0verrated previews RHP races. Sam Houston’s fourth race is a Ratings Handicap for horses rated 63 to 49.
The race has a competitive index of 0.175.1 The competitiveness of this race is bimodal as the entrants can be divieded into to two subsets by speed. All but two of the entrants which appear competitive by merit of ratings are slow enough that they get clipped from the zoomed in plot below.
Competitive Index
Two standouts on speed will test if the ratings alone can equalize the field.
Quadrants
| PROGRAM # | HORSE | RATING > center | SPEED > center |
| 1 | PEEK FACTOR | FALSE | FALSE |
| 2 | BASILE | TRUE | FALSE |
| 3 | SUPER IVONNE | TRUE | TRUE |
| 4 | TAPITURES ACTOR | TRUE | TRUE |
| 5 | DULCE AMANECER YG | FALSE | FALSE |
| 6 | DARK DUTCHESS | TRUE | FALSE |
| 7 | WAVING BYE | FALSE | FALSE |
| 8 | SUNNY SAN LEON | FALSE | TRUE |
→↑ – SUPER IVONNE and TAPITURES ACTOR have normalized ratings and speed figures greater than the competitive center
→↓ – BASILE and DARK DUTCHESS had above-average ratings while having below-average last-out speed figures
←↑ – SUNNY SAN LEON has ratings while having above-average last-out speed figures
←↓ – PEEK FACTOR, DULCE AMANECER YG, and WAVING BYE have normalized ratings and speed figures greater than the competitive center
•↑ & •↓ all horses are rated
Post Scratches
Index
- Competitive Index – https://0verrated.net/intro-to-competitive-index/
(sps – 2026-03-19)