O.R. ,Topspeed,Postdata.

[altisw5]

Can I get some help from someone who knows better than me on the following:
-What is the difference between them when you want to compare the horses on the previous races? Does the official rating stand for The weight the horse is carrying?On your point of view who of them is better for comparing purposes.
- Does the horse carry more when goes up in class?
Saing horse X carry 8.0 on the group C.
Horse Y carry 8.7 on the group D.
Who is carrying more?

Hope the situation is understandable

[TheOldhamWhisper]

The weights in handicaps are based on the 'official' top rated and that one carries top weight for the race. The others are than given their weights accordingly. In the example you gave, the Brighton race was 'to be ridden by National Hunt jockeys' which is why the weights were significantly higher.

[altisw5]

My problem is how can I understand if a horse is overweight only by checking the statistics from O.R. topspeed or postdata.Or with other worlds if a horse win how possible is to win again next time out with more weight.Sometime this horses win and other times they are well behind.

[TheOldhamWhisper]

Sometimes a horse will run again very soon after a win and because the handicapper has not had time to reassess the horses rating, it has to carry a 'penalty' (look for ex 7lb or something like that). This can often provide a good source of winners as the trainer is trying to get the horse to win another race before the handicapper can put his weight up even more. There is no easy way to judge what you are looking for - if there was, we'd all be doing it.