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Best Race Class Explanation

ABBREVIATION	INDICATES	DEFINITION
GBW or GSW	Graded Black Type Winner or Graded Stakes Winner	Won at least one Graded Black Type or Stakes race.
BW or SW	Black Type Winner or Stakes Winner	Won at least one Black Type or Stakes race.
GBPW or GSPW	Graded Black Type Placed Winner or Graded Stakes Placed Winner	Won at least one race and finished 2 ^nd and/or 3 ^rd in at least one Graded Black Type or Stakes race.
BPW or SPW	Black Type Placed Winner or Stakes Placed Winner	Won at least one race and finished 2 ^nd and/or 3 ^rd in at least one Black Type or Stakes race.
GBP or GSP	Graded Black Type Placed or Graded Stakes Placed	Never won any race, but finished 2 ^nd and/or 3 ^rd in at least one Graded Black Type or Stakes race.
BP or SP	Black Type Placed or Stakes Placed	Never won any race, but finished 2 ^nd and/or 3 ^rd in at least one Black Type or Stakes race.
W	Winner	Winner of at least one race.
P	Placed	2 ^nd and/or 3 ^rd in at least one race.
Unraced	Unraced	Did not race.
U	Unplaced	Never finished better than 4 ^th in any race.

Note: The codes above are in descending order beginning with the best race class.

Note: A horse would have only its best race class displayed. For example if a horse was both a Black Type Winner (BW) and a Graded Black Type Placed Winner (GBPW) the best race class abbreviation code would be BW. The wins the horse has are considered more important than when it finishes second and/or third, regardless of the type of the race.