How did Flightline get his Timeform rating and where does he rank among the all-time greats?

Flightline won the Grade One Malibu Stakes on December 26 last year. He has a Timeform rating of 133p. He won his first two starts by an aggregate of 26 lengths. The levels allow for comparison between turf and dirt performances. It is possible to make a comparison of their level of form through their relationship to their peers.

Flightline won the Pacific Classic with a rating of 143. His victory at the Breeders’ Cup Classic earned him a Timeform rating 136. Frankel (147), Sea-Bird (145), Brigadier Gerard and Tudor Minstrel (144) have ever been awarded higher end-of-year Timeforms ratings. Secretariat got a retrospective rating 139. In A Century of Champions, published by Time Form, they rated Secretariats 144, Citation 142, Spectacular Bid and Seattle Slew 141 and Native Dancer and Affirmed 140. Andy Beyer has been compiling speedfigures in America for over 50 years.

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