Mystik Dan joins top 10 in world’s best racehorse rankings

Mystik Dan joins top 10 in world’s best racehorse rankings

May 9, 2024

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Mystik Dan joined the top 10 in the latest rankings of the world’s best racehorses after his win in the Kentucky Derby.

The Goldencents colt trained by Kenny McPeek is tied for sixth in the rankings, which are compiled by the world’s best racehorse rankings committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.

The rankings grade a horses’s best race and don’t necessarily reflect a full body of work.

National Treasure and Señor Buscador, tied with Notable Speech for no. 3 on the list, remain the top-ranked U.S.-based horses. Fierceness is the only other U.S horse in the top 10, part of a nine-way tie for sixth place.

The top-ranked horse on the list is Laurel River, winner of the Group 1 Dubai World Cup. The 6-year-old son of Laurel River was bred in Kentucky but is based in the United Arab Emirates.

The rankings are for 3-year-olds and upwards who raced between Jan. 1 and May 5.

  

Ranking  Horse Rating Year foaled  Trainer  Trained
  1 Laurel River (USA) 128 2018 Bhupat Seemar UAE
  2 Rebel’s Romance (IRE) 123 2018 Charlie Appleby UAE
  3 National Treasure (USA) 121 2020 Bob Baffert USA
  3 Notable Speech (GB) 121 2021 Charlie Appleby GB
  3 Senor Buscador (USA) 121 2018 Todd Fincher USA
  6 Facteur Cheval (IRE) 120 2019 Jerome Reynier FR
  6 Fierceness (USA) 120 2021 Todd Pletcher USA
  6 Master of The Seas (IRE) 120 2018 Charlie Appleby GB
  6 Mystik Dan (USA) 120 2021 Kenneth McPeek USA
  6 Pride of Jenni (AUS) 120 2017 Ciaron Maher AUS
  6 Private Eye (AUS) 120 2017 Joseph Pride AUS
  6 Romantic Warrior (IRE) 120 2018 Danny Shum HK
  6 Shahryar (JPN) 120 2018 Hideaki Fujiwara JPN
  6 Ushba Tesoro (JPN) 120 2017 Noboru Takagi JPN
15 Charles Dickens (SAF) 119 2019 Candice Bass Robinson SAF
15 Forever Young (JPN) 119 2021 Yoshito Yahagi JPN
15 Imperatriz (AUS) 119 2018 Mark Walker AUS
15 I Wish I Win (NZ) 119 2018 Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman AUS
15 Justin Milano (JPN) 119 2021 Yasuo Tomomichi JPN
15 Militarize (NZ) 119 2020 Chris Waller AUS
15 Mr Brightside (NZ) 119 2017 Ben, Will & J. D. Hayes AUS
15 Prognosis (JPN) 119 2018 Mitsumasa Nakauchida JPN
15 Saudi Crown (USA) 119 2020 Brad Cox USA
15 Sierra Leone (USA) 119 2021 Chad Brown USA
15 Tuz (USA) 119 2017 Bhupat Seemar UAE
15 Voyage Bubble (AUS) 119 2018 Ricky Yiu HK