The best advice for punters confused by harness racing's new handicapping system which debuts at Cambridge tonight is simple - ignore it.
Tonight's meeting sees the start of a three-month trial of a points-based rating system for all North Island harness racing meetings.
But the reality is, particularly at lesser meetings, the system will have little effect on punters.
The system has primarily been brought in to provide more transparency for trainers, and those owners who like to get involved in this sort of thing, in the handicapping and eligibility of horses for races.
All horses start out with a rating of 50 points when they qualify and then move up and down depending on recent form. The worst maidens could end up rated as low as 35 points, the best open class horses on 135.