Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings

With a rating of 130, the Aga Khan Studs homebred Calandagan has been crowned Longines World's Best Racehorse for 2025, ahead of five horses from four different countries who all tied for second on a rating of 128. At a ceremony to mark the Longines Racing Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London on Tuesday, it was confirmed that the performance of Calandagan when winning October's G1 Champion Stakes at Ascot was the best produced by any racehorse on the planet last year. The son of Gleneagles - who also...

The 2025 Longines World Racing Awards will be held at the Savoy Hotel in London on January 20. The event is organised by Longines and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). The ceremony will honour the highest-rated horse in the 2025 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR) as well as the Longines World's Best Horse Race (WBHR). The Longines WBRR are established by international handicappers according to the performance of the horses in top races. The highest rated race is determined by averaging the rankings of the first four...

Aga Khan homebred Calandagan (Gleneagles) triumphed in the G1 Champion Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day and is now rated the best horse in the world in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings. Rated 130 from 125, the gelding defeated G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes/G1 International Stakes hero Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) (128), group winner Almaqam (Lope De Vega) (122) and G1 Eclipse Stakes victor Delacroix (Dubawi) (126) last month. The G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud both went his way...

Fresh off his victory in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Daryz (Sea The Stars) moves into joint-second in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR) with a mark of 127. Tied with multiple Group 1-winning miler Field Of Gold (Kingman), G1 Saudi Cup hero Forever Young (Real Steel) and GI Travers Stakes-winning dual American Classic scorer Sovereignty (Into Mischief), the Aga Khan Studs runner sits one point below Godolphin's Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) at 128. Daryz had G1 Oaks/G1 Irish Oaks/G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Minnie Hauk (Frankel) (123)...

After his success in the G1 Juddmonte International Stakes, Godolphin's Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) is now on top of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR). His mark of 128 is one point better than GI Travers Stakes hero Sovereignty (Into Mischief), who is tied for second with G1 Saudi Cup winner Forever Young (Real Steel) and G1 Irish 2000 Guineas/G1 St James's Palace Stakes scorer Field Of Gold (Kingman). G1 Irish Champion Stakes entrant and G1 Coral-Eclipse hero Delacroix (Dubawi) was second at York and is rated at 126....

Field Of Gold (Kingman) and Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) have joined Forever Young (Real Steel) at the top of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025, after producing blockbuster performances to win at Royal Ascot. Juddmonte's Field Of Gold won the G1 St James's Palace Stakes by three and a half lengths, while stablemate Ombudsman ran out a decisive winner of the G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes, by two lengths from last year's G1 Champion Stakes winner Anmaat (Awtaad) [123]. Both horses are now rated 127, matching the figure...

Following his victory in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Danon Decile (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) has moved into third position in the second edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025. Last year's G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) hero raised his rating from 125 from 118 in winning at Meydan, producing a career-best performance to beat Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) by over a length. The runner-up sits just outside of the top three with a rating of 123, while Durezza (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) and Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire})...

Japan's Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) anchors the first edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings with a mark of 128. The Yoshito Yahagi trainee closed to take the G1 Saudi Cup by a neck over the 127-rated Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). The latter had earlier won the G1 Jebel Hatta this year. Continuing the Hong Kong theme, star sprinter Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}) is a co-third in the rankings alongside GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes winner White Abarrio (Race Day), as both are...

The 2024 Longines World Racing Awards will be held at the Savoy Hotel in London on Tuesday, January 21, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), in partnership with Swiss watch brand Longines, announced on Thursday. The ceremony will honour the highest-rated horse in the 2024 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, as well as the Longines World's Best Horse Race. Earlier this year Equinox (Jpn) was named the 2023 Longines World's Best Racehorse with a rating of 135, while the G1 Japan Cup, won by Equinox on his final start,...

Multiple Group 1 winner Via Sistina (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) is now the highest rated filly or mare in the world at 127 on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday. A winner of the G1 Turnbull Stakes and G1 Cox Plate in October, she added the G1 Champions Stakes in November and is equal to G1 Derby/G1 International Stakes/G1 Eclipse winner City Of Troy (Justify). The highest rated horse in the world is Laurel River (Into Mischief) at 128. Next in the rankings are the...

Last month's G1 Irish Champion Stakes hero Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) is now ranked in a joint-fifth at 123 on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday. The William Haggas trainee defeated the 122-rated Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Shin Emperor (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) (120) in the Irish showpiece. Also rated 123 are the GI Travers Stakes hero Fierceness (City Of Light) and the 2024 multiple Group 1 winner Rebel's Romance (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Laurel River (Into Mischief), a winner of the...

After setting a new course record in the G1 International Stakes, City Of Troy (Justify) is now the second-highest rated horse in the world on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday. He improved from 123 to 127 with his victory. The G1 Eclipse Stakes and G1 Derby winner is behind only G1 Dubai World Cup hero Laurel River (Into Mischief), who holds a mark of 128. Second behind City Of Troy at York is G2 King Edward VII Stakes hero Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who...