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2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings

11th Jan 2012

Racing Victoria - Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Black Caviar has been named the Champion Sprinter in the World following the release of the 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings

Australia's Queen of the Turf, Black Caviar has dominated the 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings (WTR) released in London.

Black Caviar won her eight starts in 2011including six at Group One level and extended her career winning sequence to 16. The Peter Moody- trained mare was assigned a rating of 132 by the WTR Committee and for the second successive year is the Champion Sprinter in the World.

Black Caviar had been published with an interim rating of 130 after her brilliant win in the Newmarket Handicap in March and in the final listings has had that rating lifted to 132.

Australia's representative on the WTR Committee, Greg Carpenter said “The rating assigned to Black Caviar reflects her absolute dominance in the Newmarket Handicap where she gave weight and trounced her rivals to win in the fastest time ever recorded in the 138 year history of Australia's iconic sprint race.”

Since the ratings became truly international in 2002, the champion's mark of 132 makes Black Caviar;

Ø The highest rated sprinter, exceeding the previous mark of 125 achieved by Oasis Dream in 2003

Ø The highest rated Mare, exceeding the previous mark of 130 achieved by Goldikova in 2009

Ø The highest rated Australian trained horse, exceeding the previous mark of 126 by So You Think in 2010.

The 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings take into account all performances throughout the world, irrespective of where individual horses raced or were trained, during the calendar year.

Aside from Black Caviar, exciting 3yo's Sepoy and Atlantic Jewel also were declared champions in their respective age and distance categories.

Sepoywas assigned a rating of 123 for his victories against older horses in the Group 1 (Gr1) Manikato Stakes at Weight-For-Age (WFA) and the G2 Caulfield Sprint under handicap conditions against older horses. The Peter Snowden-trained colt was the Champion 3yo Sprinter in the World in 2011.

Sepoy was the Champion 2yo in Australia in his juvenile season and has won all five starts in his 3yo season culminating in his win in the G1 Coolmore (Ascot Vale) Stakes on Victoria Derby Day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

The son of Elusive Quality is set to contest the G1 Oakleigh Plate over 1100m at Caulfield next month, before travelling to Dubai for the World Cup Carnival and then will be campaigned in Europe in the major short course sprints.

The Mark Kavanagh-trained Atlantic Jewel was the Champion 3yo Filly in the Intermediate distance category for her 7 length romp in the Wakeful Stakes at Flemington over 2000m where she carried the maximum weight of 58kg under the penalty conditions of the race.

Atlantic Jewel was assigned a rating of 121 for that win, as she was for her brilliant victory over Mosheen in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield over 1600m.

She shared the title of Champion Filly in the mile category with outstanding French trained filly Immortal Verse (121), who defeated Goldikova in winning the G1 Jacques Le Marois against older horses at Deauville in August.

“The 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings again confirmed Australia as a major player in World Racing and are a stunning advertisement for the quality of Australia's racing and breeding industries,” Carpenter said

The release of the 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings again confirmed the Emirates Melbourne Cup's billing as the world's premier staying race.

For the second successive year, the highest rated performance in a race greater than 2700m was produced in the "Race that stops a Nation", with Americain assigned amark of 123 for finishing 4th with 58kg, just 1.25len behind the winner Dunaden who carried 54.5kg under the handicap conditions of the race.

“In winning the Emirates Melbourne Cup, Dunaden achieved a rating of 118, the 5th best performance in a staying race in 2011,” Carpenter said.

“The reason Americain rated considerably higher than Dunaden, is because he conceded hisrival 3.5kg,which equates to about6 lengths over 3200 metres,” he explained.

“In finishing only 1.25 lengths from Dunaden, Americain ran to a considerably higher rating and produced one of the best staying performances on the world stage in the last decade.”

Only the champion mare Makybe Diva has achieved a higher rating in a staying race, when she was assigned a mark of 124 when carrying 58kg to victory, in winning theMelbourne Cup for a history making third time in 2005.

Full list of 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings