Help ????

[altisw5]

Someone can help me to understand the 'level' of different types of races.
Let me explain:which race is stronger saying Claiming Stakes Class F- or Maiden Stakes Class D.
So if a horse did go well in claiming F class and is racing today in maiden D class is this a stronger race or a weaker one?
And we have selling,auctions,novices etc.
Very confused when trying to judge the class of a new race from the previous one.
Thank you..

[MarcusMel]

I have found the best guide to be the prize money of the race. Some of these races do have follow up like the horse has to go into an auction or another stable can take the horse (claimed).

[bigcumba]

Here's a little something I found a while back that should be useful - it's a comprehensive list of racing terms and their meanings....