Knicks Go a solid choice as champion - but rankings do Golden Sixty a disservice

In a year lacking a standout performer, Knicks Go gets the nod as the 2021 Longines World's Best Racehorse with an official mark of 129 after a dominant display in the Breeders' Cup Classic in November.

With ifs and buts about the form of many of the leading performers of last year, the progressive record of Knicks Go over the past two years makes him a solid choice ahead of top European trio Adayar, Mishriff and St Mark's Basilica, whom the handicappers have found impossible to split since last August.

It's a position with which Racing Post Ratings largely agrees, with Knicks Go's Del Mar success earning an RPR of 130, though by our reckoning star Hong Kong miler Golden Sixty is deserving of more credit than he's given in the World's Best Racehorse Rankings.