Re: Toronado. Bettter Than Dawn Approach…..?

Timeform:
Wise Dan 134
Toronado 133
Dawn Approach 132
Farrh 132
Novellist 132

Dawn Approach may be the more "consistent", but at their "best" Toronado is the "better" and as Nathan says still "improving". He settles well these days and so can show it. This was the best mile performance of 2013, possibly THE best 2013 performance FULL STOP. Had Toronado not been in the race you’d have expected Dawn Approach to beat Declaration Of War by around 2 1/2 lengths, exactly what happened. The right distances back to 4th, 5th etc too.
Therefore (imo) there is no reason why Toronado should not be rated higher than Dawn Approach. I myself would have T 2 lbs in front of DA.

but at their "best" Toronado

I always wondered that actually meant though. Pick entirely different racing conditions (within reason) and you might end up with a different result. Its the obvious flaw of the once off rating system which Im sure others have debated ad nauseam. Maybe they should hand out rating numbers based on every 3 runs. It might seem strange but there’s a certain logic in it.