In horse racing what do the classes represent ie. C1, C2, C3 and which class is superior as the grade them?

Question

I want to know about the classes and how they grade the horses and which grade is superior. Does the grade improve as you go up numerically or viceversa.

Answer 1

well g1 is the best of them all, than it gos to g2, g3 stakes ,allowance ,claiming, than maiden.2year olds

Answer 2

In GB and Ireland races are rated according to their class.  The higher the class of race, the better the prize money and therefore the better the quality of the race.

Class 1 races are made up of Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Listed races - the so-called Pattern Races.

Class 2 races tend to be high-end handicaps and conditions races, and the odd high-value maiden race.

Class 3 races are made of predominantly handicaps, classified races and maidens.

Class 4 races are much the same as Class 3, just lesser in value.

Class 5 races are made up of maidens, median-auction races, sellers and claimers.

Class 6 races are again similar to Class 5, but lesser in value.

Then we have the Class 7 - dreaded banded races!  These are races for horses who are so poorly rated that they cannot get a run in any other types of race.  Personally I think we should scrap these races and take the useless horses out of the racing population.  They'd have a much happier life doing something like showjumping or dressage.

Each class of race has a "minimum value", that is the bare minimum of prize money that should be on offer for that class of race.  Minimum values change several times a year, and unfortunately they always seem to go down!

Answer 3

I think in Australia class 1 is higher than class 2 and class 3. But they are all below group races. I think you can enter a race judged on previous times and race history, but I suspect there is also a fair amount of descretion left to race committees (partly because fees are paid for entry and nomination etc).

Answer 4

Class 1 (which is sub-divided into Group1, Group2, Group3 & Listed) is the highest Class of racing, followed by Class 2, Class 3 etc.

The classification of races in this manner is broadly based on the prize-money on offer and the subsequent ability of an individual horse i.e: a horse of Group1 ability would race for the highest prize-money (along with the prestige of course.)