THE LONGINES WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS

The official listing of the world’s best racehorses

(For 3yos and upwards which raced between 1st January and 6th July 2025)

 

FIELD OF GOLD (IRE) [127] and OMBUDSMAN (IRE) [127] have joined FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) [127] as the co-highest rated horses in the world in the fifth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025.

 

 

Both Field Of Gold and Ombudsman impressed during Royal Ascot. Field Of Gold won the St James's Palace Stakes (G1) by 3 ½ lengths to improve his rating to 127 from 123. He came into the race having won the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1). Ombudsman joins the rankings after defeating ANMAAT (IRE) [123] by 2 lengths in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes (G1).

 

In his next start, Ombudsman finished second by neck to DELACROIX (IRE) [126] in the Coral-Eclipse (G1). Delacroix has joined the rankings in the co-fourth position off of that effort. RULING COURT (USA) [121] was 1 ¾ lengths back in third, while CAMILLE PISSARO (IRE) [120] was a head behind in fourth.

 

In France, CALANDAGAN (IRE) [125] improved his rating to 125 from 123 with his 3 ½-length victory in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1). He came into the race having finished second by a half-length to JAN BRUEGHEL (IRE) [125] in the Betfred Coronation Cup (G1).

 

Meanwhile, Field Of Gold and Ombudsman were not the only Royal Ascot winners to impact the rankings. REBEL’S ROMANCE (IRE) [121] improved his rating to 121 from 120 with his victory in the Hardwicke Stakes (G2), while TRAWLERMAN (IRE) [121] and LAZZAT (FR) [120] join the rankings after their wins in the Gold Cup (G1) and Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (G1), respectively.

 

Other horses to join the rankings this month include MEISHO TABARU (JPN) [120] and MINDFRAME (USA) [120]. Meisho Tabaru took the Takarazuka Kinen (G1), and Mindframe won the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1).

 

 

 

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The LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings are compiled by the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).

For further details on the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, please contact:

Nigel Gray, co-chairman, LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee

Chief Advisor on World Racehorse Rankings, The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Telephone +852 2966 8337

Email nigel.c.gray@hkjc.org.hk

Dominic Gardiner-Hill, co-chairman, LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee

Head of Handicapping, British Horseracing Authority

E-mail dgardinerhill@britishhorseracing.com

 

Tom Robbins, chairman, North American Ratings Committee

Executive Vice President, Racing & Industry Relations, Racing Secretary, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club

Telephone +1 858 792 4230

Email tomr@dmtc.com

 

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The full list and further information on the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings are available on the IFHA website http://www.ifhaonline.org.

 

The next edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings will be published on Thursday 14^th August 2025.

 

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