Does anybody create their own handicap ratings for horses? and able to explain how to create them?

Question

i am interested in creating my own horse racing ratings but i havent got any idea where to start, i would like to know what nubmer you start with first then how you come about adding more or taking them away such as if a horse wins a race by 5 lengths does does that man you add 5 to its rating and so on just as if it was beaten 5 lengths would you take it away from its rating. Thank you for any help as i have searched different places and cant find anything on creating your own ratings.

Answer 1

there are many methods of rating horse races,one is to give points on horses last 3 runs,plus extra points for C/D wins.

Answer 2

My recommendation is to give up before you start as if you don't know the basics you have no chance. This is a mammoth task but the obvious place to start is by taking the official ratings and to try to see how they have been arrived at and if your experience would lead you to rate certain horses differently. You would need to concentrate on the best horses, rated at least 80 plus, in selected fields i.e. 5f 6f, 7f 8 f 9f, 10f, 12f, 14+f. On good ground one length at 5/6f is equal to 3lbs - (however this does not mean that 5 lengths = 15lbs) - but this ratio will vary according to both the distance of the race, so that over 2 miles it may equal only 1lb, and the softness of the going . The softer it is the more the field tends to get strung out. You need to buy a weekly newspaper which contains the results for the previous week as paper is easier to manage than flicking from one screen to another. Handicap ratings on the flat go as high as 119 as a horse rated 119 is eligible to enter the best of the open handicaps. Beyond 119 the handicapper is inclined to rate all better horses as 120 as he has no job to do here.  In the Racing Post Weekender there is a page called Weightwatcher which gives the official rating adjustments for results up to and including the previous Saturday. You need to be familiar with all this information before you start. Take the Racing Post Weekender for starters. Read some of my other answers on horse racing topics.

Answer 3

leave it to the racing handicappers, otherwise you will end up been very confused, there are a lot of variables in what you want to do, track conditions, open handicaps, 2yo races, apprentice allowances with weight, and all sorts

Answer 4

so many varibles involved!

most important is current form of last 3 races

ready to put the throttle down to win is the key...

a/e horses fit this and are often overlooked by the public thus you get a good price also!

A/E = also eligible (horses have to be scratched before they can enter the race)