Not a lot of change on our jockey and trainer ratings this week but South African Brett Crawford is back to the top of the trainer rankings after another winner on the weekend.
As we have pointed out before, Crawford is working off low numbers of runners and the figures will be harder to maintain as those numbers rise but he is certainly getting the job done.
Using the betting market as a guide, Crawford's runners should have won 5.98 races at this stage and he has 6, so, by that measure, he is keeping pace with any expectations and that's enough to keep him as out top-rated trainer this week. He and Mark Newnham has chopped and changed at the top rating lately and there still is little between them.
On the jockey ratings, James McDonald has crept a point closer to Zac Purton this week, with both of them currently bang on their market-expected results - McDonald has had a market expected win (Xw) tally of 5.02 and has 5 winners from 41 mounts, while Purton has landed 42 wins this season with an Xw of 42.7.
It makes slightly more interesting reading, though, since McDonald's arrival on November 12. In that time, McDonald's figures are as above while Purton has had 46 rides for 9 wins but falling short of the market Xw of 10.6.
As has been usual for some time, the rider clearly outperforming the expectations of his mounts this season is Luke Ferraris, with an Xw of 10.7 but a win tally of 15 already.

(Note, apprentice jockey ratings reflect performances with their allowance "built in". As their claim reduces and they compete on a more equal footing, we expect their rating to deteriorate unless they are top class riders.)
​These ratings are updated regularly and designed to reflect current form but with past figures also putting a brake on hot-streak performers or uplifting a long-term quality player having a quiet run.