classification in ireland?

[samollo]

hello.there are different classes of horseracing in bg(class 5,class 4...etc).

ireland is a very important horseracing country.i have searched how they have classified horseracings.but i have been failded to findout different classes of horseracings like in gb.only groupe races can be found out very easily.but i could not find out classification of races below to listed races.

can anyone help me?

[Cran]

As far as I know it's the same

Class 1 Group 1
Class 1 Group 2
Class 1 Group 3
Class 1 Listed
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7

No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong...

[samollo]

it might be the same.but is there any possibility to find out classes below to listed races?

[Thomson]

Rated by prize money now I believe. If you go here;

http://www.irishracing.com/v5fixinfo?prc=074&prd=2011-03-24

This is the fixture page, the race value in Euro’s as well as qualification and allowances.
Go to the weights and entries page for the rated 0-80 etc
Hope that helps

[samollo]

hi.there are so many classes in ireland.it is totally different to uk.

in uk you have only classes between 6 and 2.and listed and groupe races.

but in ireland you have 2k,3k,4k,5k,6k,7k,8k,9k,10k.11k,12k,13k,14k,15k,16 k and listed and groupe races.

can someone from ireland help me and explain why there are so many classes in ireland?

regards

[Emkayracing]

Not comparible!

but in ireland you have 2k,3k,4k,5k,6k,7k,8k,9k,10k.11k,12k,13k,14k,15k,16 k and listed and groupe races.

The race name confirms the race type - the different amounts you have quoted only confirm the prize money?!

Today @ Navan;

2.25 - Irish Racing Calendar Maiden €6,900 to the winner
2.55 - Navan Chairman Handicap €5,520
3.30 - Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden €10,350
4.05 - Vintage Crop Stakes (Listed Race) €26,000
4.30 - Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Salsabil Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies) €39,000
5.10 - Family Day Handicap €5,520
5.40 - Dunderry (C&G) Maiden €6,900

The card is therefore a mixture of Maidens (Races for horses who have not yet won a race), Listed Races (Weighted by age and Group wins) and Handicaps (Weighted by rating).

The UK class system (i.e. by number & which Cran had listed) is supposed to be punter friendly - all that it does is bracket races by type;

In Ireland they do not take the measure of breaking races down further than by the actual race type (As far as the description goes), so a Handicap is just a Handicap - it doesn't have a Class!

Looking at the race conditions , the 2.55 is today is a race for horses rated 47-70 and the 5.10 is the same - so there is no UK equivalent because the actual rating bandings are not in synch (They would be somewhere between Classes E & F)

I hope that this helps

[samollo]

thanks Emkayracing:how would you convert irish racing into the class system of uk?via ratings?

regards

[Emkayracing]

thanks Emkayracing:how would you convert irish racing into the class system of uk?

As above - the two are not comparable.

Irish races vary by conditions whereas the UK structure is more pigeon-holed.