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1 2 12 22 the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings 3 THE LONGINES WORLD'S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS for 3yos and upwards which raced between 1st December 2012 and 9th June 2013 RANKING RATING Cat Surface Horse Age YOF Sex Owner Trainer 1 130 STBLACK CAVIAR (AUS) 6 2006 M Werrett, Wilkie, Taylor & Hawkes Peter Moody - AUS 2 129 MTWISE DAN (USA) 6 2007 G Morton Fink Charles Lopresti - USA 126 I A ANIMAL KINGDOM (USA) 5 2008 H Arrowfield Stud & Team Valor Graham Motion - USA 3 Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni Family 126 IDGAME ON DUDE (USA) 6 2007 G Bob Baffert -USA Trust et al 125 MTDAWN APPROACH (IRE) 3 2010 C Godolphin Jim Bolger - IRE 5 125 LTORFEVRE (JPN) 5 2008 H Sunday Racing Co Ltd Yasutoshi Ikee- JPN Johnson Lam Pui Hung & Anderson 124 MTAMBITIOUS DRAGON (NZ) 6 2006 G Tony Millard - HK Lam Hin Yue 124 MTFARHH (GB) 5 2008 H Godolphin Saeed Bin Suroor - GB 7 124 LTGOLD SHIP (JPN) 4 2009 C Eiichi Kobayashi Naosuke Sugai - JPN 124 ITMILITARY ATTACK (IRE) (ex Rave) 5 2008 G Mr & Mrs Steven Lo Kit Sing John Moore - HK Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & 124 LTST NICHOLAS ABBEY (IRE) 6 2007 H Aidan O'Brien - IRE Michael Tabor 12 123 MTPOINT OF ENTRY (USA) 5 2008 H Phipps Stable & Stronach Stables Claude McGaughey III - USA Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 122 MTALL TOO HARD (AUS) 3 2009 C Vinery Stud, Kia-Ora Stud et al - AUS CALIFORNIA MEMORY (USA) 122 IT 7 2006 G Howard Liang Yum Shing Tony Cruz - HK (ex Portus Blendium) Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs 122 MTMAGICIAN (IRE) 3 2010 C Aidan O'Brien - IRE 13 John Magnier 122 MTOBVIOUSLY (IRE) 5 2008 G Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino Mike R. Mitchell - USA 122 ITOCEAN PARK (NZ) 4 2008 C A Wong, S Yan & G Hennessy Gary Hennessy - NZ 122 ITPASTORIUS (GER) 4 2009 C Stall Antanando Mario Hofer - GER Fair Salinia Ltd, R A & J E Ferguson 122 ITRELIABLE MAN (GB) 5 2008 H Chris Waller - AUS Partnership et al 20 121 IDORB (USA) 3 2010 C Stuart S Janney III & Phipps Stable Claude McGaughey III - USA 121 S,M T PIERRO (AUS) 3 2009 C G Kolivos & Mrs D Kolivos Gai Waterhouse - AUS 120 ITAL KAZEEM (GB) 5 2008 H D J Deer Roger Charlton - GB 120 ETFENOMENO (JPN) 4 2009 C Sunday Racing Co Ltd Hirofumi Toda - JPN 120 MTGLORIOUS DAYS (AUS) 5 2007 G Tom Brown's Syndicate John Size - HK 120 ITINTELLO (GER) 3 2010 C Wertheimer & Frere Andre Fabre - FR 120 I,L T IT'S A DUNDEEL (NZ) 3 2009 C A I Craig, Mrs W A Craig et al Murray Baker - NZ 120 S,M T LORD KANALOA (JPN) 5 2008 H Lord Horse Club Takayuki Yasuda - JPN LUCKY NINE (IRE) Dr Chang Fuk To & Maria Chang Lee 120 ST 6 2007 G Caspar Fownes - HK 22 (ex Luck or Design) Ming Shum 120 ITMAXIOS (GB) 5 2008 H Niarchos Family Jonathan Pease - FR 120 I A RED CADEAUX (GB) 7 2006 G The Hon R J Arculli Ed Dunlop - GB Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & 120 LTRULER OF THE WORLD (IRE) 3 2010 C Aidan O'Brien - IRE Derrick Smith 120 STSHEA SHEA (SAF) 5 2007 G Messrs Brian Joffe & Myron C Berzack Mike de Kock - UAE 120 STWHAT A WINTER (SAF) 5 2007 H Messrs M W Bass, Bryn Ressell et al Mike Bass - SAF THE LONGINES WORLD'S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS for 3yos and upwards which raced between 1st December 2012 and 9th June 2013 RANKING RATING Cat Surface Horse Age YOF Sex Owner Trainer 119 M A AFRICAN STORY (GB) 6 2007 G Godolphin Saeed Bin Suroor - UAE Ms Partridge, M de Kock, C Haynes 119 ITAWAIT THE DAWN (USA) 6 2007 H Mike de Kock - UAE et al 119 ITEISHIN FLASH (JPN) 6 2007 H Katsuhiko Hirai Hideaki Fujiwara - JPN 119 MTEPAULETTE (AUS) 3 2009 C Sheikh Mohammed Peter Snowden - AUS 119 LTGOING SOMEWHERE (BRZ) 3 2009 C Haras Phillipson Alfonso F Barbosa - BRZ 119 MDGRAYDAR (USA) 4 2009 C Twin Creeks Racing Stable LLC Todd Pletcher - USA 119 LTKIZUNA (JPN) 3 2010 C Shinji Maeda Shozo Sasaki - JPN 34 119 STMOMENT OF CHANGE (AUS) 4 2008 G R Slade, J M Barnett et al Peter Moody - AUS 119 LTOCEAN BLUE (JPN) 5 2008 H Aoshiba Shoji Co Ltd Yasutoshi Ikee- JPN 119 IDOXBOW (USA) 3 2010 C Calumet Farm D Wayne Lucas - USA 119 MTPACKING WHIZ (IRE) ex Al Rep 5 2008 G Lee Man Yan Caspar Fownes - HK 119 LDPALACE MALICE (USA) 3 2010 C Dogwood Stables Todd Pletcher - USA 119 LTRULERSHIP (JPN) 6 2007 H Sunday Racing Co Ltd Katsuhiko Sumii - JPN 119 MDSAHARA SKY (USA) 5 2008 H Jerry Hollendorfer & Kim Lloyd Jerry Hollendorfer - USA 119 MTSHONAN MIGHTY (JPN) 5 2008 H Tetsuhide Kunimoto Tomoyuki Umeda - JPN 119 MTVARIETY CLUB (SAF) 4 2008 C Mrs I Jooste & M J Jooste Joey Ramsden - SAF Distance Categories Surface Indicators Gender S 5f - 6.5f 1000m - 1300m T Turf C = Colt S (CAN/USA) 5f - 7.99f 1000m - 1599m D Dirt M = Mare: H = Horse M 6.51f - 9.49f 1301m - 1899m A Artificial G = Gelding M (CAN/USA) 8f - 9.49f 1600m - 1899m I 9.5f - 10.5f 1900m - 2100m L 10.51f - 13.5f 2101m - 2700m E 13.51f+ 2701m+.
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