Mishriff Tops Current World's Best Racehorse Rankings
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Photo: Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia/Neville Hopwood
Jockey David Egan celebrates a victory by Mishriff over Charlatan in the Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack
The winner of the richest race in the world is now the top-ranked horse in the world.
In his first start of the year, Mishriff (122) won the $20 million Saudi Cup, and the Great Britain-based 4-year-colt leads the first edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021. The rankings cover racing from Jan. 1 through March 7.
The rankings are compiled by the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
Mishriff posted a length victory in the Saudi Cup over American raider Charlatan (120), who was also making his seasonal debut.
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Australia's Nature Strip (121) is the second-highest rated horse in the first edition of the rankings after his half-length win Feb. 13 in the Black Caviar Lightning (G1), which served as the multiple group 1 winner's first race of the year.
In co-third, along with Charlatan, are Hong Kong-based runners Exultant (120) and Golden Sixty (120).
Besides Charlatan, other American horses to rate among the world's best include Knicks Go (119), fourth in the Saudi Cup and the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner; and 3-year-olds Life Is Good (119) and Essential Quality (117), respective winners of the San Felipe Stakes (G2) and Southwest Stakes (G3).
The full list of rankings can be found online.