Captain Amongst World’s Best
2015 Equus Champion Sprinter, Captain Of All, rated one of the best in the world by Longines
15th August 2015
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2015 Equus Champion Sprinter, Captain Of All, rated one of the best in the world by Longines
With his historic wire to wire victory in the Gr1 Belmont Stakes, American Pharoah has garnered the top spot in the fourth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2015
The past month of exciting racing has resulted in a number of newcomers being included in the third edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2015.
Able Friend joins Shared Belief at the top of the leaderboard for the second edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2015.
Topping the board with a rating of 130 was the Japanese-bred Just A Way (Heart’s Cry – Sibyl). The six-year-old, whose track victories include the Dubai Duty Free and the Gr1 Yasuda Kinen, has recently joined his sire Heart’s Cry at the Shadai Stallion Station’s Hokkaido farm
Japan’s Just A Way has led the way for most of the year while Australia, Kingman, The Grey Gatsby and South Africa’s Variety Club currently share the title of co-2nd highest rated horse in the world.
Twelve horses have recorded performances at 120 and above during the past month to gain inclusion into the 2014 LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.
Treve brought down the curtain on her glittering career with a decisive success in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday. In the process, she became only the seventh horse to win the Arc twice, and the first horse to gain back to back victories in the race for 36 years.
Japanese-trained 5-y-o Just A Way has now completed six months as the top rated horse on the strength of his outstanding victory in the Gr1 Dubai Duty Free
Variety Club is rated joint second on the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
The Longines Worlds Best Racehorse Rankings are for 3yos and upwards which raced between 1 January and 6 July 2014. The latest rankings were published on 10 July 2014.
