THE LONGINES WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS

The official listing of the world’s best racehorses

(For 3yos and upwards which raced between 1st January and 9th March 2025)

 

FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) [128] leads the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025 following his impressive victory over ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE) [127] in the Saudi Cup (G1).

 

 

 

In a dramatic finish to the Saudi Cup, Forever Young ran down Romantic Warrior to win by a neck. Ushba Tesoro was 10 ½ lengths back in third. Forever Young was making his first start of 2025, while Romantic Warrior came into the dirt race off of a victory in the Jebel Hatta Presented by Longines (G1) on turf.

 

Two horses are in the co-third position. KA YING RISING (NZ) [124] has continued to dominate the sprinting scene in Hong Kong with victories in the Centenary Sprint Cup (G1) and Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (G1), while in the United States, WHITE ABARRIO (USA) [124] took the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) in his seasonal debut.

 

In the Pegasus, White Abarrio defeated LOCKED (USA) [123] by 6 1/4 lengths. Locked then went on to win the Santa Anita Handicap presented by Yaamava' Resort & Casino (G1) by 8 ½ lengths in his second start of the year.

 

 

 

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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

Chief Advisor on World Racehorse Rankings, The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Telephone +852 2966 8337

Email nigel.c.gray@hkjc.org.hk

Dominic Gardiner-Hill, co-chairman, LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee

Head of Handicapping, British Horseracing Authority

E-mail dgardinerhill@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 LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings will be published on Thursday 10^th April 2025.

 

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