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Timeform states that the very poorest horses may be rated as low as 30, with the very best horses rated 130 and above. [6] Two-year-old ratings are slightly lower than those for older horses. It also notes that only a very select number of horses have achieved a rating of 175 and above for hurdling (16) or 182 and above for chasing (20). [7]
Timeform is now owned by online betting exchange Betfair. Today, Timeform ratings are unofficially used to determine the best horses of all time. As of the end of the 2012 flat racing season, the top-rated all-time Timeform horses are Frankel on the flat, Night Nurse over hurdles and Arkle over chase fences. [10]
In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Warning the best British-trained racehorse of his generation. [ 16 ] Pat Eddery described Warning as "a brilliant horse" and an "absolutely top miler" adding that he was "a lovely little fellow, not very big but a gentleman".
Sea Bird: second highest Timeform rated horse (rated 145) Sea the Stars: first horse ever to win the 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, and Arc de Triomphe in the same year (2009) Seabiscuit: beat War Admiral in a nationally broadcast 1938 match race; like Phar Lap, raced during the Depression; Sunday Silence Seattle Slew: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1977)
Vaguely Noble is regarded as one of the best European horses of the post World War II-era. He won six of his nine starts in England and France for the equivalent of US$366,647 in prize-money, earning a Timeform rating of 140. [6] [10] Vaguely Noble, Ribot and Sea-Bird are sometimes considered the greatest winners of the Prix de l'Arc de ...
On the Beyer scale, the top stakes horses in the United States and Canada typically earn numbers in the 100s, while extremely strong performances can rate in the 120s. In Europe, Timeform has a similar rating scale that yields a number, but with a different value. The popular rule of thumb for a rough equivalent of the Timeform score is to ...
In the following year she was rated 128 by Timeform whilst the official French handicap rated her the third best older female behind Allez France and Comtesse de Loir. In the British handicap she was rated the second best older female behind Lianga. [16] In 1981, Dahlia was inducted into the American Horse Racing Hall of Fame. [18]
In the official International Classification for 1983, Chief Singer was given a rating of 75, thirteen pounds below the top-rated two-year-old El Gran Senor. [ 1 ] In 1984, his rating of 92 was the highest for any British three-year-old and the fourth highest for any European horse behind El Gran Senor (98), Teenoso (95) and Sagace (93).