Multiple Group 1 winner Via Sistina (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) is now the highest rated filly or mare in the world at 127 on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday.
A winner of the G1 Turnbull Stakes and G1 Cox Plate in October, she added the G1 Champions Stakes in November and is equal to G1 Derby/G1 International Stakes/G1 Eclipse winner City Of Troy (Justify). The highest rated horse in the world is Laurel River (Into Mischief) at 128.
Next in the rankings are the trio of Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Goliath (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) and Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) at 125. The last-named horse scored in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at the beginning of the month over Fierceness (City Of Light) at 123) with Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) (120) third. Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) has increased his rating to 124 after winning the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over Facteur Cheval (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}) (120), and he goes for the G1 Mile Championship on Nov. 17.
New to the rankings are Anmaat (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), Do Deuce (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), and Rousham Park (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB) all at 122 after victories in the G1 Champion Stakes, G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) and a second-place finish in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf to the 123-rated Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), respectively. Hong Kong's Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}) is now also ranked at 120 after his win in the G2 Premier Bowl.
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