Sierra Leone Among Newcomers in Longines World Rankings

There is a quartet of newcomers in the sixth edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025. Sierra Leone(120), who was last year's champion 3-year-old male in the United States, got back to his winning ways when he took the Aug. 2 Whitney Stakes (G1) by a length. He came into the Whitney having finished second to Mindframe (120) in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1). Whirl (IRE) (120) finds herself ranked after winning the Nassau Stakes (G1) by five lengths. In her previous start, Whirl won the Pretty Polly Stakes (G1)by 1 1/4 lengths over Kalpana (GB)(120). As for Kalpana, she finished second by a length behind Calandagan (IRE) (125) in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) in her next start after the Pretty Polly Stakes, and she is ranked off of that effort. Additionally, Sajir (IRE) (120) is now ranked following his 1 3/4 length-victory over Lazzat (FR) (120) in the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1). In April, Sajir won the Abernant Stakes (G3). See the full rankings