Standings

Every sport has standings. Standings are there so you can knock the team on top or notice that your team is up and coming. The number one spot is not always the best team, and even the Devil Rays will beat the Yankees (like last night, ugh). Horse racing doesn’t have standings. The fans leave it up to the talking heads at DRF, TVG, or Eclipse voters to decide the matter. Personally, I wouldn’t trust those people to mow my lawn. So I came up with a score card. I talked about it earlier it’s pretty easy. I give points to Graded events for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and also ran as long as they complete the race. I separate into 9 categories (2yo filly, 2yo colt, 3yo filly, 3yo colt, older horse, sprint, turf, filly & mare, filly & mare turf) Older horse is for 3&up or 4yo only and raced at a mile or longer. All races restricted to 3yo even if on the turf are in the 3yo category. I created these categories based on the Eclipse awards. Handicap races get the same points because a grade I is a grade I. To qualify for my personal year end awards a horse has to win a grade I race. This would eliminate any trainer from entering a horse where he doesn’t belong. “Ah-lukas-choo” excuse me, just couldn’t control that sneeze. Currently Memorrette is the top 3yo filly, but she has never won a Gr I race so she is not eligible currently. If she wins a Gr I in any category she’d be fine. Also at the end of the year I compile all info into HOY where I weight some number for 3yo’s taking on older and or girls taking on the boys. Overall the process isn’t really that hard and I think many could benefit from it. God forbid our sport moves more towards the mainstream and make things easier for casual sports fans to get involved. I list the top 5 in each category and their points, totals are in BOLD F&M turf mea domina 120 120 megahertz 50 50 100 honey ryder 20 50 10 80 sand springs 20 10 50 80 solar echo 80 80 Filly & Mare dreamofsummer 80 120 200 tarlow 30 50 120 200 miss loren 120 60 180 ashado 35 10 120 165 star parade 35 80 10 30 155 Turf sweet return 60 40 35 120 255 america alive 30 120 35 185 good reward 30 30 120 180 castledale 50 120 170 quest star 35 40 60 35 170 Sprint. forest danger 120 120 don six 40 60 10 110 harvard avenue 40 50 10 100 medallist 20 80 100 clock stopper 30 50 80 Older Horse saint liam 120 35 120 275 eddington 60 50 30 120 260 rock hard ten 50 120 170 congrats 50 30 80 160 eurosilver 20 35 80 135 3yo Male afleet alex 50 60 120 120 350 giacomo 40 35 120 60 35 290 high fly 5 50 120 35 35 245 high limit 50 80 35 35 200 bandini 40 120 35 195 3 yo Filly memorette 80 80 60 35 40 295 in the gold 40 40 50 80 60 270 summerly 20 50 35 120 225 sis city 50 120 35 205 sharp lisa 50 120 10 180 Ok so where’s Lost in the Fog? It’s not his fault there aren’t any Grade I sprint races for 3yo’s and maybe this point system will show exactly where the Graded Stakes committee could add some races and spread the wealth. I only have 1 grade I stakes for F&M on the turf so far this year. Maybe I missed one, so let me know. Here are the points Grade1 Grade2 Grade3 Breeder’s Cup 1st 120 50 20 240 2nd 80 40 10 160 3rd 60 30 5 120 alsoran 35 10 60