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Divisional Standings & The Classic

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A look back at the most recent divisional standings in relation to this year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

Harry How

A few weeks ago when I published the Graded Stakes Results & Divisional Standings data, I included a chart summarizing results from the Classic division in 2012 using a composite speed figure ranking. Essentially, I took all of the results, sorted by three speed figure systems (Beyer, Bris and Equibase), came up with an "Average Rank" for each race and then sorted by that rank. That data appears at the bottom of the post.

It was brought to my attention a couple days ago that the top three ranked horses in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic all finished in the trifecta - Flat Out, Fort Larned and Mucho Macho Man. Nates Mineshaft was ranked third in the table but didn't race in the Classic.

Another interesting point from the table is the performance of the top Equibase horses in this year's Classic. Within the division, horses ranked #2 and #4 by Equibase Speed Figures from Classic division races finished in the top three at Santa Anita, and Fort Larned, the top Equibase figure horse in the race (Nates Mineshaft holds the top Equibase figures in the division for the year), was the winner.

The top three Beyer figure horses in the Classic (Game On Dude, Fort Larned & Flat Out) and Bris horses (Flat Out, Mucho Macho Man & Game On Dude) also performed well, with the exception of Game On Dude. That might be the most interesting part of the speed figure comparisons heading into this year's Classic: Equibase wasn't nearly as high on Game On Dude as both Beyer and Bris, as his best performance ranked just 9th on the Equibase Speed Figure scale within the division.

I am in the process of summarizing the other divisions in the same manner as the Classic with the pre-Breeders' Cup prep results as I'm curious if we might see some similar results.

Race Horse BSF Beyer Rank Bris Bris Rank Equi. EB Rank Rank Avg.
Jockey Club Gold Cup Flat Out 109 6 117 1 121 4 3.667
Whitney Fort Larned 110 5 109 5 123 2 4.000
New Orleans Hcp. Nates Mineshaft 113 3 107 10 129 1 4.667
Suburban Mucho Macho Man 108 8 114 3 121 4 5.000
Californian Game On Dude 115 2 109 5 118 9 5.333
Donn Hcp. Hymn Book 106 11 115 2 121 4 5.667
Ben Ali Wise Dan 117 1 109 5 115 13 6.333
Awesome Again Game On Dude 109 6 109 5 115 13 8.000
Hollywood Gold Cup Game On Dude 107 10 111 4 113 17 10.333
Brooklyn Hcp. Redeemed 105 12 108 9 117 11 10.667
Cornhusker Hcp. Fort Larned 108 8 106 13 116 12 11.000
Woodward To Honor and Serve 105 12 106 13 118 9 11.333
Pimlico Special Alternation 101 18 107 10 119 7 11.667
Iselin San Pablo 103 16 105 17 119 7 13.333
Charles Town Classic Caixa Electronica 101 18 103 20 122 3 13.667
Pacific Classic Dullahan 111 4 104 19 109 22 15.000
Santa Anita Hcp. Ron the Greek 105 12 106 13 108 24 16.333
Wash. Park Hcp. Middie 100 21 107 10 111 20 17.000
San Antonio Game On Dude 102 17 106 13 110 21 17.000
Hawthorne Gold Cup Pool Play 101 18 105 17 109 22 19.000
Greenwood Cup Redeemed 99 23 100 25 115 13 20.333
Dominion Day Hunters Bay 97 26 103 20 113 17 21.000
Cougar II Richard's Kid 99 23 99 27 114 16 22.000
Excelsior Marilyn's Guy 97 26 101 24 113 19 23.000
Strub Ultimate Eagle 98 25 103 20 108 24 23.000
Stephen Foster Hcp. Ron the Greek 100 21 102 23 107 26 23.333
Durham Cup Delegation 104 15 98 28 104 27 23.333
Oaklawn Hcp. Alternation 97 26 100 25 101 29 26.667
Tokyo City Cup Dynamic Host 94 29 97 29 102 28 28.667