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2010 HORSE RATINGS

The 2010 Official and Racing Post horse ratings names the Top 10 in jump racing, and flat racing worldwide in two categories:
races of 5 - 6 furlong and 7 - 9 furlong. NB: 8 furlongs in a mile.

Racing Post Ratings (RPR) are based on a horse's racing ability in relation to the weight carried i.e. if horse X beats horse Y carrying
the same weight then it is awarded a higher rating. The ratings are expressed in pounds (lb) so a horse rated 140 is regarded as 10lb better than one rated 130. There is a sliding scale for converting lb to distance where 3lb = 1 length over 5f and 1lb = 1 length over 2m
and upwards. Official ratings (OR) use the same criteria as Racing Post Ratings, but are compiled by the British Horse racing Board (BHB) and are used to determine the weights horses carry in handicap ratings. By contrast to RPR the BHB rating listed for horses in
results reflect the horses' ratings going into the race not what they achieved in the race.

McCoy to partner 'Pady' in Champion Chase

The news that champion jockey Tony McCoy has been booked to partner Irish hope Forpadydeplasterer in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival is a further boost for a horse with as good a chance as any of deposing hat-trick seeking Master Minded, writes Elliot Slater.

McCoy was on board Thomas Cooper's stable star for the first time when the pair finished runner-up to Twist Magic in the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown in December, and Forpadydeplasterer has been rested since with a view to arriving at Cheltenham a fresh horse.

Last year Forpadydeplasterer got the better of one of the most dramatic finishes of the whole four-day fixture when edging out Kalahari King by a short-head to claim the Arkle Chase. Although he hasn't found the winners' enclosure since last March, the eight-year-old has
run three sound races in defeat, finishing second on each occasion in Grade 1 contests. Because of this, he remains one of my
Cheltenham betting tips.

Cooper sent the gelded son of Moscow Society to take part in a schooling session at Leopardstown at the weekend and was delighted with the way his charge jumped, believing his horse to be in "A1" shape going into the two mile chasing championship race.

There seems little doubt that the stiff uphill finish at Cheltenham and the probability of decent ground will be tailor-made for McCoy's mount, one of a handful in with a realistic chance of wresting the crown from the head of the imperious Master Minded.

Forpadydeplasterer is set to lock horns again with Kalahari King as well as his Sandown conqueror Twist Magic, although the latter has
yet to run well at Cheltenham in three previous outings at Prestbury Park.

Forpadydeplasterer looks a cracking Cheltenham bet as it's difficult to see the horse finishing out of the Champion Chase frame.

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