Updated: March 25, 2026. Weekly thoroughbred horse racing divisional ratings by Marcus Hersh for Daily Racing Form. Horses must have at least one start in North America in order to be ranking.

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	Horse/sire
	Older dirt males (view PPs)
1	Sovereignty, by Into Mischief	B. Mott	115
	Not gonna lie - I'm not as bullish on him as I was a month ago
2	Forever Young, by Real Steel	Y. Yahagi	111
	Figure we'll see a far, far stronger Dubai World Cup than last year's
3	Nysos, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	108
	Think he finally got back close to his best again in valiant Saudi try
4	Knightsbridge, by Nyquist	B. Mott	112
	Superstar-level miler talent
5	Journalism, by Curlin	M. McCarthy	108
	If I had to guess, I'd guess they take on Sovereignty at Oaklawn
6	Magnitude, by Not This Time (7)	S. Asmussen	108
7	Touchuponastar, by Star Guitar (new)	J. Delhomme	106
8	Skippylongstocking, by Exaggerator (10)	S. Joseph	107
9	Book'em Danno, by Bucchero (8)	D. Ryan	111
10	Bentornato, by Valiant Minister (9)	J. D'Angelo	110
	Older dirt females (view PPs)
1	Splendora, by Audible	B. Baffert	100
	Some seemed to feel she backed into BC win; nope - she's really good
2	Nitrogen, by Medaglia d'Oro	M. Casse	97
	Her blah Azeri confirmed same concerns her sharp Bayakoa had allayed
3	Cavalieri, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	101
	Presume there's still the idea she and Seismic Beauty will make it back?
4	Seismic Beauty, by Uncle Mo	B. Baffert	110
	Finally back on work tab March 19 - hallelujah!
5	Usha, by Tiz the Law	B. Baffert	99
	La Brea fig suggests she's comparable to Splendora, but she's not
6	Ways and Means, by Practical Joke	C. Brown	111
7	Clicquot, by Quality Road	B. Walsh	92
8	Grand Job, by Justify	B. Mott	100
9	Majestic Oops, by Majestic Harbor	D. Ward	94
10	Regaled, by Mohaymen	W. Beckman	94
	3-year-old males (View PPs)
1	Paladin, by Gun Runner	C. Brown	93
	Half-mile work 3/14 more like 6f with another 2f strong gallop-out
2	Commandment, by Into Mischief (3)	B. Cox	101
	Slight edge over Chief Wallabee - for now
3	Chief Wallabee, by Constitution (4)	B. Mott	100
	Thinking he might be the most talented among all these horses; playing catch-up
4	Emerging Market, by Candy Ride (new)	C. Brown	97
	Incredibly classy, elite abilty - La. Derby might just be the start of things
5	Nearly, by Not This Time (2)	T. Pletcher	98
	Doing a pre-Fla. Derby reassessment with him and dropping in ratings
6	Renegade, by Into Mischief (5)	T. Pletcher	92
7	Golden Tempo, by Curlin	C. DeVaux	84
8	The Puma, by Essential Quality	G. Delgado	89
9	Englishman, by Maxfield (new)	C. DeVaux	97
10	Reagan's Honor, by Honor A.P. (9)	C. DeVaux	96
	3-year-old females (View PPs)
1	Zany, by American Pharoah	T. Pletcher	89
	Suncoast stroll (punctuated by A+ gallop-out) an ideal campaign launch
2	Explora, by Blame (3)	B. Baffert	88
	Her Honeybee made me a believer for first time this year
3	Life of Joy, by Gun Runner (new)	B. Cox	86
	FG Oaks no fluke; she's turned a corner and she's very good
4	Bella Ballerina, by Street Sense (2)	B. Walsh	84
	Wanted to see something more than that in FG Oaks; needs to relax
5	She Be Smooth, by Lexitonian (4)	T. Pletcher	91
	Two-turn capability TBD but impressive last-to-first 1M win in Davona Dale
6	Bottle of Rouge, by Vino Rosso (5)	B. Baffert	87
7	Counting Stars, by Honor A.P. (6)	M. Casse	87
8	Forced Entry, by Charlatan (7)	B. Baffert	82
9	Meaning, by Gun Runner (9)	M. McCarthy	79
10	Goodall, by Yaupon (new)	S. Asmussen	94
	Turf males (view PPs)
1	Rebel's Romance, by Dubawi	C. Appleby	107
	He's back in England, wonder if we see him back in U.S. this summer
2	Notable Speech, by Dubawi	C. Appleby	103
	Overseas horses in these rankings owing to paucity of American stars
3	Formidable Man, by City of Light	M. McCarthy	100
	Gets knocked for soft SoCal competition, but his BC Mile was very good
4	Rhetorical, by Not This Time	W. Walden	101
	Steady work pattern; aimed toward G1 Maker's Mark at KEE
5	El Cordobes, by Frankel	C. Appleby	104
	Fifth in Doha on 2/14, though that was a strong field
6	Reef Runner, by The Big Beast	D. Fawkes	100
7	Test Score, by Lookin At Lucky	H.G. Motion	97
8	Lagynos, by Kantharos (9)	S. Asmussen	104
9	One Stripe, by One World (8)	H.G. Motion	96
10	Deterministic, by Liam's Map	M. Clement	102
	Turf females (view PPs)
1	Gezora, by Almanzor	C. Brown	105
	Working toward first start for new trainer; wonder if it comes in the Modesty
2	She Feels Pretty, by More Than Ready	C. Brown	105
	As Gezora gets onto work pattern, news comes that this mare is still on the farm
3	Lush Lips, by Ten Sovereigns	B. Walsh	95
	If you believe the timing, 21.99 final quarter in flashy 4yo bow
4	Segesta, by Ghostzapper	C. Brown	98
	Back on the work tab at Payson; would think Distaff Turf Mile at CD in play
5	Shisospicy, by Mitole	J. D'Angelo	105
	Back on the work tab in Florida
6	Destino d'Oro, by Bolt d'Oro	B. Cox	95
7	Dynamic Pricing, by Night of Thunder	C. Brown	100
8	Queen Maxima, by Bucchero	J. Mullins	97
9	Thought Process, by Collected	P. D'Amato	90
10	Expensive Queen, by Lope de Vega	B. Walsh	93
	Sprinters (view PPs)
1	Book'em Danno, by Bucchero	D. Ryan	111
	Continues working steadily toward 5yo debut
2	Bentornato, by Valiant Minister	J. D'Angelo	110
	On course for Dubai Golden Shaheen, a race Danno's camp passed
3	Imagination, by Into Mischief	B. Baffert	105
	Extra credit for doing the long ship winning Riyadh Dirt Sprint
4	Splendora, by Audible	B. Baffert	100
	Fabulous sprinter-miler
5	Shisospicy, by Mitole	J. D'Angelo	105
	Returrned to work tab earlier this month after injury layoff
6	Reef Runner, by The Big Beast	D. Fawkes	100
7	Ways and Means, by Practical Joke	C. Brown	111
8	Just Beat the Odds, by Munnings	G. Sacco	103
9	Roll On Big Joe, by Prospective	R. Hess	103
10	Built, by Hard Spun	W. Catalano	106

Previous week's horse racing ranking in parentheses; (I)-inactive; (R.) - retired