No Surprise: Flightline on Top in BC Classic Rankings

Hronis Racing LLC, Siena Farm LLC, Summer Wind Equine LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Woodford Racing, LLC,'s Flightline, an incredible 19 1/4-length winner of Saturday's TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, has increased his lead to 46 votes over Life Is Good in the latest Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, on Nov. 5.

Flightline, trained by John Sadler, earned 299 votes to remain at No. 1 in the rankings for the 11th consecutive week. CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm LLC's Life Is Good, winner of both the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and the Whitney (G1) for trainer Todd Pletcher, is in second place with 253 votes.

Winchell Thoroughbreds' 3-year-old Epicenter, who won the Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) for trainer Steve Asmussen, stays in third place with 237 votes. Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stable LLC, and LNJ Foxwoods' 4-year-old Olympiad jumped from sixth place to fourth this week after capturing The Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday for his sixth win of the year. Trained by Bill Mott, Olympiad received 187 votes.

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, WinStar Farm LLC, and Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.'s Country Grammer, who finished second in the TVG Pacific Classic, dropped one spot in the rankings and is now in fifth place with 173 votes. Boat Racing, LLC, Gainesway Stable, Roadrunner Racing, and William Strauss' 4-year-old Hot Rod Charlie, who was second in the Dubai World Cup (G1), and third in the Whitney, slips one spot to sixth place with 93 votes.

Gold Square LLC's 3-year-old Cyberknife, who finished second in the Travers, is in seventh place with 86 votes for trainer Brad Cox. Wertheimer and Frere's 5-year-old Happy Saver, who finished second in the Whitney, remained in eighth place with 84 votes.

CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm LLC's 4-year-old Americanrevolution returned to the top 10 this week after his second-place finish in The Jockey Club Gold Cup. Also trained by Pletcher, Americanrevolution is in ninth place with 57 votes. Zedan Racing Stable, Inc.'s 3-year-old Taiba, winner of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and runner-up in the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1), remained in 10th place with 34 votes.

The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings are determined by a panel of leading Thoroughbred racing media, horseplayers, and members of the Breeders' Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries Panel. Rankings will be announced each week through Oct. 11. A list of voting members can be found here.

In the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, each voter rates horses on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 system in descending order.