78 RACING AUSTRALIA FACT BOOK 2021 CHAMPION RACEHORSES BY RATINGS The Australian Classifications are an accurate tool in comparing the merits of a Thoroughbred’s performances over time. From season 2000/01 onwards the weights of those Thoroughbreds listed have been aligned with those weights of the other age categories and weights prior to this season have been retrospectively adjusted in the list below. From 1 August 2005 Australia adopted the international standard in rating fillies and mares and no longer add a sex allowance of 4 rating points to their ratings. TABLE 58. CHAMPION RACEHORSES BY RATINGS 2011/12 – 2020/21 Year Horse Age Rating 2020/21 Verry Elleegant 5F 118 2019/20 Nature Strip 5G 124 2018/19 Santa Ana Lane 6G 125 Winx 7M 125 2017/18 Winx 6M 130 2016/17 Winx 5M 132 2015/16 Winx 4M 127 2014/15 Lankan Rupee 5G 123 Terravista 5G 123 2013/14 Lankan Rupee 4G 123 2012/13 Black Caviar 6M 130 2011/12 Black Caviar 5M 130 Distance Categories: Short: <1301m, Middle: 1301m–1800m, Intermediate: 1801m–2100m, Long: 2101m–2700m, Extended: 2701m + Source: Racing Australia Classifications Committee. Verry Elleegant (NZ) ridden by Mark Zahra wins the Stella Artois Caulfield Cup at Caulfield Racecourse, 17-Oct-2020. (Photo courtesy of Racing Photos)
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