Ryan Moore is back on top on the world jockeys’ list after reclaiming the #1 spot on Thoroughbred Racing Commentary’s Global Rankings.
Led by the latest G1 victory of admirable three-year-old filly Porta Fortuna in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket’s July meeting, the peerless Moore (#1 from #2, +7pt) has sneaked past Australian-based James McDonald, who has led the way for the whole of 2024.
Moore, who also scored in G2 company on leading two-year-old Whistlejacket, had been closing in on J-Mac for a while – hardly surprising, perhaps, given that they are in the middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Although the 40-year-old has only a 3pt margin, with so much of the European season (and beyond) remaining, it would take a brave person to bet on Moore’s relinquishing his status any time soon after joining world #1 trainer Aidan O’Brien at the top of the charts to complete a Ballydoyle double.
Only ten individuals have claimed the #1 spot on our charts since we began publishing rankings for jockeys more than a decade ago in 2014.
Moore has spent vastly more weeks at the top than anybody else in various stints, his current total of 258 well ahead of the second best, John Velazquez, who led the way for 86 weeks (see table below).
Moreover, nobody has ever approached Moore’s best-ever points total of 2485. His current portfolio stands at 2177.
World #1 jockeys according to TRC rankings
For her part, Porta Fortuna (#16 from #66, +153pt) was recording the third G1 success of her career as the Royal Ascot heroine outclassed her rivals in the Tattersalls-sponsored Falmouth Stakes.
While she was sent off an odds-on favourite, this filly has appeared curiously underestimated given that she has finished in the first two in G1 company on each of her last five starts.
Indeed, but for a half-length (at the Breeders’ Cup) and a neck (in the 1,000 Guineas), she would have won five in a row. As such, it is hard to quibble with her Top 20 status for her trainer Donnacha O’Brien.
Similarly due a rise in rankings status was Giavellotto (#38 from #137, +180pt), who cut back in trip to a mile and a half for a comprehensive 3¼-length victory (under a penalty) in the G2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes.
Hitherto regarded as more of a staying type, the Marco Botti-trained five-year-old is in the form of his life, having landed a repeat win in the G2 Yorkshire Cup on his previous outing. The Irish St Leger offers a G1 opportunity.
Europe’s sprint class isn’t looking the most inspiring bunch ever seen, but Mill Stream (#72 from #201, +167pt) has been consistent in the best company since his wind surgery. Trained by Jane Chapple-Hyam, he brought up jockey William Buick’s (stays at #5, +19pt) 100th G1 success in the July Cup on Saturday [July 13].
The Wertheimers (#10 from #19, +123pt) are back in the owners’ Top Ten following the success of the promising three-year-old Sosie (#150) in the Grand Prix de Paris for master trainer Andre Fabre (#19 from #21, +19pt). The win was another boost for the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) form of Look De Vega, who must surely be expected to rank higher than his current #114. He is clear favourite for the Arc.
• Unlike traditional methods of racehorse rankings, TRC Global Rankings are a measure of an individual’s level of achievement over a rolling three-year period, providing a principled hierarchy of the leading horses, jockeys, trainers, owners and sires using statistical learning techniques. Racehorse rankings can be compared to similar exercises in other sports, like the golf’s world rankings or the ATP rankings in tennis.
They are formulated from the last three years of races we consider Group or Graded class all over the world and update automatically each week according to the quality of a horse’s performances and their recency, taking into account how races work out.
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