Marracudja's rating and the process of how we came to it

There has been much comment in the last few days regarding the rating of 154 allotted to Marracudja following his seven-and-a-half-length third in last Saturday’s Grade 1 Clarence House Chase at Ascot.

As has already been reported Marracudja’s mark was due to be revised to 146 following his recent win at Wetherby as the horse who had finished second to him, Hawk High, had subsequently run to a higher rating.

Marracudja’s defeat of Janika, rated 165, and Capeland, rated 153, left us with the view that Marracudja should as a minimum be rated higher than Capeland should the two meet again on handicap terms. We noted that Racing Post Ratings had him running to 155. However, for the reasons already stated we arrived at a rating of 154.