Dave The King had his rating adjusted to a 128 after the Champions Cup whilst See It Again was left at the same joint highest rated mark in South Africa at 131.

Clearly beaten twice by the same horse, it's an interesting conculsion by the handicappers to leave See It Again at that rating. Here are the full details as released by the NHA handicappers. 

HANDICAPPING RATINGS UPDATE

World Pool Gold Cup (Grade 3)

MASTER REDOUTE has had his merit rating raised from 115 to 117 following his victory in the Grade 3 World Pool Gold Cup over 3200m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. The Handicappers were of the view that 4th placed FUTURE SWING made for the best line horse, leaving him unchanged on a mark of 110.

2nd placed SHOOT THE RAPIDS, 3rd placed PONTE PIETRA and 5th placed MADISON VALLEY produced performance figures of 112, 108 and 108 respectively, due to their weights carried and proximity to the 110 rated line horse FUTURE SWING. They have all been adjusted accordingly.

Only one horse received a drop to its rating in this event, ARAGOSTA dropped from 114 to 113.

HKJC Champions Cup (WFA) (Grade 1)

DAVE THE KING had his rating adjusted from 127 to 128 after landing the Grade 1 HKJC Champions Cup over 1800m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday.

It was the ultra-consistent COUSIN CASEY who was deemed to make for the most suitable line horse in this event and his rating remained unchanged on a mark of 125. PURPLE PITCHER had his rating increased from 120 to 123 having finished 1 length or 2 points behind the 125 rated line horse at weight for age terms. The Handicappers ruled out the 131 rated SEE IT AGAIN as a line horse as it was felt that this horse was again unlucky in the running and using him would inflate the ratings of the other runners in this event. SEE IT AGAIN remained unchanged on a mark of 131.

The only other runner to receive an increase was HLUHLUWE who was adjusted from 116 to 118. The only finisher to receive a rating drop was BARBARESCO who dropped from 122 to 120.

Mercury Sprint (WFA) (Grade 1)

SURJAY received a 5-point increase from 119 to 124 after winning the Grade 1 Mercury Sprint over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Here, it was the 118 rated I AM GIANT that was selected to be the line horse, leaving him on a rating of 118. The Handicappers opted not to use the runner-up, LUCKY LAD, to rate this event as he struggled to overcome a wide barrier draw and raced wide throughout and into the straight. He runs below his 125 rating but was left unchanged and his below peak performance was attributed to the disadvantages he suffered in this race.

The only other runner to receive an increase was SUN BLUSHED who went up to 120 from 116 after beating the 119 rated AT MY COMMAND and the 118 I AM GIANT at level weight terms.

Two horses were given a drop. CRUISE CONTROL was dropped from 118 to 117 and QUASIFORSURE dropped from 115 to 114.

Riding High Together Gold Bracelet (Grade 2)

RED PALACE has had her rating raised from 111 to 119 after winning the Riding High Together Gold Bracelet for fillies and mares over 2000m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. The Handicappers were of the opinion that 6th placed GILDED BUTTERFLY made for the most suitable line horse, leaving her unchanged on a mark of 108.

The runner-up SAARTJIE, who beat the 108 rated line horse by 5.4 lengths, or 10 points was adjusted from 110 to 118.

The only other runner to receive a rating increase was NONE OTHER, who was adjusted to 111 from 108 but three horses received a drop in ratings. BELLEVARDE was dropped to 107 from 110, HOLD MY HAND dropped from 114 to 112 and LADY OF POWER was given a 1-point drop from 101 to 100.

World Pool With Tabgold Darley Arabian Handicap (Listed)

GET IMPRESSED has had his rating raised from 103 to 106 after winning the Listed World Pool With Tabgold Darley Arabian Handicap over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Here it was the 3rd and 4th placed MONEY HEIST and MARY’S GREENLIGHT who were deemed to make for suitable line horses, accordingly their ratings remained unchanged on marks of 104 and 103, respectively.

The only other increase in this event went to the runner up SUNDANCE KID who was adjusted from 97 to 98.

Two horses were given a drop. IMILENZEYOKUDUDUMA was trimmed from 105 to 104 and GRINKOV dropped 4 points from 100 to 96.

LHKIR In December Umgeni Handicap (Listed)

KING OF THE GAULS has had his rating raised from 103 to 109 after he emphatically won the Listed LHKIR In December Umgeni Handicap over 1000m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Here it was both the 3rd and 4th placed DONQUERARI and PRAY FOR RAIN who were selected as line horses, leaving them on ratings of 103 and 112, respectively. The only other horse to receive and increase in this event was LUNARCAM who was increased from 100 to 102.

There were drops for no fewer than six horses. MAGIC TATTOO was down from 103 to 101, COIN SPINNER dropped from 102 to 100, BALTIC SECRET dropped from 100 to 98, UNDERWORLD dropped to 102 from 104, HITHEMHARDSUNSHINE dropped slightly from 108 to 107 and lastly RIPPLE EFFECT dropped from 104 to 102.