The World's Leading Horses - 1st May 2008 to 4th November 2008
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Rating Cat Surface   Horse A S Trainer Trained Position Race Date Group Distance Run
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 130 M Dirt   Curlin (USA) 4 C S.M. Asmussen USA 1st Stephen Foster H 14th June 1 1800 USA
2 9 3 3 2 2 14   129 I Turf * New Approach (IRE) 3 C J.S. Bolger IRE 1st Emirates Airline Champion 18th Oct 1 2000 GB
2 4 14 13 16       129 I Dirt   Raven's Pass (USA) 3 C J.H.M. Gosden GB 1st Breeders' Cup Classic 25th Oct 1 2000 USA
4 2 2 2 4 7 23   127 L Turf * Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) 4 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 1st King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 26th July 1 2400 GB
4 2 8 8 6 5     127 L Turf * Zarkava (IRE) 3 F A. de Royer-Dupre FR 1st Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 5th Oct 1 2400 FR
6 4 3 3 2 2 2   126 I Dirt * Big Brown (USA) 3 C R.E. Dutrow Jr USA 1st Kentucky Derby (Presented by Yum! Brands)/Preakness 3rd May/17th May 1 2000/1900 USA
6 4 3 3         126 L Turf   Montmartre (FR) 3 C A. de Royer-Dupre FR 1st Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris 14th July 1 2400 FR
6 4 3 3 44 39     126 L Turf   Papal Bull (GB) 5 H Sir M. Stoute GB 2nd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 26th July 1 2400 GB
9 33             125 L Turf   Conduit (IRE) 3 C Sir M. Stoute GB 1st Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf 25th Oct 1 2400 USA
9 33 46           125 M Turf   Goldikova (IRE) 3 F F. Head FR 1st Breeders' Cup Mile 25th Oct 1 1600 USA
9 9 8 8 6 5 12   125 I Dirt * Henrythenavigator (USA) 3 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 2nd Breeders' Cup Classic 25th Oct 1 2000 USA
9 9 8 8 6 5 12   125 M Turf * Henrythenavigator (USA) 3 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 2nd Queen Elizabeth II 27th Sept 1 1600 GB
9 8 8 8 6 15 31 4 125 L Turf   Youmzain (IRE) 5 H M.R. Channon GB 2nd Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 5th Oct 1 2400 FR
13 9             124 L Turf   It's Gino (GER) 5 H P. Vovcenko GER 3rd  Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 5th Oct 1 2400 FR
13 9 30           124 M Turf   Paco Boy (IRE) 3 C R. Hannon GB 1st Total Prix de la Foret 4th Oct 1 1400 FR
13 9 12 11 9 7   19 124 L Turf   Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 4 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 3rd Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 5th Oct 1 2400 FR
13 9 8 26         124 M Turf * Tamayuz (GB) 3 C F. Head FR 1st Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le Marois 17th Aug 1 1600 FR
13 33 30 40 44 39     124 M Dirt   Zenyatta (USA) 4 F J. A. Shirreffs USA 1st Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic 24th Oct 1 1800 USA
18               123 S Dirt * Midnight Lute (USA) 5 H B. Baffert USA 1st Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Sprint 25th Oct 1 1200 USA
18 15 12           123 I Turf * Phoenix Tower (USA) 4 C H.R.A. Cecil GB 2nd Juddmonte International 23rd Aug 1 2000 GB
