Merit Ratings after Gauteng Guineas weekend 1 Feb 2025

Male Guineas
Parisian Walkway 101 to 121 . wrong line horse used
Greaterix 109 to 120 wrong line horse used
Aristotle 94 to 113 wrong line horse used
Legend of Arthur 111 to 109 . Probably used as the line horse.

Greaterix should have been the line horse.

Fillies
Spumante Dolce  89 to 119 .
VJs Angel unchanged 119
Quid pro quo 115 to 118
Fiery Pegasus 107 to 115

No problem with the fillies ratings


 

Not so sure about the ratings .... in the Fillies, why should both Bakwena and Kommetjie Storm both improve around 10 points ? If one thinks their ratings are doubtful, then it follows that Spumante Volce ran to around 110; VJ and QPQ both had a lot to do from the draws (I had VJ at 113 before and QPQ at 111) - so imo not unlikely that they ran to around 110 and 109 

I find the male equivalent very confusing - but using the Got the Greenlight Stakes as base, I think that Greaterix ran to around 108, but that would mean that Bacchus ran to around 8 points below his last run - so I would check the ratings in the future ....