MASTER WIN RATINGS PAR CARD

	Barry Meadow's Master Win Ratings are the most powerful ratings available

for California races.  Each horse's rating considers many factors--among them a 

horse's recent speed and pace numbers (adjusted for trips, trouble, and biases), 

performance cycle pattern, class analysis, odds in recent races, trainer changes, 

and overall racing record.  They are designed to project what a horse is going to 

do next time out and have been created to help you with your own handicapping 

decisions.

	At a glance you can see which races look competitive, which favorites look 

vulnerable, and which longshots have a good chance to upset.  Use our ratings to 

help determine your contenders and to help eliminate the non-contenders.

	The par numbers are the average winning Master Win Ratings for most 

unrestricted open classes at the southern California tracks.  Races restricted to 

Cal-breds generally have averages 1-3 points below these numbers, as do races with 

other restrictions (such as for $10,000 claimers who have not won a race in the 

past year).  For improving 2- and 3-year-olds, the averages tend to be slightly 

lower in May and slightly higher in August.  

	One way to use this par card is to check how unrated newcomers might stack 

up against rated horses.  For instance, if a European shipper is entered in a race 

in which no one is rated above 17, he will have a very strong chance since the 

average winner is rated 19.  Or say a fast-working first-time starter enters an 

open maiden race in which the par is 15 and the three top-rated horses are 19, 18, 

and 17' since the typical winner has an average of 15, this had better be one very 

fast newcomer to succeed.

        When a horse is rated X, give him a better chance if none of the horses

with numbered ratings have ratings that match the par. 

	You can also use these numbers to measure race field strengths. One 

$20,000 race may have the top three horses at 18, 18, and 17, while another might 

have horses rated 15, 15, and 14.  So regardless of final times, the first race 

attracted a better field than the second.

MASTER WIN RATINGS PAR CARD
(For Use May 1, 2006 through August 31, 2006)

                                COLTS              FILLIES/MARES 

                                OPEN   3YO   2YO       OPEN    3YO   2YO       	  

        Allowance NW-3           23     21   		 20	18	  

        Allowance NW-2           21  	19                18    16  	        

        Allowance NW-1           19     17         	 16	14

        Maidens                  15     14    11        13 	12    10	

        $80,000 Claimers         22     18              18      14 	   

        $62,500 Claimers         21     17              17      13	  

        $50,000 Claimers         20     16              16      12 	  

        $40,000 Claimers         19     15              15      11  

        $32,000 Claimers         18     14              14     	10 	  

        $25,000 Claimers         17     13              13       9

        $20,000 Claimers         16     12              12       8

        $16,000 Claimers         15     11              11       7 	 

        $12,500 Claimers         14     10              10 	 6 

        $10,000 Claimers         13      9               8 	 5

        $ 8,000 Claimers         11                      6

 

	Races limited to California-breds have averages 1-3 points below these

numbers.  Races for 4-year-olds only have averages 1-2 points below.    

	Par numbers are based on races in southern California and should be used

for southern California races only.

	Due to the wide variety in ability of entrants in maiden claiming and 

starter races, no par numbers are listed for these races.

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