US champion Flightline was rated the equal of British superstar Frankel after he was crowned the 2022 Longines World’s Best Racehorse in London on Tuesday.
With an official rating of 140, the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner matched Frankel’s benchmark set in 2012. He became the highest rated dirt horse since the introduction of the classifications, beating the rating of 135 given to Cigar in 1996.
Flightline, trained by John Sadler, retired unbeaten in six starts, earning his historic rating in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar in September, which he won by a staggering 19 and a quarter lengths from Dubai World Cup hero Country Grammer.
