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The ratings for the horses also help establish two other awards: the aforementioned Longines World's Best Horse Race and the Longines World's Best Jockey. The Longines World's Best Horse Race award recognizes the best-rated race of the highest-rated Group 1 international races as established by a panel of international handicappers.
Molvedo was a brown horse [1] standing 1.68 metres [2] bred near Varese in Italy by the Razza Ticino. [3] He was from the first crop of foals sired by Ribot, the best horse ever trained in Italy, who was unbeaten in a career of 16 races including two runnings of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the 1956 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
The 2014 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2014 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. [1] It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2015. [2] It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during ...
Sea Bird: second highest Timeform rated horse (rated 145) Sea the Stars: first horse ever to win the 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, and Arc de Triomphe in the same year (2009) Seabiscuit: beat War Admiral in a nationally broadcast 1938 match race; like Phar Lap, raced during the Depression; Sunday Silence Seattle Slew: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1977)
Falbrav won the 2003 Cartier Racing Award for Champion European older horse. In the International Classification for the same year, Falbrav was rated on 127, six pounds behind Hawk Wing. [31] Although this rating made him the fourth best horse in the world, some commentators claimed that he had been unfairly under-rated.
The 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2020 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. [1] It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on 26 January 2021. [ 2 ]
Timeform states that the very poorest horses may be rated as low as 30, with the very best horses rated 130 and above. [6] Two-year-old ratings are slightly lower than those for older horses. It also notes that only a very select number of horses have achieved a rating of 175 and above for hurdling (16) or 182 and above for chasing (20).
On April 14, the Longine World Best Racehorse Ranking (which tabulates all major races from that year up until April 9) was announced, and citing Equinox's 3 and a half length victory at Dubai, he was the highest rated horse at 129 pounds.