A moderate year - but worthy champion Ghaiyyath is head and shoulders clear

The Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings bring confirmation of Ghaiyyath's position as leading performer of 2020, with the four-time Group 1 winner retaining the official mark of 130 with which he was credited after beating Magical by a convincing three lengths in the Juddmonte International in August.

That performance was rated to a similar level on Racing Post Ratings with a figure of 131 and cemented his position as the best racehorse in the world, backing up the RPR of 129 he ran to when seeing off Enable in the Coral-Eclipse.

Credited with posting the two best figures in the world for 2020 through that Group 1 brace, Ghaiyyath was also responsible for three of the nine 125+ RPRs recorded in Europe last year, showing consistency to go with his top-class ability.