Champion Australian sprinter Black Caviar has been joined at the top of the World Thoroughbred Rankings by another unbeaten star, English three-year-old Frankel.Frankel's six-length victory in the Group One 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Newmarket on April 30 was considered the equal of Black Caviar's record-breaking victory in the Group One Newmarket Hcp (1200m) at Flemington on March 12.The pair has been given a rating of 130 in the second release for 2011 by the International Federation of Horse Aut
Champion Australian sprinter Black Caviar has been joined at the top of the World Thoroughbred Rankings by another unbeaten star, English three-year-old Frankel.
Frankel's six-length victory in the Group One 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Newmarket on April 30 was considered the equal of Black Caviar's record-breaking victory in the Group One Newmarket Hcp (1200m) at Flemington on March 12.
The pair has been given a rating of 130 in the second release for 2011 by the International Federation of Horse Authorities and they are clearly the dominant performers in world thoroughbred racing for the six-month period from December 1 to May 23.
Moving to third in the rankings is dual Cox Plate winner So You Think who achieved a rating of 126 in both of his victories on Irish soil this month.
Formerly prepared in Australia by master trainer Bart Cummings, So You Think is now in Ireland with Aidan O'Brien.
He won the Group Three Mooresbridge Stakes (2000m) at The Curragh on his European debut on May 2 before claiming the Group One Tattersalls Gold Cup (2100m) at the same track on May 23.
Those wins were rated the equal of his victories in last year's Group One Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) and Yalumba Stakes (2000m) in Melbourne when he also achieved ratings of 126.
"Black Caviar's rating of 130 remains the highest by an Australian horse since the World Thoroughbred Rankings started in 2002 and she is still the only sprinter ever to head the list of the world's top 50 racehorses," Greg Carpenter, chairman of the ANZ Classifications committee and Australia's representative on the World Thoroughbred Rankings committee, said.
The Peter Moody-trained Black Caviar was sent for a spell after stretching her unbeaten streak to 13 in the BTC Cup at Doomben on May 14.
She will resume racing in Melbourne during this year's spring carnival where a 14th victory would see her equal the immortal Phar Lap's winning streak.
Moving to equal fourth in the world rankings with English miler Canford Cliffs is Singapore's Australian-bred sprinter Rocket Man who was given a career-high rating of 125 for his brilliant win in the Group One Krisflyer International Sprint (1200m) on Sunday night.
Another Australian sprinter, Hay List, has jumped from 30th to equal seventh alongside a group of horses including South African sprinter JJ The Jet Plane and Japan's recent Group One Dubai World Cup (2000m) winner Victoire Pisa.
Hay List lifted his rating to a career-high 122 with his victory in the Group One All-Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on April 23 and matched that with his gallant second to Black Caviar in the Group One BTC Cup (1200m).
Making her debut in the world's top 50 is the Gai Waterhouse-trained More Joyous who achieved a career-high rating of 120 when winning the Group One Queen Of The Turf (1500m) at Rosehill on April 2.
More Joyous is the third-highest rated mare in the world behind Black Caviar and French star Sarafina (121), who is prepared by Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre.
Also figuring in the top 50 are the Mark Kavanagh-trained pair Whobegotyou (120) and the recently retired Shocking (119), and the Mick Price-trained Heart Of Dreams (118).