The official listing of the top horses in the world
(covering the period 1st October 2010 to 27th March 2011)
2011 is only three months old, but Australian sprint sensation BLACK CAVIAR (AUS) [130] is already setting a scorching pace in the race to be the highest rated horse of the year.
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World Thoroughbred Rankings Top 10 horses |
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Rank |
Horse |
Rating |
Trained |
1 |
Black Caviar (AUS) |
130 |
AUS |
2 |
Blame (USA) |
129 |
USA |
3 |
Workforce (GB) |
128 |
GB |
4 |
Nakayama Festa (JPN) |
127 |
JPN |
5 |
So You Think (NZ) |
126 |
AUS |
6 |
Goldikova (IRE) |
125 |
FR |
6 |
Twice Over (GB) |
125 |
GB |
6 |
Zenyatta (USA) |
125 |
USA |
9 |
Fly Down (USA) |
123 |
USA |
9 |
Lookin At Lucky (USA) |
123 |
USA |
Now the winner of all her eleven starts to date, including four at Group 1 level, Black Caviar put up her best performance yet when eased down to win the Lexus VRC Newmarket Handicap (G1) by 3 lengths under top weight, following on from a three and a quarter length romp in the Coolmore VRC Lightning Stakes (G1), and she has already followed it up with a length and three quarter victory in the Pulse Pharmacy William Reid Stakes (G1). Black Caviar's rating of 130 puts her just 3lb behind Dayjur (USA) [133], the highest rated sprinter in the last thirty years. Dayjur topped the International Classifications in 1990 when he won six races, including the King's Stand Stakes (G2), Keeneland Nunthorpe Stakes (G1), Ladbroke Sprint Cup (G1) and the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (G1).
J J THE JET PLANE (SAF) [122] and ROCKET MAN (AUS) [122] share second place in the sprinting division. J J The Jet Plane did not need to run to his best to take the Al Quoz Sprint (sponsored by Emirates NBD) (G2) at Meydan on the Dubai World Cup card, having achieved his 122 rating for his victory in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (G1) in December, while Rocket Man (USA), who had finished just a short head behind the South African sprinter in Hong Kong, went one better with a decisive success in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (sponsored by Gulf News) (G1), in which he had finished second the previous year.
The feature at Meydan, the Dubai World Cup (sponsored by Emirates Airline) (G1), fell to VICTOIRE PISA (JPN) (122), who made a decisive move from the tail of the field in the back straight, and held all comers at bay in the straight to win by half a length from his fellow countryman TRANSCEND (JPN) (121), with strong finishing MONTEROSSO (GB) [121] a diminishing neck away in third place.
Two other winning performances from the same meeting also make it into the current top 50, namely those put up by PRESVIS (GB) (121) and REWILDING (GB) (121). Presvis made it third time lucky in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes (G1), putting up a career best performance in the process, while Rewilding recorded the widest margin win of the night in the Dubai Sheema Classic (sponsored by China Guangsha) (G1), defeating ultra consistent Redwood (GB) (115) by three and a quarter lengths.
Other notable highly rated victories so far in 2011 have come from WHOBEGOTYOU (AUS) [120], BIG DRAMA (USA) [119], BOLD SILVANO (SAF) [119] and SHOCKING (AUS) [119], all of whom reproduced their best from 2010.
Shocking gained his first success under weight-for-age conditions at the top level when the two length winner of the Dubai Australian Cup (G1) at Flemington in March, while Whobegotyou took the Blamey Stakes (G2) at the same course earlier that afternoon.
Big Drama ran away with the Mr Prospector Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park in January by four lengths, while Bold Silvano (SAF) was the impressive winner of the Al Maktoum Challenge (R2 sponsored by Etisalat) (G3) at Meydan in February.
The World Thoroughbred Rankings are compiled by the World Rankings Supervisory Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).
For further details on the World Thoroughbred Rankings, please contact:
Nigel Gray, co-chairman World Rankings Supervisory Committee
Garry O'Gorman
Senior Flat Handicapper, Irish Turf Club
Telephone +353 5997 26596
Email gaogorman@eircom.net
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 World Thoroughbred Rankings are available on the IFHA web site http://www.ifhaonline.org/
The next edition of the World Thoroughbred Rankings will be released on 26th May 2011.