2013 World's Best Racehorse Rankings

The 2013 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2013 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) in January 2012. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2013. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained.....

Rankings for 2013

• For a detailed guide to this table, see below.

Rank	Rating	Horse	Age	Sex	Trained	Pos.	Race	Surface	Dist.	Cat.
1	130	Black Caviar (GB)	6	M	AUS	1st	Black Caviar Lightning	Turf	1,000	S
1	130	Treve (FRA)	3	F	FR	1st	Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe	Turf	2,400	L
3	129	Wise Dan (USA)	6	G	USA	1st	Woodbine Mile	Turf	1,600	M
3	129	Orfevre (JPN)	5	H	JPN	1st	Arima Kinen	Turf	2,500	L
5	128	Lord Kanaloa (JPN)	5	H	JPN	1st	Hong Kong Sprint	Turf	1,200	S
5	128	Novellist (GER)	4	C	GER	1st	King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes	Turf	2,400	L
7	125	Animal Kingdom (USA)	5	H	USA	1st	Dubai World Cup	Artificial	2,000	I
7	125	Mucho Macho Man (USA)	5	H	USA	1st	Breeders' Cup Classic	Dirt	2,000	I
7	125	Olympic Glory (IRE)	3	C	GB	1st	Queen Elizabeth II Stakes	Turf	1,600	M
7	125	Toronado (IRE)	3	C	GB	1st	Sussex Stakes	Turf	1,600	M
11	124	Al Kazeem (GB)	5	H	GB	1st	Eclipse Stakes	Turf	2,008	I
11	124	Ambitious Dragon (NZ)	6	G	HK	1st	Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup	Turf	1,400	M
11	124	Dawn Approach (IRE)	3	C	IRE	1st	2000 Guineas	Turf	1,600	M
11	124	Declaration of War (USA)	4	C	IRE	1st 3rd	International Stakes Breeders' Cup Classic	Turf Dirt	2,080 2,000	I
11	124	Farhh (GB)	5	H	GB	1st	Lockinge Stakes Champion Stakes	Turf	1,600 2,000	M I
11	124	Fort Larned (USA)	5	H	USA	1st	Stephen Foster Handicap	Turf	1,800	M
11	124	Game On Dude (USA)	6	G	USA	1st	Santa Anita Handicap Hollywood Gold Cup	Dirt Artificial	2,000	I
11	124	Gold Ship (JPN)	4	C	JPN	1st	Takarazuka Kinen	Turf	2,200	L
11	124	Intello (GER)	3	C	FR	3rd	Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe	Turf	2,400	L
11	124	Magician (IRE)	3	C	IRE	1st	Breeders' Cup Turf	Turf	2,400	L
11	124	Military Attack (IRE)	5	G	HK	1st	Singapore Airlines International Cup	Turf	2,000	I
11	124	St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)	6	H	IRE	1st	Dubai Sheema Classic	Turf	2,410	L
11	124	Will Take Charge (USA)	3	C	USA	2nd	Breeders' Cup Classic	Dirt	2,000	I
24	123	Cirrus des Aigles (FR)	7	G	FR	1st	Prix Dollar	Turf	1,950	I
24	123	Just A Way (JPN)	4	C	JPN	1st	Tenno Sho	Turf	2,000	I
24	123	Moonlight Cloud (GB)	5	M	FR	1st	Prix Jacques le Marois	Turf	1,600	M
24	123	Point of Entry (USA)	5	H	USA	1st	Gulfstream Park Handicap	Turf	1,800	M
24	123	The Fugue (GB)	4	F	GB	1st	Irish Champion Stakes	Turf	2,000	I
29	122	All Too Hard (AUS)	3	C	AUS	1st	Cathay Pacific Futurity	Turf	1,400	M
29	122	Atlantic Jewel (AUS)	5	M	AUS	1st	Memsie Stakes Caulfield Stakes	Turf	1,400 2,000	M I
29	122	Maxios (GB)	5	H	FR	1st	Prix du Moulin	Turf	1,600	M
29	122	Mukhadram (GB)	4	C	GB	2nd	Prince of Wales's Stakes	Turf	2,000	I
29	122	Ocean Park (NZ)	5	H	NZ	1st	New Zealand Stakes	Turf	2,000	I
29	122	Pierro (AUS)	3	C	AUS	1st	Canterbury Stakes	Turf	1,300	S
29	122	Reliable Man (GB)	5	H	AUS	1st	Queen Elizabeth Stakes	Turf	2,000	I
29	122	Ron the Greek (USA)	6	H	USA	1st	Jockey Club Gold Cup	Dirt	2,000	I
29	122	Ruler of the World (IRE)	3	C	IRE	3rd	Champion Stakes	Turf	2,000	I
38	121	Beholder (USA)	3	F	USA	1st	Breeders' Cup Distaff	Dirt	1,800	M
38	121	Fenomeno (JPN)	4	C	JPN	1st	Tenno Sho	Turf	3,200	E
38	121	Glorious Days (AUS)	6	G	HK	1st	Hong Kong Mile	Turf	1,600	M
38	121	Indy Point (ARG)	4	C	USA	3rd	Breeder's Cup Turf	Turf	2,400	L
38	121	It's A Dundeel (NZ)	3	C	NZ	1st	Rosehill Guineas Australian Derby	Turf	2,000 2,400	I L
38	121	Kizuna (JPN)	3	C	JPN	4th	Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe	Turf	2,400	L
38	121	Lethal Force (IRE)	4	C	GB	1st	July Cup	Turf	1,200	S
38	121	Obviously (IRE)	5	G	USA	1st	Shoemaker Mile Stakes	Turf	1,600	M
38	121	Pastorius (GER)	4	C	GER	1st	Prix Ganay	Turf	2,100	I

