WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS ANNOUNCED 12 Aug 2021 17:22
The
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (for 3yos and upwards which raced
between 1st January 2021 and 8th August 2021)
ADAYAR
(IRE) [127], who bested his elders in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Qipco Stakes (G1), has joined ST MARK’S BASILICA (FR) [127] at the top of the
ratings in the sixth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
for 2021.
LONGINES
World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
Rank
Horse Rating Trained
1 ADAYAR (IRE)
127 GB
1 ST
MARK’S BASILICA (FR) 127 IRE
3 PALACE
PIER (GB) 125 GB
4 KNICKS
GO (USA) 124 USA
4
MISHRIFF (IRE) 124 GB
4 NATURE
STRIP (AUS) 124 AUS
7
DOMESTIC SPENDING (GB) 122 USA
7 MYSTIC
GUIDE (USA) 122 USA
7 POETIC
FLARE (IRE) 122 IRE
7
SUBJECTIVIST (GB) 122 GB
Making
his first start since taking the Cazoo Derby (G1), Adayar defeated MISHRIFF
(IRE) [124] by 1 ¾ lengths to win the King George. As a result, Adayar improved
his rating to 127 from 121 to take his place at the top alongside St Mark’s
Basilica, who had defeated ADDEYBB (IRE) [121] and Mishriff in the
Coral-Eclipse (G1) at the beginning of July to receive his rating.
Mishriff
also improved his rating in the King George, which has gone up to 124 from 122.
He now sits in the co-fourth position along with KNICKS GO (USA) [124], who
earned his rating after winning the Whitney Stakes (G1) by 4 ½ lengths. They
share co-fourth with Australian sprinting star NATURE STRIP (AUS) [124].
