Winner of Godolphin in double group 1 until October 5 Ombudsman remains at the top of the latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025. The son of Night of Thunder is rated 128 after wins in this year’s Juddmonte International (G1) and Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1).
Four horses share the second-highest rating of 127, including Godolphin in the US Sovereignty the winner of Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1). Sovereingty, who has not raced since his romp in the Travers Stakes (G1) on August 23, will make his next start in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on November 1 at Seawhere he will compete against one of the horses he is tied with in the ratings, winner of the Saudi Cup (G1) Forever young .
Recent Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) hero Daryz received a rating of 127 after his defeat Minnie Hauk (123) by a headline October 5 at Longchamp. Daryz came into the race having finished second with a short lead Northern Cross (120) in the Prix du Prince d’Orange (G3). Earlier this season, Daryz won the Prix Eugene Adam (G2).
Minnie Hauk, the highest rated woman in the World’s Best Rankings, has had a stellar campaign this year, capturing the Yorkshire Oaks (G1), Epsom Oaks (G1) and Irish Oaks (G1).
The other horse rated at 127 is the winner of Juddmonte’s Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and St. James’s Palace Stakes (G1). Field of gold .
The second and third highest rated American horses are champions and recent winners of the Pacific Classic (G1). Ferocity (125), also scheduled for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and winner of the Pegasus World Cup (G1). White Abarrio (124).
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