Do It Yourself Horse Racing Ratings

This system of ratings looks at the main areas of most "experts" considerations and allocates a points value for each.

Use in any race where every horse has had at least three starts.

Days since last start:

1	100	11	90	21	79	31	69
2	99	12	89	22	78	32	68
3	98	13	87	23	77	33	67
4	97	14	86	24	76	34	66
5	96	15	85	24	75	35	65
6	95	16	84	26	74	36	64
7	94	17	83	27	73	37	63
8	93	18	82	28	72	38	62
9	92	19	81	28	71	39	61
10	91	20	80	30	70	40+	60

Last Start Beaten Margin

0 - 1 len	100
1.25 - 1.5 len	98
1.6 - 2 len	96
2.25 - 3 len	94
3.1 - 4.0 len	90
4.1 - 5 len	87
5.1 - 6 len	84
6.1 - 7 len	81
7.1 - 8 len	77
8.1 - 9 len	72
9.1 - 10 len	67

2nd Last start Beaten Margin

0 - 1 len	80
1.1 - 2 len	77
2.1 - 3 len	74
3.1 - 4.0 len	70
4.1 - 5 len	66
5.1 - 6 len	61
6.1 - 7 len	56
7.1 - 8 len	50
8.1 - 9 len	44
9.1 - 10 len	37

Barrier Positions (after scratchings)

1 thru 9                  8 points
10 +                       3 points

Jockey
Top 3 Jockey    8 points  

Wet Track Winner (only allocated if track is heavy)

Winner (or close up second)                        12 points
Place getter (or within 1 len of winner)         7 points

We do not endorse the above ratings methodology and merely present it here for your interest and information.