BELMONT STAKES WINNER DIES
US champion, and G1 Belmont Stakes winner, Rags To Riches has died. A daughter of A.P. Indy out of Better Than Honour, Rags to Riches carved her name into racing history with a brilliant career …
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CALANDAGAN NAMED HORSE OF THE YEAR
Calandagan has been crowned Cartier Horse of the Year at the 35th Cartier Racing Awards, also claiming the prize for Older Horse. Francis-Henri Graffard’s four-year-old was not out of the top two in five starts …
WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS
LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Leading Horses click here for complete rankings Rank Horse Rating Trained 1 CALANDAGAN (IRE) 130 FR 2 OMBUDSMAN (IRE) 128 GB 3 DARYZ (FR) 127 FR 3 FIELD OF GOLD (IRE) 127 …
HORSE OF THE YEAR RETIRED
Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, has been retired to the paddocks as a broodmare at John Sikura’s Hill ’n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa near Paris, Kentucky. Trainer Kenny McPeek announced the news …
WORLD’S BEST RANKINGS
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 …
VALE WOOTTON BASSETT
Outstanding sire Wootton Bassett has died at the age of 17 at Coolmore Australia. Coolmore confirmed his death from pneumonia on Tuesday. A post from the operation on X read: “Wootton Bassett, one of the …
Vale Fastnet Rock
Multiple champion sire Fastnet Rock has died. The son of Danehill was 24. Fastnet Rock’s total number of individual Stakes winners stands at 197, including Atlantic Jewel and arguably his greatest ever performer Via Sistina, …
Gimme A Nother wows in John C. Mabee
South African champion Gimme A Nother made a big impression when she won the G2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday.The 5-year-old bay was well-positioned throughout by leading rider Juan Hernandez, then …