Jamie Lynch
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15 appearances
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first heard Jan 2013
last heard Jan 2013
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We have been doing this since 1948 Timeform established and over that time we've used exactly the same methods and crucially exactly the same scale which we feel makes us best placed to judge one horse against another in generational terms as well.
What we are saying why 2012 was such a momentous year for horse racing was that in our opinion Frankel achieved a higher rating in 2012 than any other horse has in Timeform's history.
Well, at the end of each racing season, the whole ratings from that year are standardised, i.e.
what does it normally take to win a Group 1 race?
What does it normally take to win a listed race or a Group 3 race?
And therefore, you are able to set how good the generation as a whole is
compared to previous historical terms.
Well, to be honest, Tim, it's up to the BHA and the World Thoroughbred Rankings themselves
to discuss in more detail how comfortable they are with the ratings.
But it is an issue, I think, in the wider scheme of horse racing that we feel that the BHA and therefore the Wealth Hubbard rankings potentially undersold Frankel, i.e.
in putting him behind Dancing Brave, we feel at Timeform that that is not doing Frankel justice enough.
in terms of what he's capable of.
It'll be interesting to see what they do in reaction to that because there is a bit of a public outcry in terms of people thinking, of course, Frankel is the best horse of all time.
Why isn't he rated as such?
My personal belief is that they may well revisit that Dancing Brave rating and say, actually, looking back, that horse possibly wasn't worth the figure that we put on him at the time and therefore will reduce his rating and that will leave Frankel at the top of the rankings.
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