2017 Timeform Global Rankings

By Timeform — published 28th March 2018

The final top 30 for 2017 includes horses trained in eight different countries.

Unsurprisingly, not very much changed in the Global Rankings betwen the Breeders' Cup, after which the Global Rankings were previously updated, and the end of the year.

The impressive Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines winner Battaash, one of the best five-furlong performers of recent times, and the Qipco Champion Stakes winner Cracksman finished the year with the highest Timeform rating, 136.

Sitting just 2 lb behind them is a pair of top-class females. The three-year-old filly Enable is the winner of five Group 1 races, including most recently the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, still a way behind--in quantity rather than quality--the much-loved Australian mare Winx, who has extended her unbeaten run to 24 races with another couple of wins since the end of 2017 without improving her Timeform rating. After much speculation that she might be seen at Royal Ascot in 2018 it has been announced that she will be trained with a target of a fourth consecutive Ladbrokes Cox Plate.

Arrogate looked a colt out of the top drawer with a staggering performance in the Dubai World Cup but no more than a shadow of that in three subsequent starts, all at Del Mar. In contrast, the horse who followed him home at Meydan, Gun Runner, did nothing but enhance his reputation in running up a sequence of Grade 1 victories. His 2017 campaign ended with victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (in which Arrogate was more than six lengths behind in fifth) and he finished his career with success in January's Pegasus World Cup.

1=	Battaash	Charles Hills, GB	136
1=	Cracksman	John Gosden, GB	136
3	Arrogate	Bob Baffert, USA	135
4=	Winx	Chris Waller, Australia	134
4=	Enable	John Gosden, GB	134
6=	Gun Runner	Steve Asmussen, USA	133
6=	Lady Aurelia	Wesley Ward, USA	133
8=	Cloth of Stars	Andre Fabre, France	132
8=	Harry Angel	Clive Cox, GB	132
10=	Marsha	Sir Mark Prescott, GB	130
10=	Ulysses	Sir Michael Stoute, GB	130
10=	World Approval	Mark Casse, North America	130
13=	Collected	Bob Baffert, USA	129
13=	Ertijaal (IRE)	A Al Rahyi, UAE	129
13=	Humidor	Darren Weir, Australia	129
13=	Ribchester	Richard Fahey, GB	129
17=	Highland Reel	Aidan O'Brien, Ireland	128
17=	Kitasan Black	Hisashi Simizu, Japan	128
17=	Mor Spirit	Bob Baffert, USA	128
17=	Order of St George	Aidan O'Brien, Ireland	128
17=	West Coast	Bob Baffert, USA	128
22=	Chautauqua	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes, Australia	127
22=	Limato	Henry Candy, GB	127
22=	Satono Crown	Noriyuki Hori, Japan	127
22=	Satono Diamond	Yasutoshi Ikee, Japan	127
22=	Sharp Azteca	Jorge Navarro, USA	127
27=	Barney Roy	Richard Hannon, GB	126
27=	Black Heart Bart	Darren Weir, Australia	126
27=	Cheval Grand	Yasuo Tomomichi, Japan	126
27=	Churchill	Aidan O'Brien, Ireland	126
27=	Forever Unbridled	Dallas Stewart, USA	126
27=	Idaho	Aidan O'Brien, Ireland	126
27=	Jack Hobbs	John Gosden, GB	126
27=	Mr Stunning	John Size, Hong Kong	126
27=	Redzel	Peter & Paul Snowden, Australia	126
27=	Roy H	Peter Miller, USA	126
27=	Vega Magic	David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig, Australia	126