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TIMEFORM RATING

Timeform ratings, the European rating system based on speed and class, appear in Daily Racing Form for races run in Britain, Ireland France and the UAE.

The following, symbols, attached to the ratings, are to be interpreted as follows:

TIMEFORM SYMBOLS

P	Likely to improve.
P	Capable of much better form.
+	The horse may be much better than Timeform has rated it.
d	The horse appears to have deteriorated and might no longer be capable of running to the rating given.
§	Unreliable (for temperamental or other reasons).
§§	So temperamentally unsatisfactory as not to worth a rating.
?	The performance may not be worth the rating shown

These ratings refer to 3-year-olds & up. Averages are slightly lower for 2-year-olds.

Timeform Rating, in running lines

140	Outstanding horse
130-135	Above average Group l winner
125-129	Average Group 1 winner
115-120	Average Group 2 winner
110-115	Average Group 3 winner
100-105	Average listed race winner