Timeform Racehorses of 2010 - Top Ratings revealed

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If any of the moderators feel this is spam, feel free to delete it, but thought given some of the discussions on here last summer they would be of interest to some. There are some articles that can be read on the subject here

Timeform top middle-distance performers in Racehorses of 2010
140 Harbinger
133 Workforce
132 Nakayama Festa
130 Cape Blanco, Fame And Glory
129 Rip Van Winkle
128 Twice Over
126 Midday, Rewilding, Sarafina, Byword



Timeform top Sprinters in Racehorses of 2010
128 Starspangledbanner
127 Equiano
126 Kinsale King, J J The Jet Plane, Rocket Man
125 Markab, Sacred Kingdom, Sole Power



Timeform's top-rated milers in Racehorses of 2010
133 Goldikova
131 Canford Cliffs
130 Makfi
129 Rip Van Winkle
127 Paco Boy, Cityscape, Dick Turpin
126 Poet's Voice



Timeform top staying performances in Racehorses of 2010
127 Manifest
126 Age of Aquarius, Americain
124 Rite of Passage


Timeform top-rated 2-y-os in Racehorses of 2010
133p Frankel
128 Dream Ahead
121 Hooray
119p Roderic O'Connor
119p Pathfork
119p Wootton Bassett
118 Casamento




I think the World Thoroughbred Ratings are released tomorrow so will be interesting to see how they go.
 
Bar the Bull said:
I was just typing the same.

I think the staying ratings are funny.

Manifest won a very strange race at the start of the season.
Age of Aquarius didn't win a race.
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Bar The Bull - Have a read of the article about the stayers, it was a divison in 2010 which promised plenty but ultimately didn't deliver. Hopefully 2011 will clear things up.
 
the problem is the miler
where Goldi is 133 this year?


and what is more amazing
canfford one pound higher than Makfi
 
Thanks for posting DJ. Seeing 140 nest to Harbinger makes it even worse that we only saw him once when the season got to it's climax.
 
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Gearoid said:
Thanks for posting DJ. Seeing 140 nest to Harbinger makes it even worse that we only saw him once when the season got to it's climax.
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In an ideal world, Harbinger would have run 2 or 3 times after the King George and we'd have got an ever better idea as to whether he was worth that rating or not. As it was we can only reflect on the performances of the beaten horses, their efforts not compelling enough to justify either an increase or decrease in the rating.
 
I agree with Suny about Goldi, she wasn't as perfect as in 2009.

They've overrated the sprinters as usual. I cannot have Equiano on the same rating as Paco Boy and Dick Turpin. They just seem to stick the top sprinters in the late 120s no matter what the level of form.
 
WORLD THOROUGHBRED RANKINGS 2010​
The official listing of the top horses in the world in 2010

Although the equine stars of 2009 had looked a hard act to follow, the class of 2010 proved well up to the mark according to the 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings.

World Thoroughbred Rankings​

Top 10 horses in 2010​


HARBINGER (GB)135

BLAME (USA)129

MAKFI (GB) 128

QUALITY ROAD (USA)128

WORKFORCE (GB)128

CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE)127

NAKAYAMA FESTA (JPN)127

CAPE BLANCO (IRE)126

RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE)126

SO YOU THINK (NZ)126

Leading the way was HARBINGER (GB) [135], who put up a truly exceptional performance to demolish his rivals by 11 lengths in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (sponsored by Betfair) (G1) at Ascot in July. In so doing, he recorded the highest rating in the Ascot showpiece since ST JOVITE (USA) [135] in 1992, and also the highest rating over 2400m since the launch of the World Thoroughbred Rankings in 2004; only SEA THE STARS (IRE) [136] has achieved a higher figure in that time.

Harbinger was unbeaten in four races in 2010, and it was a great shame for both his connections and racing fans alike that his career was cut short by injury.

WORKFORCE (GB) [128] failed to reproduce his best form when fifth behind his illustrious stable companion in the King George, but he showed his true colours when an emphatic seven length winner of the Investec Derby (G1) at Epsom in June, breaking the course record in the process, and when holding off NAKAYAMA FESTA (JPN) [127] by a head in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at Longchamp in October. With his victory in Paris, Workforce became only the sixth horse to complete the Derby/Arc double.

Nakayama Festa topped the list of Japanese-trained horses in 2010, while BUENA VISTA (JPN) [121] was the highest rated Japanese filly/mare on the strength of her victory in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) G1, and she matched that effort when first past the post in the Japan Cup (G1), although she was subsequently disqualified in the latter race and placed second.

Workforce shares the mantle of highest rated 3yo of 2010 with MAKFI (GB) [128]. Having gained his first top flight success in the Stan James.com 2000 Guineas (G1)_ at Newmarket in May, defeating DICK TURPIN (IRE) [124] and CANFORD CLIFFS (IRE) [127], Makfi went on to put up the best performance of his career when overcoming GOLDIKOVA (IRE) [125] and PACO BOY (IRE) [124] in the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois (G1) at Deauville in August.

Goldikova enjoyed another stellar year, winning five Group 1 races including both the Prix Rothschild (G1) the TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) for the third successive year. Her impressive success at Churchill Downs in November made her the first horse to win three Breeders’ Cup races, and brought her tally of Group 1 victories to twelve. Having been the second highest rated filly/mare in the 2008 World Rankings behind Zarkava (IRE) [128], Goldikova has now been the highest rated female thoroughbred on turf for the past two years.

