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
- (4) Contrail 3c Yoshito Yahagi (JPN) Deep Impact (JPN)
• Japanese superstar Contrail usurps Enable as number one on global rankings
• Contrail is the unbeaten Triple Crown hero – but only just
• Now for the Triple Crown: it’s so easy for superstar Contrail in Japan
• Star colt Contrail powers away in Japanese Derby – but connections rule out Arc bid - (1) Enable 6m (retired) John Gosden (GB) Nathaniel (IRE)
• Arc takeaway: all you need to know as Enable is sunk in the mud behind Sottsass
• King George takeaway: Enable and Frankie Dettori make history – here’s what you need to know - (2) Ghaiyyath (retired) 5h 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
• Ghaiyyath beats Enable in race of the season: here’s the Coral-Eclipse takeaway - (3) Magical 5m Aidan O’Brien (IRE) Galileo (IRE)
• Breeders’ Cup: Mogul and Magical to headline Aidan O’Brien team at Keeneland
• British Champions Day: all you need to know about Ascot ace Addeybb and history-making Hollie
• Irish Champion Stakes: get the takeaway as Magical thwarts Ghaiyyath in an epic - (5) Sottsass 4c (retired) Jean-Claude Rouget (FR) Siyouni (FR)
Arc takeaway: all you need to know as Enable is sunk in the mud behind Sottsass - (6) Maximum Security 4c Bob Baffert (USA) New Year’s Day (USA)
• Awesome Again: watch Improbable impress over Maximum Security – plus Princess Noor’s star show
• Bob Baffert: ‘Maximum Security showed he is a great horse’ – all the news from the Pacific Classic
• Guts gets the glory for Maximum Security at Del Mar – but it’s mighty close - (7) Love 3f Aidan O’Brien (IRE) Galileo (IRE)
A ‘freebie’ for Serpentine, Kameko to cut back, Triple Crown for Love? Here’s the Derby takeaway - (8) Almond Eye 5m Sakae Kunieda (JPN) Lord Kanaloa (JPN)
Almond Eye, Magical and Addeybb: stellar cast for Hong Kong International Races - (9) Tiz The Law 3c Barclay Tagg (USA) Constitution (USA)
• Tiz The Law to bypass Preakness ahead of Breeders’ Cup Classic
• Kentucky Derby: everything you need to know as Authentic turns back Tiz The Law - (11) Palace Pier 3c John Gosden (GB) Kingman (GB)
Jacques le Marois: all you need to know as Palace Pier and Frankie Dettori make light of the heavy - (10) Battaash 6g 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
• Royal Ascot Day 1: here’s the takeaway as Battaash blitzes them behind closed doors - (12) Swiss Skydiver 3f Kenny McPeek (USA) Daredevil (USA)
Preakness Stakes: all you need to know as Swiss Skydiver triumphs in an epic battle of Baltimore - (13) Beauty Generation 7g John Moore (HK) Road To Rock (AUS)
Superstar Beauty Generation to carry on in Hong Kong next season with David Hayes - (14) Persian King 4c Andre Fabre (FR) Kingman (GB)
- (15) Addeybb 6g William Haggas (GB) Pivotal (GB)
British Champions Day: all you need to know about Ascot ace Addeybb and history-making Hollie - (16) Mohaather 4c (retired) Marcus Tregoning (GB) Showcasing (GB)
Sussex Stakes: Mohaather ‘could have won much easier’ while Murphy says ‘jockey error’ cost Kameko - (17) Improbable 4c Bob Baffert (USA) City Zip (USA)
Santa Anita: watch Improbable impress over Maximum Security – plus Princess Noor’s star show - (19) The Revenant 5g Francis-Henri Graffard (FR) Dubawi (IRE)
- (18) Tarnawa 4f Dermot Weld (IRE) Shamardal (USA)
- (20) Rushing Fall 5m Chad Brown (USA) More Than Ready (USA)
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World top jockeys and trainers
Magic Wand: Ballydoyle’s globe-trotting star retired owing to hoof abscess
Bahrain: Irish Derby winner Sovereign supplemented to £500,000 International Trophy
Breeders’ Cup: G1-winning filly Donjah to represent Germany at Keeneland
Cox Plate takeaway: Sir Dragonet haunts Ballydoyle – plus COVID-19 fine for jockey Glen Boss
Virtual Cox Plate: Frankel still ‘unbeaten’ as he defeats Secretariat with Winx only third
Breeders’ Cup: Lord North, Terebellum and Mehdaayih in line to represent John Gosden