Updated: December 10, 2025. 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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Horses | Trainers | Jockeys | Stallions | Best Beyers
| Horse,sire | Trainer | Best Beyer | |
Older dirt males (view PPs) |
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| 1 | Sierra Leone, by Gun Runner (R) | C. Brown | 112 |
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| Came right back to his '24 BC Classic and not quite good enough | |||
| 2 | Fierceness, by City of Light (R) | T. Pletcher | 111 |
| Tremendous races at ages 2, 3, and 4; he'll be missed on the track | |||
| 3 | Mindframe, by Constitution (R) | T. Pletcher | 105 |
| Too bad - we'll never know how good this retired 4yo could've been | |||
| 4 | Forever Young, by Real Steel | Y. Yahagi | 111 |
| Not xenophobic prizing N. Americans over foreigners in these ratings | |||
| 5 | Nysos, by Nyquist | B. Baffert | 108 |
| Life-and-death odds-on BC Dirt Mile win; not same horse as earlier in '25 | |||
| 6 | Raging Torrent, by Maximus Mischief (R) | D. O'Neill | 106 |
| 7 | Book'em Danno, by Bucchero | D. Ryan | 111 |
| 8 | White Abarrio, by Race Day | S. Joseph | 110 |
| 9 | Bentornato, by Valiant Minister | J. D'Angelo | 110 |
| 10 | Hit Show, by Candy Ride | B. Cox | 104 |
Older dirt females (view PPs) |
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| 1 | Thorpedo Anna, by Fast Anna (R) | K. McPeek | 111 |
| All-timer if she'd sustained her Travers form; she never got back to it | |||
| 2 | Scylla, by Tapit | W. Mott | 103 |
| Always had the talent - put it all together in BC Distaff rout | |||
| 3 | Kopion, by Omaha Beach | R. Mandella | 110 |
| Probably will never understand the shape of her campaign this year | |||
| 4 | Splendora, by Audible | B. Baffert | 100 |
| Only Baffert-trained filly to show up at BC | |||
| 5 | Cavalieri, by Nyquist | B. Baffert | 101 |
| Can't stay healthy long enough to hit her ceiling | |||
| 6 | Seismic Beauty, by Uncle Mo | B. Baffert | 110 |
| 7 | Hope Road, by Quality Road | B. Baffert | 104 |
| 8 | Richi, by Practical Joke | B. Baffert | 102 |
| 9 | Dorth Vader, by Girvin | G. Weaver | 100 |
| 10 | Sweet Azteca, by Sharp Azteca | R. Baltas | 106 |
3-year old males (View PPs) |
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| 1 | Sovereignty, by Into Mischief | B. Mott | 115 |
| Tick, tick, tick, tick - and we wait | |||
| 2 | Journalism, by Curlin | M. McCarthy | 108 |
| Fourth-best in BC Classic but remarkably consistent and high-level campaign | |||
| 3 | Baeza, by McKinzie | J. Shirreffs | 102 |
| Didn't catch the eye week of BC Classic and didn't show his best on the day | |||
| 4 | Magnitude, by Not This Time | S. Asmussen | 108 |
| TBD if there's more there or if the Clark is as good as he gets | |||
| 5 | Citizen Bull, by Into Mischief (R) | B. Baffert | 105 |
| Hit peak form nearly winning BC Dirt Mile - and promptly retired | |||
| 6 | Patch Adams, by Into Mischief (R) | B. Cox | 103 |
| 7 | Nevada Beach, by Omaha Beach | B. Baffert | 101 |
| 8 | Burnham Square, by Liam's Map | I. Wilkes | 98 |
| 9 | Chunk of Gold, by Preservationist | E. West | 103 |
| 10 | Gosger, by Nyquist | B. Walsh | 101 |
3-year old females (View PPs) |
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| 1 | Nitrogen, by Medaglia d'Oro | M. Casse | 95 |
| Less than dazzling in BC but top to bottom an admirable, versatile campaign | |||
| 2 | Shisospicy, by Mitole | J. D'Angelo | 105 |
| So brilliant in BC Turf Sprint she nearly ascended to No. 1 | |||
| 3 | Gezora, by Almanzor | C. Brown | 105 |
| BC Filly and Mare Turf winner will be a handful in 2026 | |||
| 4 | Clicquot, by Quality Road | B. Walsh | 92 |
| Steep drop from No. 3 to No. 4 in this division | |||
| 5 | Scottish Lassie, by McKinzie | J. Abreu | 99 |
| Sticks high on this list because of CCA Oaks romp | |||
| 6 | Good Cheer, by Medaglia d'Oro | B. Cox | 91 |
| 7 | La Cara, by Street Sense | M. Casse | 93 |
| 8 | Fionn, by Twirling Candy | B. Cox | 91 |
| 9 | Lush Lips, by Ten Sovereigns | B. Walsh | 95 |
| 10 | Laurelin, by Zarak | H.G. Motion | 94 |
Turf males (view PPs) |
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| 1 | Rebel's Romance, by Dubawi | C. Appleby | 107 |
| A 20-time winner with $15.2M purse earnings - let that sink in | |||
| 2 | Notable Speech, by Dubawi | C. Appleby | 103 |
| Blistering turn of foot in BC Mile; races on as a 5yo next season | |||
| 3 | Formidable Man, by City of Light | M. McCarthy | 100 |
