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This Week's Climbers 18 January 2026 Subscribe

Category	Rank	Last week	Name	Modal Country	Runners	Runs	SR	Rating	G1 Wins	G2 Wins	G3 Wins	Points	Change
HORSE	165	1079	Goltzschtal JPN	JPN	1	4	25	113.6	0	1	0	1411	340
TRAINER	73	108	Yuki Uehara	JPN	17	31	10	109.1	0	1	2	1203	50
OWNER	14	17	St Elias Stable Et Al	USA	30	110	20	113.7	10	6	6	1406	48
TRAINER	13	16	Tetsuya Kimura	JPN	31	106	19	114.6	11	3	6	1602	47
TRAINER	27	34	Haruki Sugiyama	JPN	34	130	11	113.6	3	5	6	1368	45
TRAINER	56	73	K W Lui	HK	21	94	11	112.3	4	1	5	1245	44
OWNER	6	7	Spendthrift Farm	USA	34	100	28	111.3	9	8	11	1661	43
SIRE_DIRT	15	16	Omaha Beach USA	USA	23	47	19	111.2	3	2	4	1301	43
OWNER	16	20	Carrot Farm Co Ltd	JPN	85	267	10	111.7	5	13	10	1378	43
TRAINER	75	98	Cherie DeVaux	USA	45	154	14	110.0	7	3	11	1200	37
TRAINER	210	285	Saeed bin Suroor	UAE	22	59	10	109.8	3	2	1	1066	37
TRAINER	10	11	Todd Pletcher	USA	157	464	15	111.7	24	22	22	1684	33
SIRE	272	389	Bricks And Mortar USA	JPN	18	37	8	110.6	0	2	1	1021	33
SIRE_TURF	50	61	Suave Richard JPN	JPN	25	71	14	112.5	4	5	1	1203	32
HORSE	1083	1249	Libyan Glass JPN	JPN	1	11	0	108.9	0	0	0	1069	32
SIRE_TURF	20	24	Lord Kanaloa JPN	JPN	77	311	8	110.3	5	5	14	1345	31
SIRE_DIRT	2	2	Curlin USA	USA	60	186	23	113.1	19	12	12	1974	30
OWNER	5	5	Sunday Racing Co Ltd	JPN	100	357	11	113.1	19	10	12	1696	30
SIRE	63	73	Omaha Beach USA	USA	48	110	13	108.4	4	3	7	1200	29
JOCKEY	13	14	Keita Tosaki	JPN	129	194	12	112.2	6	6	12	1488	28
SIRE	22	24	Lord Kanaloa JPN	JPN	90	348	9	110.7	7	5	18	1390	28
SIRE	76	93	Suave Richard JPN	JPN	25	71	14	112.5	4	5	1	1165	28
JOCKEY	11	12	Ryusei Sakai	JPN	114	204	14	114.3	9	9	10	1591	26
HORSE	454	535	Knows All ARG	ARG	1	4	25	106.5	1	0	0	1248	26
JOCKEY	51	58	Thore Hammer Hansen	GER	54	99	19	107.7	2	4	13	1210	25
SIRE_TURF	56	64	Blue Point IRE	GBR	81	193	10	106.6	5	5	9	1186	25
SIRE	6	7	Curlin USA	USA	78	240	20	111.6	19	13	16	1798	23
SIRE	87	103	Blue Point IRE	GBR	83	198	10	106.5	5	5	9	1150	23
JOCKEY	182	210	Kieran Shoemark	GBR	94	175	7	107.7	1	3	8	1046	19
JOCKEY	25	25	Jose L Ortiz	USA	288	420	12	109.2	12	16	24	1414	17
JOCKEY	3	3	Flavien Prat	USA	357	601	24	110.6	42	49	53	2096	15
OWNER	1	1	Godolphin	AUS	371	1376	20	110.8	76	99	95	3387	11
HORSE	94	99	Energico JPN	JPN	1	3	67	115.7	1	1	0	1515	10