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SILVINIACO CONTI has been awarded the title of the sport's highest-rated jumper following the unveiling of last season's Anglo-Irish classifications.
Victory in the King George VI Chase gave the Paul Nicholls-trained stayer, who later went on to land Aintree's Betfred Bowl, an official rating of 174, enough to make him jumping's outstanding performer.
Sprinter Sacre, the champion of 2012-2013, earned his accolade with a rating of 188.

Sire De Grugy, crowned horse of the season in a public vote last month, on this occasion had to settle for second with a team of handicappers led by Phil Smith and Noel O'Brien, crowning him the sport's top two-miler with a figure of 172, the same mark Cue Card earned in the three miles-plus division after winning the Betfair Chase and finishing second to Silviniaco Conti at Kempton.
Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere was rated just 166, making him only the seventh highest-rated chaser with Last Instalment (169), Captain Chris (169) and Dynaste (167) also all deemed to have produced better performances.

Cheltenham victors Jezki and More Of That share top billing among hurdlers with the Champion Hurdle and World Hurdle winners both pegged on 169.
Next best among hurdlers were My Tent Or Yours (168), The New One (167) and Hurricane Fly (166).

In the novice categoriesHolywell is rated the best staying novice chaser since Gloria Victis on 163, while Faugheen (161) was deemed superior to his Willie Mullins-trained stable companion Vautour (158). ( Racing Post )
 
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No way should Holywell be a higher rated novice than Denman. He was immense in that and the following season.
 
If S.Conti and Jezki are the best of the best we are in a bad way.

Sire De Grugy is in a different class to S.Conti as a chaser yet is rated lower?

On one hand you got an inconsistent nutter of a horse and on the other hand a consistent talented chaser who has never put a foot wrong and lost only 1 race in his last 9 starts.

If S. Conti is a 174 horse then Sire De Grugy is a 178 +P horse all day long IMO and no way does that pig of a thing S.Conti even come close to being as good as him
 
Have to agree with Bull and Suny on More than That but that's ratings for you. You get one over rated along comes a new kid and beats him and you have 2 over rated animals to contend with.......in the hurdling division the best overall performance still came from Hurricane Fly running to 175 3 times.......I'd tend to agree with 169 for Jezki which is about all he's worth until he takes on something that's not over the hill.

I doubt if he'll improve much from that in the future but More of That surely will
 
CHAMPION NOVICE HURDLER U Tell Me 165
CHAMPION NOVICE CHASER My Tent or Yours 162
CHAMPION TWO MILE HURDLER Faugheen 172
CHAMPION TWO MILE CHASER Sprinter Sacre 197p
CHAMPION TWO-AND-A-HALF MILE + HURDLER Faugheen 174
CHAMPION TWO-AND-A-HALF MILE CHASER Sprinter Sacre 197
CHAMPION THREE MILE + CHASER Simonsig 177

That would make for a perfect season but won't happen
 
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