GIMMETHATPEARL’S official merit rating remains unchanged at 98 following her victory in the Listed East Cape Paddock Stakes over 1600m at Fairview Racecourse on Friday. Due to the untidy nature of the race and the varying degrees of interference suffered by a few runners, the Handicappers elected to use GIMMETHATPEARL herself as the line horse in assessing this race. Furthermore, the Handicappers were of the opinion that she would not have performed below her established rating of 98 - earned in the Ladies Mile at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth in May - and thus used that rating to rate this race. 

There was, however, an upward adjustment to the rating of the runner-up, FUN ZONE, whose merit rating was increased from 94 to 96. 

No changes were made to the ratings of the other runners in the race. 

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