Knicks Go Wins Breeders ‘Cup Classic’ | Horsephotos
GI Breeders ‘Cup Classic last year’ winner Knicks Go (Payer) was named Longines World’s Best Racehorse of 2021 during a virtual ceremony for the Longines World Championship streamed live from the National Museum of Equestrianism in Newmarket, England on Tuesday. Also during the ceremony, the G1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – won last year by Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) – was announced as the Longines World Horse Race 2021. and Ryan Moore were named Longines World’s Best Driver.
6 year old Knicks Go earned a rating of 129 for his Classic win at Del Mar and was widely expected to be named Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards on February 10th following a campaign that also included the won the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. , GI Whitney S., GIII Cornhusker H. and GIII Lukas Classic S. Knicks Gowho is coached by Brad Cox and is owned by the Korea Racing Authority, will defend his title in the Pegasus this weekend before heading off to school at Taylor Made Ranch in Kentucky.
The European-trained trio came in second with a 127th rating. Godolphin G1 Derby winner Adayar (GB) (Frankel {GB}) earned that mark with wins over older horses in G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S.-the Charlie Appleby-trained pony was the first 3-year-old to score a double Derby / King George since its grandson Galileo 20 years earlier. Adayar, who is still in training at age 4, was the highest rated 3-year-old in the world last year with Coolmore’s partners St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who went unbeaten in four starts into the season including the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains French Classic double, G1 Prix du Jockey Club, G1 Coral Eclipse S. and G1 Irish Champion S . was named European Horse of the Year and 3-year-old pony champion. St Mark’s Basilicawho wrote her first book at Coolmore this season for €65,000, received a rating of 127 in Coral-Eclipse.
Adayar and St Mark’s Basilica joined in 127th place by Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), who compiled an intercontinental Group 1 campaign. The 2020 G1 Prix du Jockey Club champions won the Saudi Cup before reaching Group 1, as well as the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in the Gulf. He returned to Europe to hit the board behind St Mark’s Basilica and Adayar in Coral-Eclipse and King George before conquering six long runs at G1 Juddmonte International, where he scored 127. Mishriff was preparing to defend. Its Saudi Arabia Cup title next month.
Contrast (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) waved the flag for Japan last year, returning from a 2020 Triple Crown campaign to crown the G1 Japan Cup, earning 126th. Contrail countrymen and conquerors G1 Tenno Sho Autumn Efforia (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) is also a worthy representative for Japan, taking 124 points for that win and also for his win in G1 Arima Kinen. Both are wins over older horses for a 3-year-old.
Four athletes from three different countries are ranked 125. Shadwell’s Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) came out last June at the age of 3 and ended up undefeated in a six-start campaign, culminating in wins in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. Baaeed trained by William Haggas won 125 for his victory in the QEII in which he beat the then old European champion horse Palace Pier (GB) (King {GB}). It was the lone defeat of interns John and Thady Gosden in a season in which he took G1 Lockinge S. (ranked 125), G1 Queen Anne S. and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois. Palace Pier stands this season at Dalham Hall Stud for £55,000.
Torquator Tasso also hit the 125 mark for his win in last year’s world’s most highly rated race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, in which he beat a star-studded playing field with 72-odd odds. first. Torquator Tasso, owned by Gestut Auenquelle and trained by Marcel Weiss, previously won the G1 Deutsches Derby Sisfahan (Fr) (Isfahan {Ger}) in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden, and was the horse to be awarded. Germany’s highest rating last year.
Golden Sixty (Aus) proved the highest rated Hong Kong-trained athlete of 2021, receiving a score of 125 for his title defense in the G1 Hong Kong Mile. Golden Sixty, 6, had 16 wins in the race to win the weekend as he finished second at Sha Tin’s G1 Stewards’ Cup.
ParisLongchamp’s ‘Arc’ was named World’s Best Equestrian for the 5th time in its 100th run. The best horse race in the world is based on annual race ratings, calculated from the four first-place finishers. and in last year’s Finals it was the winners of Group 1 Torquator Tasso, Tarnawa (Ire), Hurricane Lane (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Adayar. The arc achieved a rating of 124.75, and was followed by the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (124.5) and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Qipco S. (123.5).
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