The (alleged) top 100

[my miss storm cat]

I always find a bit of comedy in this list but alas..... here it is anyway.

Nice to see the kids from Hong Kong included. It's about time.

They practically celebrated in the streets earlier this year when they had an unprecedented 4.


The World's Leading Horses 1st February 2007 to 5th August 2007


Rank @ 5th Aug 07 Rank @10th Jun 07 Rank @31st Mar 07 Rank @31st Dec 06 Rank @17th Oct 06 Rank @27th Aug 06 Rank @ 10th July 06 Rating Apt Surface Horse A S Trained Position Race Date Group Distance Race Run
1 1 1 1 17 14 42 129 I Dirt * Invasor (ARG) 5 H USA 1st Emirates Dubai World Cup 31st Mar 1 2000 UAE
2 8 27 25 20 19 128 I Turf Manduro (GER) 5 H FR 1st Prince Of Wales's 20th Jun 1 2000 GB
3 13 8 6 7 4 127 L Turf Dylan Thomas (IRE) 4 C IRE 1st King George VI & Queen Elizabeth 28th Jul 1 2400 GB
4 3 126 L Turf Authorized (IRE) 3 C GB 1st Vodafone Derby 2nd Jun 1 2400 GB
5 4 7 19 125 M Turf Admire Moon (JPN) 4 C JPN 1st Dubai Duty Free 31st Mar 1 1777 UAE
5 4 125 I,L Dirt Curlin (USA) 3 C USA 1st/2nd Preakness/Belmont 19th May/9th Jun 1 1900/2400 USA
5 4 7 12 44 125 I Dirt Premium Tap (USA) 5 H KSA 2nd Emirates Dubai World Cup 31st Mar 1 2000 UAE
5 4 125 I Dirt Street Sense (USA) 3 C USA 1st Kentucky Derby 5th May 1 2000 USA
9 124 M Dirt Any Given Saturday (USA) 3 C USA 1st Haskell Invitational H 5th Aug 1 1800 USA
9 8 19 14 12 28 124 I Turf Notnowcato (GB) 5 H GB 1st Coral Eclipse 7th Jul 1 2000 GB
9 124 L Turf Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 3 C IRE 1st Budweiser Irish Derby 1st Jul 1 2400 IRE
12 13 4 4 1 10 10 122 I Dirt Lava Man (USA) 6 G USA 1st Santa Anita H/Hollywood Gold Cup 3rd Mar/30th Jun 1 2000 USA
12 122 I Turf Lava Man (USA) 6 G USA 2nd Charles Whittingham Memorial H 9th Jun 1 2000 USA
12 122 M Dirt Lawyer Ron (USA) 4 C USA 1st Whitney H 28th Jul 1 1800 USA
12 8 10 122 M Turf Linngari (IRE) 5 H SAF 2nd Dubai Duty Free 31st Mar 1 1777 UAE
12 122 I Turf Peeping Fawn (USA) 3 F IRE 1st Blue Square Nassau 4th Aug 1 2000 GB
12 122 M Turf Ramonti (FR) 5 H GB 1st BGC Sussex 1st Aug 1 1600 GB
12 8 10 50 122 L Turf Vengeance of Rain (NZ) ex Subscribe 7 G HK 1st Nakheel Dubai Sheema Classic 31st Mar 1 2400 UAE
12 8 122 L Turf Viva Pataca (GB) ex Comic Strip 5 G HK 1st Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup 3rd Jun HK1 2400 HK
19 13 13 19 121 M Turf Daiwa Major (JPN) 6 H JPN 1st Yasuda Kinen 3rd Jun 1 1600 JPN
19 121 M Turf Excellent Art (GB) 3 C IRE 1st/2nd St James's Palace/BGC Sussex 19th Jun/1st Aug 1 1600 GB
19 4 1 7 4 121 I Turf George Washington (IRE) 4 C IRE 3rd Coral Eclipse 7th Jul 1 2000 GB
19 13 121 I Dirt Hard Spun (USA) 3 C USA 2nd Kentucky Derby 5th May 1 2000 USA
19 13 121 M,L Dirt Rags To Riches (USA) 3 F USA 1st Kentucky Oaks/Belmont 4th May/9th Jun 1 1800/2400 USA
19 24 34 19 17 14 13 121 E Turf Yeats (IRE) 6 H IRE 1st Ascot Gold Cup 21st Jun 1 4000 GB
25 19 18 120 M Dirt Asiatic Boy (ARG) 4 C SAF 1st Al Naboodah UAE Derby 31st Mar 2 1800 UAE
25 19 120 M Turf Cockney Rebel (IRE) 3 C GB 1st Stan James 2000 Guineas 5th May 1 1600 GB
25 120 M Turf Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) 3 C IRE 2nd St James's Palace 19th Jun 1 1600 GB
25 33 34 120 M Turf El Segundo (NZ) 6 G AUS 1st C F Orr 10th Feb 1 1400 AUS
25 19 13 19 25 20 13 120 I,L Turf English Channel (USA) 5 H USA 2nd/1st Manhattan H/United Nations 9th Jun/7th Jul 1 2000/2200 USA
25 120 M Turf Indian Ink (IRE) 3 F GB 1st Coronation 22nd Jun 1 1600 GB
25 120 M Turf Lawman (FR) 3 C FR 1st Jean Prat 8th Jul 1 1600 FR
25 47 44 43 28 120 L Turf Meisho Samson (JPN) 4 C JPN 2nd Takarazuka Kinen 24th Jun 1 2200 JPN
25 47 47 120 S Turf Miss Andretti (AUS) 6 M AUS 1st King's Stand 19th Jun 2 1000 GB
25 33 34 120 I Turf Pompeii Ruler (AUS) 5 G AUS 1st Darley Australian Cup 10th Mar 1 2000 AUS
25 19 18 27 120 I Turf Red Rocks (IRE) 4 C GB 1st Gordon Richards 27th Apr 3 2000 GB
25 24 120 L Turf Scorpion (IRE) 5 H IRE 2nd Hardwicke 23rd Jun 2 2400 GB
25 33 34 50 44 120 L Turf Youmzain (IRE) 4 C GB 2nd King George VI & Queen Elizabeth 28th Jul 1 2400 GB
38 33 119 M,I Turf After Market (USA) 4 C USA 1st Charles Whittingham Memorial H/Eddie Read H 9th Jun/22nd Jul 1 2000/1800 USA
38 24 27 41 44 43 28 119 I,L Turf Better Talk Now (USA) 8 G USA 1st/3rd Manhattan H/United Nations 9th Jun/7th Jul 1 2000/2200 USA
38 33 47 119 I Turf Desert War (AUS) 7 G AUS 1st Bigpond Queen Elizabeth 14th Apr 1 2000 AUS
38 24 119 M Turf Finsceal Beo (IRE) 3 F IRE 1st Stan James 1000 Guineas 6th May 1 1600 GB
38 24 119 M Turf Kongo Rikishio (IRE) 5 H JPN 2nd Yasuda Kinen 3rd Jun 1 1600 JPN
38 32 26 19 119 L Turf Mountain High (IRE) 5 H GB 1st Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud 24th Jun 1 2400 FR
38 24 27 119 L Turf Oracle West (SAF) 6 G SAF 2nd Nakheel Dubai Sheema Classic 31st Mar 1 2400 UAE
38 119 S Turf Sakhee's Secret (GB) 3 C GB 1st Cathedral/Darley July Cup 17th Jun/13th Jul L/1 1200 GB
38 24 119 L Turf Sixties Icon (GB) 4 C GB 1st StanJamesUK.com Jockey Club 6th May 2 2400 GB
38 24 18 27 17 26 28 119 M Turf Takeover Target (AUS) 8 G AUS 1st Carlton Draught Doomben 10000 26th May 1 1350 AUS
38 27 32 26 119 M Turf The Tin Man (USA) 9 G USA 2nd American Invitational H 30th Jun 2 1800 USA
38 119 I Turf Vadapolina (FR) 3 F FR 1st Psyche 31st Jul 3 2000 FR
38 119 I Turf Yellowstone (IRE) 3 C IRE 4th Coral Eclipse 7th Jul 1 2000 GB

