About Consistency Ratings

Written by Bill Saunders Saturday, 08 May 2010 02:44

Virtual FormGuide Consistency Ratings provide a quick summary of the long term win percentage of the horse, it's trainer, jockey and sire. Adding the percentages together provides an overall view of the consistency or otherwise of several factors associated with the horse. Consistency Ratings are available as soon as nominations are processed for any meeting. They are updated upon acceptances and after scratchings on race morning.

How To Use This Service

The Stats display shows the career win percentage for the horse and the long term win percentage for it's trainer, jockey and sire, as well as the ranking of each for the race. Adding the percentages together gives an overall score for each horse.

		Horse		Trainer		Jockey		Stallion		Overall
#	HORSE	RNK	WIN %	RNK	WIN %	RNK	WIN %	RNK	WIN %	RNK	WIN %
1	ORATORIO	4	42.0	2	17.6	1	18.7	1	16.5	3	94.8
2	TIRADE	6	25.0	7	13.6	3	16.3	6	12.4	6	67.3
3	DANAURUM	6	25.0	9	9.0	7	10.9	5	12.5	8	57.4
4	HEADLAND	2	66.0	5	14.8	2	18.6	3	15.4	2	114.8
5	SENNET	1	100.0	3	15.2	5	13.9	6	12.4	1	141.5
6	KINGIFY	5	33.0	4	15.0	4	14.2	9	10.9	5	73.1
7	HOW GOOD IS HE	8	20.0	5	14.8	8	10.2	2	15.8	7	60.8
8	STRATH VALLEY	3	50.0	1	19.0	6	11.6	6	12.4	4	93.0
9	SPECIAL DEAL	9	0.0	10	8.9	9	6.5	4	15.0	9	30.4
10	EPSILON CRUCIS	9	0.0	8	10.7	10	5.6	10	8.2	10	24.5

For trainers, jockeys and owners, the winning percentages can be used as a guide to the best chances in each race. For punters, value bets often arise where combinations with a high strike rate come up against less consistent opposition. Consistent winners, trained by trainers, ridden by jockeys and by sires with a high strike rate, clearly have a higher chance of winning than weaker horses. If these highly consistent combinations are backed when good odds are offered, the result can often be superior to backing favourites.