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Posted on Sunday, August 10th, 2008
2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin is scheduled to work Monday morning between 5:45 and 6 a.m. at Saratoga‘s main track, weather permitting, in preparation for his next start, the $500,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) on August 30.
Last Wednesday, Timeform of England ranked Curlin as the best horse in the world. According to Timeform publishers, its ratings are “the merit of the horse expressed in pounds, and is arrived by careful examination of its running against other horses using a scale of weight for distance beaten which ranges from around three pounds a length at five furlongs and two pounds a length at a mile and a quarter to one pound at two miles.”
In the United States, the Beyer Speed Figure is used, which has a set up that yields a different rating number. The popular rule of thumb for obtaining a rough equating of the Beyer score is to add 12-14 points to achieve the Timeform number.
Timeform ratings for three-year-olds and up are as follows:
- 140 – An outstanding horse
- 130-135 – Above average Group 1 winner
- 125-129 – Average Group 1 winner
- 115-120 – Average Group 2 winner
- 110-115 – Average Group 3 winner
- 100-105 – Average listed race winner
Curlin earned a 134, with his closest rival Duke of Marmalade (133). Next were Big Brown (132), Papal Bull (132) and Henrythenavigator, New Approach and Sacred Kingdom, all at 130.
Horse racing news edited from www.nyra.com.
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