* Retired or no longer racing

http://www.ifhaonline.org/racingDisplay.asp?section=21

[NoChanceToDance]

Hmmmmm, i only had a quick look through, but i thought both Finsceal Beo and Sakhee's Secret desevred to be much higher in the list, especially Sakhee's who beat a lot of very good horses in the July Cup.

Why do you think the list is "comedy"? The people who work out these ratings are only doing there job.

Manduro is rated so highly partly because of his form from last year, and mainly because i think he has only be unplaced in one of his many Gr1 races, and any horses that can run consistantly well at the very top level deserve plenty of respect.

[my miss storm cat]

There's always comedy.

I remember the days when Pride was left off this list.....

Here's a quick example.... Any Given Saturday above Peeping Fawn and Asiatic Boy, Hard Spun above Miss Andretti, and Lawman above Desert War?

..... it's that kind of thing.

This list always frustrates me so I really only glanced at it this time around. I don't like to be told who i should think the best horses are.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

There's always comedy.

I remember the days when Pride was left off this list.....

Here's a quick example.... Any Given Saturday above Peeping Fawn and Asiatic Boy, Hard Spun above Miss Andretti, and Lawman above Desert War?

..... it's that kind of thing.

This list always frustrates me so I really only glanced at it this time around. I don't like to be told who i should think the best horses are.

I understand what you mean.

Didn't realise that Prise was left off the list at one point. That's shocking, in my opinion she was the best race mare by far in the last few years (and that includes Ouija Board!).

Well, Any Given Saturday is a much improved horse. When you match his last win with Curlin you would have to say that Any Given Saturday would probably beat Rags if they met anytime soon and in my opinion, Rags To Riches is in a different league to Peeping Fawn. Once Peeping Fawn beats the colts (which i'm sure she will at some point this year), it might be a different story.

It's very hard for sprinters to come towards the top of any list, which is why i mentioned Sakhee's Secret. It has long been recognised that the world sprinting division is the weakest of the lot. Miss Andretti is a fantastic race horse, it's just unlucky that she has been born into an era where the sprinters aren't brilliant, unlike the milers and middle distance horses of the world. Hard Spun has put up some fantastic efforts this year, his run in the Derby was brilliant considering where he was the whole way. Asiatic Boy is different though, i don't think he deserves as high as he is (yet). He has been impressive in Dubai but his odds ofr those races tell you just how strong those races were (not very).

I see what you mean about the list. I don't think anyone in the world would totally agree with it. However, the people that create the list know MUCH more than any of us know........ they might be right, but not in my eyes.