18 15 7 7 4 4     123 L Turf   Tartan Bearer (IRE) 3 C Sir M. Stoute GB 2nd Vodafone Derby 7th June 1 2400 GB
18       44 39 31   123 I Dirt   Tiago (USA) 4 C J. A. Shirreffs USA 3rd Breeders' Cup Classic 25th Oct 1 2000 USA
22 17 14 13 33 30     122 M Dirt   Commentator (USA) 7 G N.P. Zito USA 1st Whitney H/Massachusetts H 26th July/20th Sept 1/L 1800 USA
22               122 L Turf   Eagle Mountain (GB) 4 C M. De Kock GB 2nd Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf 25th Oct 1 2400 USA
22 17 14 13 20 18 14 8 122 M Turf   Kip Deville (USA) 5 H R.E. Dutrow Jr USA 1st/2nd Poker H/Breeders' Cup Mile 13th July/25th Oct  3/1 1600 USA
22 17             122 E Turf   Septimus (IRE) 5 H A.P. O'Brien IRE 1st Irish Field St Leger 13th Sept 1 2800 IRE
22 17 21 20 16 15     122 I Turf   Vision d'Etat (FR) 3 C E. Libaud FR 5th Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 5th Oct 1 2400 FR
22   30 13 11 10 5 8 122 M Turf   Viva Pataca (GB) ex Comic Strip 6 G J. Moore HK 1st Mission Hills Sha Tin Trophy 26th Oct HK 3 1600 HK
22 17 14 13 11 10 5 8 122 M Turf   Weekend Hussler (AUS) 4 G R. McDonald AUS 1st Rokk Ebony Underwood 20th Sept 1 1800 AUS
22 17 14 13 11       122 E Turf   Yeats (IRE) 7 H A.P. O'Brien IRE 1st Ascot Gold Cup/ABN AMRO Goodwood Cup 19th June/31st July 1/2 4000/3200 GB
30 25 21 20         121 L Turf   Adlerflug (GER) 4 C J. Hirschberger GER 1st Deutschland Preis 20th July 1 2400 GER
30 25 21 20 20 18 31   121 M Turf   Apache Cat (AUS) 6 G G. Eurell AUS 1st Carlton Draught Doomben 10,000 24th May 1 1350 AUS
30 25           28 121 L Turf   Ask (GB) 5 H Sir M. Stoute GB 6th Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 5th Oct 1 2400 FR
30 25 21 20 16 10 5 8 121 L Turf   Getaway (GER) 5 H A. Fabre FR 1st stanjamesuk.com Jockey Club 4th May 2 2400 GB 
30 25 21           121 L Turf   Kamsin (GER) 3 C P. Schiergen GER 1st Grosser Mercedes-Benz Preis von Baden 7th Sept 1 2400 GER
30 25 21 20 20 18 14 39 121 M,L Turf   Pocket Power (SAF) 6 G M.W. Bass SAF 1st/2nd Durban July/Champions Cup 5th July/26th July 1 2200/1800 SAF
30 25 21 11 9 7 3 5 121 S Turf   Sacred Kingdom (AUS) 5 G P.F. Yiu HK 1st GOME Sprint 1st May HK 2 1200 HK
37 33 30 26 20 18 14 28 120 M Turf   Archipenko (USA) 4 C M.F. de Kock UAE 1st Summer Mile 12th July 2 1600 GB
37 17 14           120 I Dirt   Colonel John (USA) 3 C E. G. Harty USA 1st Travers 23rd Aug 1 2000 USA
37               120 I Turf   Deep Sky (JPN) 3 C M. Kon JPN 3rd Tenno Sho (Autumn) 2nd Nov 1 2000 JPN
37 33 30 26 20 18     120 I Turf   Famous Name (GB) 3 C D.K. Weld IRE 2nd Jockey Club 1st June 1 2100 FR
37 33 30 26 11       120 L Turf   Frozen Fire (GER) 3 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 1st Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby 29th June 1 2400 IRE
37 33 30   44 39 31   120 I Dirt   Go Between (USA) 5 H W.I. Mott USA 1st/5th Pacific Classic/Breeders' Cup Classic 24th Aug/25th Oct 1 2000 USA
37 33 30 26 20       120 M Turf * Haradasun (AUS) 5 H A.P. O'Brien IRE 1st Queen Anne 17th June 1 1600 GB
37 33 30 26 20 18 23 39 120 M Dirt * Heatseeker (IRE) 5 H J. Hollendorfer USA 1st Californian 31st May 2 1800 USA
