Fatal Flaw has seen her rating adjusted to 115 from 110 after comfortably winning the World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Fatal Flaw (Piere Strydom) has seen her rating adjusted to 115 (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Symphony In White, who finished fourth in this race, was deemed to be the most suitable line horse to rate the race, leaving her rating unchanged on 107.
The following horses also received increases in their ratings. Second placed Scarlet Macaw went up to 111 from 93 for beating the 107 rated line horse by 2.15 lengths (4 points) at level weights.
Third placed Little Suzie went up to 107 from 103 for finishing 0.40 of a length ahead of the 107 rated line horse at level weights.
Mai Sensation was the only runner in this race to receive a drop in the ratings and she dropped to 94 from 99.
World Sports Betting Green Point Stakes (Grade 2)
Oriental Charm remained unchanged on a rating of 125 after his win in the World Sports Gr2 Betting Green Point Stakes.
Here it was third place finisher Sugar Mountain who was used as the line horse, leaving his rating unaltered at 116. In rating the race this way, first and second finishers actually run below their official ratings of 125 and 124 respectively.
The only runner to receive a ratings drop was Without Question, who was dropped to 118 from 120.
World Sports Betting Southern Cross Stakes (Grade 3)
Asiye Phambili remained unchanged on a merit rating of 116 following her fluent win in the World Sports Betting Gr3 Southern Cross Stakes over 1000m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
The Handicappers were unanimous in their view that third placed Summer Lily made for the ideal line horse to rate this race, leaving her unchanged on a rating of 100. In rating the race this way, second placed Candy Town also runs to her mark of 101 effectively making her a line horse as well.
Miss World, who finished fourth in this race, was the only other runner to receive an upward adjustment in the ratings and she went up to 99 from 97.
There were no drops in the ratings for any runner in this race.
World Sports Betting Cape Summer Stayers Handicap (Listed)
Holding Thumbs has seen his rating adjusted from 93 to 99 after winning the World Sports Betting Listed Cape Summer Stayers Handicap over 2 500m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
The Handicappers were of the opinion that second placed Love Is A Rose made for the most suitable line horse to rate this race, leaving her rating unchanged on 101.
It must be borne in mind that Holding Thumbs, who was rated 93 (nett 90 after the deduction of Weight for Age), was 4 points under sufferance at the weights, due to the race being benchmarked at 94 = 52kg and therefore his adjustment of 6 points was inclusive of the under-sufferance amount.
There were no other changes to any of the other horses in this race.
- Media release by the NHA on Tuesday, 10 December 2024.
