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January 26, 2005
2004 Canadian Thoroughbred Ratings
The Canadian Thoroughbred Ratings Committee this year included Ray
Miller of Assiniboia Downs, Lorne Mitchell of Hastings Racecourse, Fred
Hilts of Northlands Park, Barry McGrath of Stampede Park and Chris Evans
of the Woodbine Entertainment Group. The Committee once again used the
International Classifications Method to rate eligible horses.
Eligible for weighting were all horses that ran in stakes in Canada
in 2004. Equally, rated horses may appear in multiple divisions, on
both dirt and turf. The highest rating achieved in North America has
been used for each category.
Canadian Thoroughbred Ratings were compiled based on stakes performances
over the year with respect to weights carried, beaten lengths, class
of competition and other impressions from which a horse’s relative
merits were assessed. Categories have been split into five different
distances designated by a letter S,M,I,L,E. A distance category is shown
with each rating along with the name of the race where the horse achieved
their highest rating. The definitions agreed to for each distance are
as follows:
Distance:
Horses rated at 115 or higher were discussed and agreed to at the International
Classifications Conference that took place in December 2004. Horses
rated at 114 or under were considered “domestic” and the
same system of weight carried/ beaten lengths/ class competition was
applied.
The highest rated male in Canada this year was Sulamani as a result
of his win in the
1 _ mile Pattison Canadian International hosted by Woodbine. Sulamani
earned a rating on the Long/Extended Turf list of 121 followed by Mubtaker
and Simonas at 117.
The highest rated filly was Commercante with an Intermediate rating
of 113, followed by Punctilious at 112 who also earned the same rating
on the Long/Extended Turf list. Both fillies ran in the E.P. Taylor
stakes at Woodbine in October where Commercante was victorious.
As in previous years, two-year olds were not assigned a distance. Flamenco
topped the males at 109 and Paddy’s Daisy topped the filly list
at 107.
For further information, please contact:
Chris Evans, Vice President – Thoroughbred Racing
Woodbine Entertainment Group
Telephone: (416) 675-3993/ Fax: (416) 213-212
Email: cle@woodbineentertainment.ca
or
Bridget Bimm, the Jockey Club of Canada
Telephone: (416) 675-7756/ Fax: (416) 675-6378 / Email:
jockeyclub@bellnet.ca
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