Forever Young posts highest-rated performance of 2025 – but Ka Ying Rising remains world #1 racehorse
This week was marked by the publication of the annual Longines-sponsored World Best Racehorse Rankings. Here’s how they would have looked according to TRC race ratings …
‘Calandagan gave me the greatest moment’ – Francis-Henri Graffard on his annus mirabilis
JA McGrath talks to the French trainer who conquered the globe with his horses in 2025, winning major races at the highest level in four countries
Thank you, Via Sistina: Australia’s mighty mare retired after 12 Group 1 wins
Reigning Australian Horse of the Year, who will visit Dubawi, belied humble beginnings in a rags-to-riches journey encompassing top-level success on both hemispheres
Bill Mott: When Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby it felt like we’d done it properly
Ahead of the Eclipse Awards ceremony, our questions are answered by the Hall of Fame trainer who saddled Sovereignty to win a pair of US Classics and the Travers Stakes in 2025
Staying power: Tracing the enduring Horse of the Year connection to Secretariat’s name
The Triple Crown legend may not have been regarded as a great sire – but his descendants have been crowned Horse of the Year on 15 occasions (with number 16 in the offing …)
The world’s ten most expensive sires for 2026
Bloodstock expert Nancy Sexton returns with with her magisterial annual overview of the stallions who command the highest fees on the planet
TRC Global Rankings Insight
#1 Ranked 18 January 2026
| Horses | Ka Ying Rising NZL |
|---|---|
| Sires Overall | Frankel GBR |
| Sires Dirt | Into Mischief USA |
| Sires Turf | Frankel GBR |
| Jockeys | Ryan Moore |
| Owners | Godolphin |
| Trainers | Aidan O'Brien |
Seven Days in RacingTRC’s weekly digest
Children of SecretariatPatricia McQueen on the offspring of a true great
