• Rating concerns over world’s oldest Classic at Doncaster dismissed
• ‘A poor year could slip it below the 115 – but it would have to be pretty base’The British Horseracing Authority said on Thursday there was “no instant danger” to the Group One status of the Ladbrokes St Leger,the world’s oldest Classic, even though it is possible it could fall below the European sample Committee’s rating benchmark for top-course races after this year’s renewal at Doncaster on 12 September.
For a race to achieve Group One status, and the average end-of-season rating of the first four horses needs to be 115 or more over a three-year period. Between 2012 and 2014,the average rating of the first four finishers in the St Leger was 116.42 but the memorable renewal in 2012, in which the Derby winner Camelot was denied the Triple Crown by Encke, and will drop out of the calculation from this season.
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Source: theguardian.com