As the result of his powerful performance in the
QIPCO Champion Stakes (G1) on British Champions Day,
CRACKSMAN (GB) [130] has equaled
WINX (AUS) [130] in the ninth edition of the
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2018.
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
Leading Horses
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| Rank |
Horse |
Rating |
Trained |
| 1 |
CRACKSMAN (GB) |
130 |
GB |
| 1 |
WINX (AUS) |
130 |
AUS |
| 3 |
GUN RUNNER (USA) |
128 |
USA |
| 4 |
POET’S WORD (IRE) |
127 |
GB |
| 4 |
ROARING LION (USA) |
127 |
GB |
| 6 |
ACCELERATE (USA) |
126 |
USA |
| 6 |
BEAUTY GENERATION (NZ) |
126 |
HK |
| 6 |
CRYSTAL OCEAN (GB) |
126 |
GB |
| 9 |
ENABLE (GB) |
125 |
GB |
| 10 |
ALPHA CENTAURI (IRE) |
124 |
IRE |
| 10 |
BATTAASH (IRE) |
124 |
GB |
| 10 |
JUSTIFY (USA) |
124 |
USA |
Cracksman, who also won the Champion Stakes in 2017, improved his rating from 125 to 130 when he pulled away in this year’s edition to win by six lengths over
CRYSTAL OCEAN (GB) [126] in his final career start. Earlier this season, Cracksman won the
Investec Coronation Cup (G1) and
Prix Ganay - Prix de l'Inauguration de ParisLongchamp (G1).
Winx, meanwhile, completed the year by winning the
Ladbrokes Cox Plate (G1) for a record fourth time. She has now won 29 consecutive races.
Another big mover in the rankings is
BEAUTY GENERATION (NZ) [126], who improved his rating to 126 from 123 off of his half-length victory in the
Sha Tin Trophy (G2) in Hong Kong.
The Breeders’ Cup World Championships, held at Churchill Downs, also provided a number of notable performances. In the
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1),
ACCELERATE (USA) [126] proved victorious, defeating
GUNNEVERA (USA) [122] by a length.
THUNDER SNOW (IRE) [123] was third, and
YOSHIDA (JPN) [120] finished fourth.
In the
LONGINES Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1),
ENABLE (GB) [125] became the first horse to ever win the
Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) and Turf in the same year.
MAGICAL (IRE) [123], who came into the race off a win in the
QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1), finds herself ranked after finishing three-quarters of a length behind Enable, as she left the rest of the field nine lengths behind her.
Additionally,
ROY H (USA) [122] improved his rating to 122 from 120 after he successfully defended his title in the
TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), while
CITY OF LIGHT (USA) [120] is ranked after taking the
Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
In Australia,
BEST SOLUTION (IRE) [121] won the
Stella Artois Caulfield Cup (G1), while
REDZEL (AUS) [121] repeated in the
TAB Everest, and
THE AUTUMN SUN (AUS) [120] impressed in the
Ladbrokes Caulfield Guineas (G1).
Elsewhere,
REY DE ORO (JPN) [123] is ranked after defeating
SUNGRAZER (JPN) [120] by 1 ¼ lengths in the
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) in Japan, while in Germany
IQUITOS (GER) [120] took the
Bayerische Hausbau - Grosser Preis von Bayern (G1) to join the rankings.
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The
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings are compiled by the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).
For further details on the
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, please contact:
Nigel Gray, co-chairman, LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee
Head of Handicapping and Race Planning, Hong Kong Jockey Club
Telephone +852 2966 8337
Email
nigel.c.gray@hkjc.org.hk
Phillip Smith, co-chairman, LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee
Head of Handicapping, British Horseracing Authority
Telephone +44 1386 834004
mail
psmith@britishhorseracing.com
Tom Robbins, chairman, North American Ratings Committee
Executive Vice President, Racing & Industry Relations, Racing Secretary, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Telephone +1 858 792 4230
Email
tomr@dmtc.com
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The full list and further information on the
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings are available on the IFHA website
http://www.ifhaonline.org.
The next edition of the rankings is the year-end
2018 LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, which will be released in
January 2019.