Guide

A complete guide to the main table above.

Rank

A horse's position in the list, with the most highly rated at number 1. Each horse is ranked once according to its highest rating. Any lesser ratings for the same horse are not ranked.

Rating

A rating represents a weight value in pounds, with higher values given to horses which showed greater ability. It is judged that these weights would equalise the abilities of the horses if carried in a theoretical handicap race. The minimum rating required for inclusion is 115.

Horse

Each horse's name is followed by a suffix (from the IFHA's International Code of Suffixes) which indicates the country foaled.

Age
The age of the horse at the time it achieved its rating. The racing ages of all horses foaled in a particular part of the world increase simultaneously, regardless of the actual date of foaling.
Dates of age increase by location foaled
Northern Hemisphere	1 January
South America	1 July
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa	1 August

Sex
C	Colt	Ungelded male horse up to four-years-old
F	Filly	Female horse up to four-years-old
H	Horse	Ungelded male horse over four-years-old
M	Mare	Female horse over four-years-old
G	Gelding	Gelded male horse of any age

Trained

The country where the horse was trained at the time of the rating, abbreviated using the International Code of Suffixes.

Position
The horse's finishing position in the race shown. The actual finishing order can sometimes be amended following an inquiry or a disqualification.
=	Dead-heat
↑	Promoted from original finishing position
↓	Relegated from original finishing position

Race

The race (or one of the races) for which the horse achieved its rating. A defeated horse can be rated above its higher-placed opponents if it carried more weight.

Surface

The surface of the track on which the race was run, eg. turf or dirt. Synthetic surfaces are described as "artificial".

Distance
The distance of the race in metres. In some countries (eg. Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and the United States), the length of a race is usually expressed in miles and furlongs. These units have been converted to metres to allow for universal comparison.
Common conversions
5 furlongs	= 1,006 m	1 mile and 1½ furlongs	= 1,911 m
6 furlongs	= 1,207 m	1 mile and 2 furlongs	= 2,012 m
6½ furlongs	= 1,308 m	1 mile and 2½ furlongs	= 2,112 m
7 furlongs	= 1,408 m	1 mile and 3 furlongs	= 2,213 m
7½ furlongs	= 1,509 m	1 mile and 4 furlongs	= 2,414 m
1 mile	= 1,609 m	1 mile and 6 furlongs	= 2,816 m
1 mile and ½ furlong	= 1,710 m	2 miles	= 3,219 m
1 mile and 1 furlong	= 1,811 m	2 miles and 4 furlongs	= 4,023 m

Category
		Metres	Furlongs
S	Sprint	1,000–1,300 1,000–1,599 (CAN / USA)	5–6.5 5–7.99 (CAN / USA)
M	Mile	1,301–1,899 1,600–1,899 (CAN / USA)	6.51–9.49 8–9.49 (CAN / USA)
I	Intermediate	1,900–2,100	9.5–10.5
L	Long	2,101–2,700	10.51–13.5
E	Extended	2,701+	13.51+

International Code of Suffixes
The following countries have been represented in the WTR as foaling or training locations since the first edition in 2004.
ARG	Argentina	ITY	Italy
AUS	Australia	JPN	Japan
BRZ	Brazil	KSA	Saudi Arabia
CAN	Canada	NZ	New Zealand
CHI	Chile	SAF	South Africa
CZE	Czech Republic	SIN	Singapore
FR	France	SPA	Spain
GB	Great Britain	TUR	Turkey
GER	Germany	UAE	United Arab Emirates
HK	Hong Kong	USA	United States
HUN	Hungary	VEN	Venezuela
IRE	Ireland	ZIM	Zimbabwe

Shading

The shaded areas represent lesser ratings recorded by horses which were more highly rated in a different category. The IFHA publishes this information when the lower rating is the overall top performance in a particular category.