Black Caviar has been the top rated sprinter in the world for the past four years – a remarkable achievement. The seven-year-old super mare won three more Group 1 races from three attempts in 2013, and brought the curtain down on her glittering career with an emphatic three length victory in the
T.J. Smith Stakes (G1) at Randwick in April, in the process extending her perfect record to 25 straight wins.
Three-year-old
Treve wasn’t born until after
Black Caviar had recorded her first five wins, but she has shown herself to be an exceptional filly in a short space of time. She is unbeaten in her five races to date, the last three of which have been Group 1s, and stamped herself a truly top class racehorse when slamming her rivals by five lengths in the
Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) at Longchamp in October.
Wise Dan has won eleven Group races in the past two seasons – seven of them at the highest level – and has proved himself to be both a highly versatile and a highly talented performer, having put up top-flight displays on turf, on dirt and on an artificial surface. For the second successive season, he rounded off his campaign with victory in the
Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita in November, this time beating
ZA APPROVAL (USA) [120], who had also chased
Wise Dan home in the
Ricoh Woodbine Mile (G1) at Woodbine in September.
The
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) produced a thrilling finish, which saw
MUCHO MACHO MAN (USA) [125] edge out
WILL TAKE CHARGE (USA) [124] and
DECLARATION OF WAR (USA) [124]. That effort took
Mucho Macho Man to the top of the dirt standings alongside
GAME ON DUDE (USA) [125], who was below his best in the Classic, but who had shown his true ability on the surface when the seven and three-quarter length winner of the
Santa Anita Handicap (G1) over the same course and distance in March.
Will Take Charge’s excellent effort was the best performance by a three-year-old on dirt so far this year.
Also at Santa Anita,
MAGICIAN (IRE) [124] put up his best performance yet when taking the
Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) from
THE FUGUE (GB) [123] and
INDY POINT (ARG) [121], while
BEHOLDER (USA) [121] became the highest ranked three-year-old filly on dirt in 2013 with her four and a quarter length triumph in the
Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1).
In Europe,
OLYMPIC GLORY (IRE) [125] took the
Queen Elizabeth II (sponsored by Qipco) (G1) at Ascot in decisive style, while
FARHH (GB) [124] rounded off his career by holding off
CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) [123] and
RULER OF THE WORLD (IRE) [122] in the
Qipco Champion Stakes at the same meeting.
JUST A WAY (JPN) [123] trounced his rivals by four lengths in the
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) in Tokyo, and he is now the third highest rated horse in Japan this season, behind only
ORFEVRE (JPN) [125] and
GOLD SHIP (JPN) [124]
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The
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings are compiled by the World Rankings Supervisory 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, World Rankings Supervisory Committee
Head of Handicapping and Race Planning, Hong Kong Jockey Club
Telephone +852 2966 8337
Email
nigel.c.gray@hkjc.org.hk
Garry O'Gorman, co-chairman, World Rankings Supervisory Committee
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
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 16th January 2014.