| Needed to show he could compete at truly top level, and he did | |||
| 4 | El Cordobes, by Frankel | C. Appleby | 104 |
| Less than ideal trip for BC Turf third; he's a comer | |||
| 5 | Deterministic, by Liam's Map (I) | M. Clement | 101 |
| Excellent campaign cut short by injury | |||
| 6 | Rhetorical, by Not This Time | W. Walden | 101 |
| 7 | Ethical Diamond, by Awtaad | W. Mullins | 107 |
| 8 | Gold Phoenix, by Belardo | P. D'Amato | 101 |
| 9 | Redistricting, by Kingman | C. Brown | 102 |
| 10 | Far Bridge, by English Channel | M. Clement | 102 |
Turf females (view PPs) |
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| 1 | She Feels Pretty, by Karakontie | C. DeVaux | 104 |
| Lost nothing in Breeders' Cup defeat | |||
| 2 | Gezora, by Almanzor | C. Brown | 105 |
| As good as she was winning BC, she should be better at age 4 | |||
| 3 | Ag Bullet, by Twirling Candy | R. Baltas | 106 |
| Top class but Matriarch again showed she's such a tweener in American racing | |||
| 4 | Diamond Rain, by Shamardal | C. Appleby | 104 |
| Suspect we see her race more than once in N. America next year | |||
| 5 | Excellent Truth, by Cotai Glory (R) | C. Brown | 99 |
| Grand start in North America, but now retired | |||
| 6 | Dynamic Pricing, by Night of Thunder | C. Brown | 100 |
| 7 | Simply in Front, by Summer Front | E. Kenneally | 96 |
| 8 | Segesta, by Ghostzapper | C. Brown | 98 |
| 9 | Special Wan, by Belardo (R) | B. Walsh | 99 |
| 10 | Future Is Now, by Great Notion | M. Trombetta | 99 |
Sprinters (view PPs) |
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| 1 | Book'em Danno, by Bucchero | D. Ryan | 111 |
| Recency bias could make him vulnerable in Eclipse balloting | |||
| 2 | Bentornato, by Valiant Minister | J. D'Angelo | 110 |
| A no-doubter in BC Sprint; ended year as best sprinter in training | |||
| 3 | Shisospicy, by Mitole | J. D'Angelo | 105 |
| Won nearly as well over 6 1/2F at KD as she did over 5F in BC | |||
| 4 | Kopion, by Omaha Beach | R. Mandella | 110 |
| Would've been better off in Distaff than Sprint! | |||
| 5 | Ag Bullet, by Twirling Candy | R. Baltas | 104 |
| Don't undervalue her excellent campaign | |||
| 6 | Imagination, by Into Mischief | B. Baffert | 105 |
| 7 | Splendora, by Audible | B. Baffert | 97 |
| 8 | Nysos, by Nyquist | B. Baffert | 108 |
| 9 | Dr. Venkman, by Ghostzapper | M. Glatt | 105 |
| 10 | Patch Adams, by Into Mischief (R) | B. Cox | 103 |
2-year old males (view PPs) |
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| 1 | Ted Noffey, by Into Mischief | T. Pletcher | 98 |
| Thought he ran better at KEE than DMR; obvious 2yo champ | |||
| 2 | Brant, by Gun Runner | B. Baffert | 101 |
| Held solidly after setting pace in BC Juvenile; has filling out to do | |||
| 3 | Mr. A. P., by American Pharoah | V. Cerin | 96 |
| Steady improver briefly looked like he would catch Ted Noffey in BC Juv. | |||
| 4 | Intrepido, by Maximus Mischief | J. Mullins | 87 |
| Broke badly, against DMR bias - could be considerably better than his BC Juv. | |||
| 5 | Further Ado, by Gun Runner | B. Cox | 98 |
| Better horse than the KJC Beyer suggests | |||
| 6 | Desert Gate, by Omaha Beach | B. Baffert | 88 |
| 7 | Stark Contrast, by Caravaggio | M. McCarthy | 86 |
| 8 | Boyd, by Violence | A. O'Brien | 88 |
| 9 | Paladin, by Gun Runner (new) | C. Brown | 87 |
| 10 | Napoleon Solo, by Liam's Map | C. Summers | 95 |
2-year old fillies (view PPs) |
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| 1 | Super Corredora, by Gun Runner | J. Sadler | 84 |
| Ridden from the start of BC Juv. Fillies like they meant business - and they did | |||
| 2 | Explora, by Blame | B. Baffert | 88 |
| Entered in Golden Rod but didn't travel from SoCal | |||
| 3 | Cy Fair, by Not This Time | G. Weaver | 88 |
| Turf sprints hardly a glamour division, but she is very, very good | |||
| 4 | Bella Ballerina, by Street Sense (new) | B. Walsh | 80 |
| Sprint debut to G2 Golden Rod route, where she held up through strong pace | |||
| 5 | Percy's Bar, by Upstart (4) | B. Colebrook | 81 |
| Mugged in BC Juvenile Fillies or she's much closer | |||
| 6 | Zany, by Amertican Pharoah (new) | T. Pletcher | 89 |
| 7 | Atropa, by Into Mischief (6) | C. DeVaux | 79 |
| 8 | Tommy Jo, by Into Mischief (7) | T. Pletcher | 85 |
| 9 | Ground Support, by Army Mule (8) | K. Danner | 83 |
| 10 | Balantina, by Ten Sovereigns (9) | J. O'Brien | 86 |
Previous week's horse racing ranking in parentheses; (I)-inactive; (R.) - retired