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Valuist
05-05-2011, 12:34 PM
IMO, they are:

1. Arkansas Derby
2. Florida Derby
3. Louisiana Derby
MNslappy
05-05-2011, 01:08 PM
IMO, they are:

1. Arkansas Derby
2. Florida Derby
3. Louisiana Derby

here are the prep Race Ratings from BRIS (http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/static.cgi?page=classrate)...

Florida 120
Fountain 119
Rebel 118
Holy Bull 118
Santa Anita 117
Gotham 117
LA Derby 117
Arkansas 117
San Felipe 117
Bluegrass 117
Sunland 117
Wood 116
Timely 116
Spiral 116
Risen Star 116
Lexington 116
Southwest 116
SamFDavis 116
Tampa 115
Illinois 114
depalma113
05-05-2011, 01:12 PM
What no UAE derby?
Valuist
05-05-2011, 01:52 PM
here are the prep Race Ratings from BRIS (http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/static.cgi?page=classrate)...

Florida 120
Fountain 119
Rebel 118
Holy Bull 118
Santa Anita 117
Gotham 117
LA Derby 117
Arkansas 117
San Felipe 117
Bluegrass 117
Sunland 117
Wood 116
Timely 116
Spiral 116
Risen Star 116
Lexington 116
Southwest 116
SamFDavis 116
Tampa 115
Illinois 114

Amazing BRIS could put the Rebel ahead of the Arkansas Derby when horses like Nehro and JPs Gusto were in the Ark Derby but not in the Rebel, yet all the main players from the Rebel were also in the Ark Derby.

And the Gotham that high? That's a joke. BRIS isn't doing themselves any favors publishing these rankings.
keithw84
05-05-2011, 04:20 PM
I agree the Florida Derby had a lot of good (or at least accomplished) horses in the field, but as someone (maybe Watchmaker?) said, no one really showed up that day. Is it possible in these ratings to earn a class figure lower than the race figure? All the examples show class figures for the winning horse being higher than that race's figure.