World's Best Racehorse Rankings

Common card · No. 318400

The Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (LWBRR), known as World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings (WTRR) before 2012, are a horseracing ranking. According to the IFHA website, "The IFHA World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings are the official assessment of the top performers." In 1977, France, Great Britain and Ireland published the first internationally agreed assessment of racing merit on behalf of the European Pattern Committee under the banner of the International Classifications. In 1985, Germany and Italy joined the system, to be followed by North America (both Canada and the United States) and Japan in the mid 1990s. The highest-rated horse is honored as the Longines World's Best Racehorse during the Longines World Racing Awards, which also celebrates the Longines World's Best Horse Race each year. Related Awards The ratings for the horses are also critical to establishing two other awards that are given out by the International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities: the aforementioned...

Read on Wikipedia