Tackling 1600m for only the second time since his three-year-old season, and encountering soft ground for just the second time in his career,
Just A Way stayed on strongly to catch
GRAND PRIX BOSS (JPN) [119] in the final few strides to maintain his unbeaten record for the year, and register his second successive Group 1 victory.
KINGMAN (GB) [125] jumped to the top of the 3yo standings when capturing the
Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas (G1) by an impressive five lengths at the Curragh. He is now the winner of four of his five races, his only defeat coming in the
Qipco 2000 Guineas (G1) at Newmarket, where he was beaten half a length by
NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) [120].
Third behind
Night Of Thunder and
Kingman in the
Qipco 2000 Guineas was
AUSTRALIA (GB) [123], and he underlined the strength of that form when justifying favouritism in the
Investec Derby (G1) at Epsom, where he swept to the front over a furlong from home to defeat
KINGSTON HILL (GB) [120] by a length and a quarter.
Also at Epsom, the gallant eight-year-old
CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) [123] registered his third Group 1 triumph of the year and the sixth of his career when proving two lengths too good for
FLINTSHIRE (GB) [119] in the
Investec Coronation Cup (G1).
CALIFORNIA CHROME (USA) [124] put up the highest rated performance on Dirt in the last month when following up his victory in the
Kentucky Derby (presented by Yum! Brands) (G1) with a length and a half success over
RIDE ON CURLIN (USA) [120] in the
Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico, but he found the final leg of the American Triple Crown a step too far, dead-heating for fourth place in the
Belmont Stakes (G1).
The 2013
Belmont Stakes winner,
PALACE MALICE (USA) [123], has made an excellent start to 2014, and he continued his winning ways when running out the length winner of the
Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park, in the process recording his fourth Graded Stakes win of the year.
OLYMPIC GLORY (IRE) [122] made a successful seasonal debut when taking the
JLT Lockinge Stakes (G1) at Newbury, but he proved no match for
Cirrus Des Aigleswhen venturing beyond a mile for the first time in the
Prix d’Ispahan (G1) at Longchamp.
In Singapore, Hong Kong-trained horses captured both of Kranji’s international feature races for the second successive year, with
DAN EXCEL (IRE) [120] gaining a decisive length and three-quarter triumph in the
Singapore Airlines International Cup (G1), and
LUCKY NINE (IRE) [120] taking the
KrisFlyer International Sprint (G1) for the second year in a row with an emphatic two and a half length victory.
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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
Email
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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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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 10th July 2014. 
