Assessment
Reference Point was given a Timeform rating of 139, the eleventh highest awarded to any horse up to that time, and higher than those of Nijinsky, Alleged and Troy. In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Reference Point the thirty-sixth best British horse of the 20th Century and the second best Derby winner of the 1980s behind Shergar.
The BBC sport correspondent Lee McKenzie rated him as one of his "six of the best" recent Derby winners' and explained that his "workmanlike" racing style sometimes led to his being overlooked. Steve Cauthen ranked Reference Point as a "great champion" and one of the best horses he rode in his career.
Reference Point was voted 1987 British Horse of the Year by the Racecourse Association, attracting twelve of the twenty votes.
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