37 33 30 26 44 39     120 S Turf   J J The Jet Plane (SAF) 4 G M.N. Houdalakis SAF 1st Golden Horse Casino Sprint/Mercury Sprint 31st May/20th July 1 1200 SAF
37 33 30 26 20       120 S Turf * Kingsgate Native (IRE) 3 C J.R. Best GB 1st Golden Jubilee 21st June 1 1200 GB
37 33 30 26 44 39     120 S Turf   Marchand d'Or (FR) 5 G F. Head FR 1st Darley July Cup/Prix Maurice de Gheest 11th July/10th Aug 1 1200/1300 GB/FR
37 33 30 26 20 18     120 M Turf   Vodka (JPN)  4 F K. Sumii JPN 1st Yasuda Kinen 8th June 1 1600 JPN
49 46 46 40 33 30 23 28 119 S Dirt * Benny The Bull (USA) 5 H R.E. Dutrow Jr USA 1st Smile Sprint H 12th July 2 1200 USA
49               119 M Dirt   Cocoa Beach (CHI) 4 F S bin Suroor USA 2nd Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic 24th Oct 1 1800 USA
49               119 I Turf   Company (JPN) 7 H H. Otonashi JPN 4th Tenno Sho (Autumn) 2nd Nov 1 2000 JPN
49 46             119 M Turf * Darjina (FR) 4 F A. de Royer-Dupre FR 2nd Prix du Moulin 7th Sept 1 1600 FR
49 46 46 40 33 30 23 28 119 L Turf   Doctor Dino (FR) 6 H R.Gibson FR 1st/3rd Grand Prix de Chantilly/Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 1st Jun/29th Jun 2/1 2400 FR
49 46 46 40 33       119 S Turf   Equiano (FR) 3 C M. Delcher Sanchez SPA 1st King's Stand 17th June 1 1000 GB
49               119 S Dirt   Fatal Bullet (USA) 3 C R. Baker USA 2nd Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Sprint 25th Oct 1 1200 USA
49 46             119 I Turf   Lady Marian (GER) 3 F W. Baltromei GER 1st Qatar Petroleum Prix de l'Opera 5th Oct 1 2000 FR
49 46 46 40 33 30 23 28 119 I Turf   Linngari (IRE) 6 H Sir M. Stoute GB 1st Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen 27th July 1 2000 GER
49 46 46 40 44       119 M Turf   Lush Lashes (GB) 3 F J.S. Bolger IRE 1st Coronation 20th June 1 1600 GB
49 46 46 40 33 30     119 L Turf   Macarthur (GB) 4 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 3rd/1st  Juddmonte Coronation Cup/Hardwicke 6th Jun/21st Jun 1/2 2400 GB
49 25 21           119 I Dirt   Mambo In Seattle (USA) 3 C N.J. Howard USA 2nd Travers 23rd Aug 1 2000 USA
49 46 46 40         119 I Turf * Mount Nelson (GB) 4 C A.P. O'Brien IRE 1st Coral-Eclipse 5th July 1 2010 GB
49 46             119 M Turf   Pompeii Ruler (AUS) 6 G M. G. Price AUS 2nd Rokk Ebony Underwood 20th Sept 1 1800 AUS
49 46 46 40 20 18     119 M Turf   Sageburg (IRE) 4 C A. de Royer-Dupre FR 1st/4th/2nd Ispahan/Moulin/Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein 18th May/7th Sept/4th Oct  1/1/2 1850/1600/1600 FR
49 46 46           119 I Turf   Spirit One (FR) 4 C P. Demercastel FR 1st Arlington Million 9th Aug 1 2000 USA
49               119 S Dirt   Ventura (USA) 4 F R.J. Frankel USA 1st Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint 24th Oct L 1400 USA
49 46 46           119 M,I Dirt   Well Armed (USA) 5 G E.G.Harty USA 2nd/1st Pacific Classic/Goodwood 24th Aug/27th Sept 1 2000/1800 USA

    * Retired or no longer racing

   
Distance Categories
S  
5f - 6.5f  : 1000m - 1300m
S (CAN/USA)  
5f - 7.99f : 1000m - 1599m
M  
6.51f - 9.49f   : 1301m - 1899m
M (CAN/USA)  
8f - 9.49f   : 1600m - 1899m
I  
9.5f - 10.5f : 1900m - 2100m
L  
10.51f - 13.5f   : 2101m - 2700m
E  
13.51f+ : 2701m+