In the next issue of my bi-monthly newsletter, The Sharp Horse Report, I'm adding a new feature called Class Ratings. In the beginning it will only be for New York and So. California, although I cover all the major circuits in the report (horses to watch). The class ratings are my own formula and will give users an idea of "tough tough or weak" the field was that the horse is coming out of. This is very important. Let's say that you narrow a race down to two horses, both coming off races in which they finished 2nd, at the same class level, and both earned identical speed figures. Hard to separate them. But let's say that one came out of a very competitive race with several fit horses that had run competitive figures near par for that level. And, the other horse comes out of a race in which most of the horses had not run close to par and the current form was poor. I would rather bet on the horse that beat the tougher, more competitive field.

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