LONGINES WORLD BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS 15 Aug 2025 16:42
There is a quartet of newcomers in the sixth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025.
| LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Leading Horses click here for complete rankings | |||
| Rank | Horse | Rating | Trained |
| 1 | FIELD OF GOLD (IRE) | 127 | GB |
| 1 | FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) | 127 | JPN |
| 1 | OMBUDSMAN (IRE) | 127 | GB |
| 4 | DELACROIX (IRE) | 126 | IRE |
| 4 | KA YING RISING (NZ) | 126 | HK |
| 4 | ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE) | 126 | HK |
SIERRA LEONE (USA) [120], who was last year’s champion 3-year-old male in the United States, got back to his winning ways when he took the Whitney Stakes (G1) by a length. He came into to the Whitney having finished second to MINDFRAME (USA) [120] in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1).
WHIRL (IRE) [120] finds herself ranked after winning the Qatar Nassau Stakes (G1) by 5 lengths. In her previous start, Whirl won the Paddy Power Pretty Polly Stakes
(G1) by 1 ¼ lengths over KALPANA (GB) [120].
As for Kalpana, she finished second by a length behind CALANDAGAN (IRE) [125] in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) in her next start after the Pretty Polly Stakes, and she is ranked off of that effort.
Additionally, SAJIR (IRE) [120] is now ranked following his 1 ¾ length-victory over LAZZAT (FR) [120] in the ARC Prix Maurice de Gheest – Fonds Europeen de l’Elevage (G1). In April, Sajir won the Blandford Bloodstock Abernant Stakes (G3).