Off the Turf, the mighty ZENYATTA (USA) [125] also recorded five more Grade 1 victories, including the Vanity Handicap (G1), the Clement L Hirsch Stakes (G1) and the Lady’s Secret Stakes (G1) for the third successive year, bringing her total of Grade 1s to thirteen. She shares the title of highest rated filly/mare in the world with Goldikova, and retains the prize of being the highest rated filly/mare on a non-turf surface for a second successive year. However, she could not quite cling on to her crown as Breeders’ Cup Classic champion, just failing to catch BLAME (USA) [129] in that never to be forgotten clash on 6th November.

Blame began 2010 on a WTR rating of 117, and progressed throughout the year. After winning a Grade 3 at Pimlico on his seasonal debut in May, he triumphed in the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs in June and the Whitney Handicap (G1) at Saratoga in August, when he defeated QUALITY ROAD (USA) [128]. He tasted defeat for the only time in 2010 when going down to HAYNESFIELD (USA) [121] in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park in October, but bounced back to fend off Zenyatta in that epic encounter in the Breeders’ Cup Classic the following month.

Blame’s performance in winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic was the highest rated performance of the year on a non turf surface, and sees him rated 1lb above Quality Road, whose 12.75 length romp in the Donn Handicap (G1) at Gulfstream Park in February and head second to Blame in the Whitney established him as the highest rated horse in the mile category on a non turf surface.

Honours were shared at the top of the table for the non turf three year olds, with ESKENDEREYA (USA) [124] and LOOKIN AT LUCKY (USA) [124] locked together.

Eskendereya looked outstanding early in the year with wide margin victories in the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park and the Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct before succumbing to injury. Lookin At Lucky took the Preakness Stakes (G1) in May, but put up his best effort when a decisive four length winner of the Izod Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park in August.

The sprint division was dominated by horses from the southern hemisphere, with BLACK CAVIAR (AUS) [123] at the top of the tree on the strength of her outstanding four length victory in the Patinack Farm Classic (G1) in November. In the process, Black Caviar became the joint highest rated turf sprinter on WTR ratings alongside Hong Kong-trained duo SILENT WITNESS (AUS) [123] in 2004 and 2005, and SACRED KINGDOM (AUS) [123] in 2007 and 2008.

J J THE JET PLANE (SAF) [122] put up a career best effort to take the Cathy Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (G1) at Sha Tin in December, just edging out ROCKET MAN (AUS) [121] and SACRED KINGDOM (AUS) [121], and in the process became the highest rated South African-trained horse in WTR history, ahead of POCKET POWER (SAF) [121] in 2008.

The top three-year-old sprinter was STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) [121] who, after establishing himself in his native Australia, ventured north to capture the Golden Jubilee Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot in June, and the Darley July Cup (G1) at Newmarket the following month.

However pride of place among the southern hemisphere horses goes to SO YOU THINK (NZ) [126], whose resounding victories in the Caulfield Yalumba Stakes (G1) and the Longines Mackinnon Stakes (G1) secured him a place in the world’s top ten for 2010, and also the prize of being the highest rated Australian-trained horse since WTR ratings were first published in 2004. RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE) [126] shares top spot with So You Think in the older horse intermediate turf category, while CAPE BLANCO (IRE) [126] filled the same position among the three-year-olds.

So You Think won five races including four Group 1s over distances between 1400m and 2040m between August and October, prior to finishing third in the Emirates Melbourne Cup (G1) over 3200m in early November. Although running a little below his best, he still registered the best staying performance of the year [122] in finishing an honourable third to AMERICAIN (USA) [121].




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The World Thoroughbred Rankings (WTR) are compiled by the World Rankings Supervisory Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).
 
I think Goldikova has been overrated by one and underrated by the other - 129 as a compromise anyone ?
 
Ardross said:
I think Goldikova has been overrated by one and underrated by the other - 129 as a compromise anyone ?
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I’d find it difficult to put Goldikova above the likes of Canford Cliffs and Makfi on absolutes (with weight-for-sex stripped out). Consequently the second set look more accurate to me. However, not many would disagree with your suggestion of a rating in the high 120s for her.
 
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Where is the nonsense? It is not judging the best horse, it is judging the best performance; to me, that should be Dream Ahead's Middle Park.
 
I'm inclined to side with Hamm here... On what they have actually run to it could be difficult to split them. Having said that I'm clear in my mind that Frankel is superior.
 
I probably think the same, Steve.

Aragorn, no, there is no looking for an argument here and not sure why you've interpreted it as that. I find it frustrating that people take ratings as evidence of the overall ability of a racehorse, which they are not, but analysis of how a horse ran in a particular race, which they are.

An objective analysis of the Middle Park compared with the Royal Lodge could easily show Dream Ahead's performance in that race to be superior to Frankel's Royal Lodge; that has nothing to do with who the better horse is.

Equally, you could upgrade Frankel's performance based on Klammer's subsequent run in the Horris Hill, that is if you believe he was the same horse in the former race; I don't.
 
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Aragorn said:
http://www.racingpost.com/media/med...=C&horse_id=763453&siteRef=rac-rac-racingpost

You love an argument don't you Hamm!! Nonsense is available at the above link.... Dream Ahead is somewhere in background.... :)
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Any horse can have an off day. Clearly the Dewhurst was nowhere near his true running. It is better to see him run like that than be 1-3 lengths behind Frankel, thereby lending some credence to the theory Frankel is definitely the better horse. Lets hope the next time they meet both horses run their race.
 
My worry about the Middle Park form are the results all that day - staggering victories in so many of the races. Has to raise some doubts...joint top seems fair enough to me but for next season I would certainly be in the Frankel camp.
 
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