The world top 20 racehorses – based on Thoroughbred Racing Commentary global rankings
• TRC editor Chris Smith on the new rankings: time for a revolution
Horse | Age and sex | Trainer (nation) | Sire
- (1) Almond Eye 6m (retired) Sakae Kunieda (JPN) Lord Kanaloa (JPN)
• Japan: Almond Eye named Horse of the Year for the second time
• Japan Cup: all you need to know as record-breaking Almond Eye joins the immortals - (2) Enable 7m (retired) John Gosden (GB) Nathaniel (IRE)
• A one-man equine pantheon: remembering Khalid Abdullah and his top ten horses
• Arc takeaway: all you need to know as Enable is sunk in the mud behind Sottsass - (3) Ghaiyyath (retired) 6h Charlie Appleby (UAE) Dubawi (IRE)
• Irish Champion Stakes: get the takeaway as Magical thwarts Ghaiyyath in an epic
• Juddmonte International: everything you need to know about Ghaiyyath the great - (4) Tarnawa 5m Dermot Weld (IRE) Shamardal (USA)
Breeders’ Cup Saturday: Tarnawa tops clean sweep for Europe on the Keeneland turf - (5) Golden Sixty 5g Francis Lui (HK) Medaglia D’Oro (USA)
• Hong Kong International Races: all you need to know in the Sha Tin takeaway
• ‘Like driving a Formula 1 car’ – ten in a row as Golden Sixty motors towards Hong Kong Mile - (6) Contrail 4c Yoshito Yahagi (JPN) Deep Impact (JPN)
Contrail: no Arc in 2021 – but Dubai Turf is on the agenda for Triple Crown winner - (7) Magical 6m (retired) Aidan O’Brien (IRE) Galileo (IRE)
Thanks for the memories: mighty mare Magical retired – and this time it’s for real - (8) Sottsass 5h (retired) Jean-Claude Rouget (FR) Siyouni (FR)
Arc takeaway: all you need to know as Enable is sunk in the mud behind Sottsass - (9) Love 4f Aidan O’Brien (IRE) Galileo (IRE)
A ‘freebie’ for Serpentine, Kameko to cut back, Triple Crown for Love? Here’s the Derby takeaway - (10) Authentic (retired) 4c Bob Baffert (USA) Into Mischief (USA)
• Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Authentic is retired to stud
• ‘The best horse in America’ – Bob Baffert heads our Breeders’ Cup takeaway - (11) Tiz The Law 4c (retired) Barclay Tagg (USA) Constitution (USA)
• Shock as Tiz The Law is retired: racing career over on veterinary advice - (12) Battaash 7g Charlie Hills (GB) Dark Angel (GB)
• Battaash: star sprinter ruled out of Breeders’ Cup but will be back in 2021
• Nunthorpe: All you need to know as Battaash survives a scare to crown Crowley four-timer - (13) Maximum Security (retired) 5h Bob Baffert (USA) New Year’s Day (USA)
• ‘She’s a superstar’: Monomoy Girl stays in training – but Improbable and Maximum Security retired
• Breeders’ Cup Saturday: ‘The best horse in America’ – Bob Baffert ends turbulent year with Classic one-two - (14) Gran Alegria 5m Kazuo Fujisawa (JPN) Deep Impact (JPN)
• Japan’s year of wonders continues as Gran Alegria strikes again with stunning turn of foot
• All you can say is wow! Watch Gran Alegria’s stunning charge in Sprinters Stakes in Japan - (15) Palace Pier 4c John Gosden (GB) Kingman (GB)
Jacques le Marois: all you need to know as Palace Pier and Frankie Dettori make light of the heavy - (16) Monomoy Girl 6m Brad Cox (USA) Tapizar (USA)
‘She’s a superstar’: Monomoy Girl stays in training – but Improbable and Maximum Security retired - (17) Improbable 5h (retired) Bob Baffert (USA) City Zip (USA)
• Breeders’ Cup Saturday: ‘The best horse in America’ – Bob Baffert ends turbulent year with Classic one-two
• Santa Anita: watch Improbable impress over Maximum Security – plus Princess Noor’s star show - (18) Addeybb 7g William Haggas (GB) Pivotal (GB)
• Addeybb: William Haggas plots second trip to Australia – with Saudi Cup as back-up option
• British Champions Day: all you need to know about Ascot ace Addeybb and history-making Hollie - (19) Persian King (retired) 5h Andre Fabre (FR) Kingman (GB)
- (20) Mogul 4c Aidan O’Brien (IRE) Galileo (IRE)
Hong Kong International Races: all you need to know in the Sha Tin takeaway
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