WORLD’S BEST RANKINGS

10 Oct 2025 09:09


 


Through Oct. 5, Godolphin’s dual-group 1 winner Ombudsman  remains atop the latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025. The son of Night of Thunder  boasts a 128 rating following victories in this year’s Juddmonte International (G1) and Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1).

The LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
for 3yos and upwards which raced between
1st January 2025 – 5th October 2025

RankingRatingCatSurfaceHorseYOFSexOwnerTrainerTrained
1128ITOmbudsman (IRE)2021CGodolphinJohn & Thady GosdenGB
2127LTDaryz (FR)2022CAga Khan Studs SCEAFrancis Henri GraffardFR
2127MTField of Gold (IRE)2022CJuddmonteJohn & Thady GosdenGB
2127MDForever Young (JPN)2021CSusumu FujitaYoshito YahagiJPN
2127IDSovereignty (USA)2022CGodolphin Racing LLCWilliam MottUSA
6126ITDelacroix (IRE)2022CD. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier & M. TaborAidan O’BrienIRE
6126STKa Ying Rising (NZ)2020GKa Ying SyndicateDavid HayesHK
6126MDRomantic Warrior (IRE)2018GPeter Lau Pak FaiDanny ShumHK
9125LTCalandagan (IRE)2021GAga Khan Studs SCEAFrancis Henri GraffardFR
9125LTDanon Decile (JPN)2021CDanox Co LtdShogo YasudaJPN
9125IDFierceness (USA)2021CRepole StableTodd PletcherUSA
9125LTJan Brueghel (IRE)2021CWesterberg, Mrs J. Magnier, M. Tabor & D. SmithAidan O’BrienIRE
13124MDWhite Abarrio (USA)2019HC Two Racing Stable, Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Al Saud & A. PagnanoSaffie Joseph JrUSA
14123ITAnmaat (IRE)2018GShadwell Estate Company LtdOwen BurrowsGB
14123IDLocked (USA)2021CEclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Walmac FarmTodd PletcherUSA
14123ITLos Angeles (IRE)2021CWesterberg, Mrs J. Magnier, M. Tabor & D. SmithAidan O’BrienIRE
14123LTMinnie Hauk (IRE)2022FD. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier & M. TaborAidan O’BrienIRE
18121LTByzantine Dream (JPN)2021CKazumi YoshidaTomoyasu SakaguchiJPN
18121LTRebel’s Romance (IRE)2018GGodolphinCharlie ApplebyGB
18121MTRuling Court (USA)2022CGodolphinCharlie ApplebyGB
18121MTSoul Rush (JPN)2018HTatsue IshikawaYasutoshi IkeeJPN
18121ETTrawlerman (IRE)2018GGodolphinJohn & Thady GosdenGB
18121LTVoyage Bubble (AUS)2018GSunshine And Moonlight SyndicateRicky YiuHK
24120ETAl Riffa (FR)2020HAustralian Bloodstock TwoJoseph O’BrienIRE
24120ITAntino (NZ)2018GJ. RamchandaniTony GollanAUS
24120ITCamille Pissarro (IRE)2022CM. Tabor, D. Smith, Mrs J. Magnier & P. BrantAidan O’BrienIRE
24120LTCroix du Nord (JPN)2022CSunday Racing Co LtdTakashi SaitoJPN
24120MTDiego Velazquez (IRE)2021CSam SangsterAidan O’BrienIRE
24120LTDurezza (JPN)2020HCarrot Farm Co LtdTomohito OzekiJPN
24120LTGoliath (GER)2020GResolute Bloodstock & Philip Baron von UllmannFrancis Henri GraffardFR
24120MTJantar Mantar (JPN)2021CShadai Race Horse Co LtdTomokazu TakanoJPN
24120M-IDJournalism (USA)2022CEclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable et alMichael McCarthyUSA
24120LTKalpana (GB)2021FJuddmonteAndrew BaldingGB
24120LTLambourn (IRE)2022CMrs J. Magnier, M. Tabor & D. SmithAidan O’BrienIRE
24120STLazzat (FR)2021GWathnan RacingJerome ReynierFR
24120LTMeisho Tabaru (JPN)2021CYoshio MatsumotoMamoru IshibashiJPN
24120MDMindframe (USA)2021CRepole Stable & St Elias StableTodd PletcherUSA
24120MTNotable Speech (GB)2021CGodolphinCharlie ApplebyGB
24120MDRaging Torrent (USA)2021CYuesheng Zhang & Craig DadoDoug O’NeillUSA
24120STSajir (IRE)2021CPrince A. A. FaisalAndré FabreFR
24120MDSierra Leone (USA)2021CP. Brant, Mrs J. Magnier, M. Tabor, D. Smith, Westerberg & B. SmithChad BrownUSA
24120M,LTSosie (IRE)2021CWertheimer & FrereAndré FabreFR
24120ITTastiera (JPN)2020HCarrot Farm Co LtdNoriyuki HoriJPN
24120ITWhirl (IRE)2022FM. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs J. MagnierAidan O’BrienIRE
24120ITWhite Birch (GB)2020HMrs C. C. Regalado-GonzalezJohn Joseph MurphyIRE
24120MTZeus Olympios (GB)2022CSheikh Mohammed Obaid Al MaktoumKarl BurkeGB


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