119/3120/3120/U
Grey Skies+2+119+117+117119/2120/4121/4123/5123/6122/2117/1117/1122/4127/5
Hold Onto The Line+1+107+106+106106/1108/7110/P110/4103/195/191/10/50/70/3
Honey I'm Good+4+105+101+101107/P99/7101/P101/3101/2107/4101/194/10/30/1
Massini Man+5+108+103+103110/3110/F111/3103/199/296/197/498/298/299/2
No Regrets+4+112+108+108110/2111/3108/1104/2100/1100/2105/9110/7115/4117/6
Return Fire+2+105+103+103106/5106/3103/1105/6106/3107/2109/4110/4102/1102/1
So They Say+7+103+96+9696/195/495/295/F0/30/4
 
Thanks, I've managed to get the raw ratings I need from Horseracebase. The ratings machine on there are using the official ratings and basically a standard lbs per length figure which is used for beaten horses, this gives me a raw rating which I then tweak to give the final rating you see on the thread now in the last couple of posts. I had timing issues at first it was abit more manual than it is now but this way has speeded things up considerably.
 
Including the punchestown race the shortlist of horses from the ratings threw up 4 winners from 6 races the losing races having shortlist horses finish second. A couple of nice prices. Not too bad today, an area worth more of a look going forward.

HRB already have the cards and system ready for tomorrow, looks plenty of handicaps tomorrow to sort the figures out for.
 
Including the punchestown race the shortlist of horses from the ratings threw up 4 winners from 6 races the losing races having shortlist horses finish second. A couple of nice prices. Not too bad today, an area worth more of a look going forward.

HRB already have the cards and system ready for tomorrow, looks plenty of handicaps tomorrow to sort the figures out for.
soundslike your doing well with this
 
I managed to creat a macro to seperate the InformRacing Hcap marks from the positions.
Official Ratings
HorseTo LastTodayLastHighestLto1Lto2Lto3Lto4Lto5Lto6Lto7Lto8Lto9Lto10
Blazing Hartingo-66--66373771575P04040900000759-66-66-66-66-66-66
Budarri-7777778327938158278228028158248227716245534550
Claret Dabbler-81--85P904882893907955984030805497891417-81-81-81
Coolkill-89--90488293897P10291078114P1156116P011-1481318252627-89
Divas Doyen-76--74271P73273571274576581886P92P-2-5-3-3-5-2051016
Ex S'Elance184838384485384283182284P7717810783797010-1-20-7-6-6-5
Halfway House Lad-71--724107283871787P779011050U136120166-71-71-71-71
Izzy's Champion-107585-83P77378379379281380477282586582344652711
Limerick Leader-92--968100710471042100210371002101510331053481212811891113
 
TheBluesBrother TheBluesBrother

Thank you, it was an idea I tried to explore. Do you use these figures today? It was part of my thinking originally, using the two together as a raw figure and look at a couple of ways to give an final class/rating. I couldn't find a quick way to get the RPR data onto the spreadsheets I had and was too much manual work for me so dropped the idea of using RPR and instead just used the OR for all the data.
 
I did the figures last night, so possibly a non runner or two will be included in them the first race on my shortlist of races 1.47Lingfield ill give my thoughts as there is one I particularly like;

timetrackhorserunnerscategorytoporOfficialRatingLR2LR3LRBest
1.47.LingfieldMclean House (FR)**
9​
All Weather
83​
83​
89​
69​
74​
89​
1.47.LingfieldRiot (IRE)**
9​
All Weather
83​
83​
88​
74​
81​
88​
1.47.LingfieldBorgi (IRE)
9​
All Weather
83​
83​
77​
82​
58​
82​
1.47.LingfieldLarado (FR)
9​
All Weather
83​
82​
76​
79​
78​
79​
1.47.LingfieldGood Too (FR)**
9​
All Weather
83​
80​
76​
93​
86​
93​
1.47.LingfieldEpsom Faithfull
9​
All Weather
83​
78​
72​
73​
66​
73​
1.47.LingfieldParty Island (IRE)
9​
All Weather
83​
78​
63​
51​
70​
70​
1.47.LingfieldMint Edition**
9​
All Weather
83​
77​
56​
93​
65​
93​
1.47.LingfieldSandy Paradise (IRE)
9​
All Weather
83​
76​
77​
64​
75​
77​

The ** horses are one on the shortlist which are

Mclean House
Riot
Good Too
Mint Edition

Good too and Mint Edition have the best rating of 93. Mint Edition his figure was achieved in a 4 runner race, where top weight was giving bags of weight away and finished 3rd form is ??? Also has been off the track 241 days and is currently around 66/1 so not for me. Good too achieved his rating 2LR, at odds of 125/1 - was that fluke performance? odds of around 33/1 today suggests it could have been so not for me.

We are left with Riot and Mclean house, the one I like here is the latter. Needed every yard of 7f LR and has only had 4 runs in handicaps so possible he hasnt reached his ceiling just yet. Would have progressive numbers but for 2lr being in stall 10 and racing keenly on the outside before fading, got back on track LR at this course which is also the best LR figure of the runners.
 
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