Updated: February 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	Trainer	Best Beyer
	Older dirt males (view PPs)
1	Sovereignty, by Into Mischief	B. Mott	115
	Great he's back working, but going to be roughly 8 months between races
2	Forever Young, by Real Steel	Y. Yahagi	111
	Left something in the tank for Dubai this year after Saudi repeat
3	Nysos, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	108
	Think he finally got back close to his best again in valiant Saudi try
4	Journalism, by Curlin	M. McCarthy	108
	Such a mature 3-year-old one might wonder how much better he gets
5	Baeza, by McKinzie	Bill Mott	105
	Moving this horse into same barn as Sovereignty is . . . perplexing
6	Magnitude, by Not This Time	S. Asmussen	108
7	Book'em Danno, by Bucchero	D. Ryan	111
8	Bentornato, by Valiant Minister	J. D'Angelo	110
9	Knightsbridge, by Nyquist (new)	B. Mott	105
10	Skippylongstocking, by Exaggerator (new)	S. Joseph	107
	Older dirt females (view PPs)
1	Nitrogen, by Medaglia d'Oro	M. Casse	97
	To me she looked sharper in the Bayakoa comeback than the BC Distaff
2	Splendora, by Audible	B. Baffert	100
	Lukas win was a stroll in the park; will be equally effective back at 1 mile
3	Cavalieri, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	101
	Hasn't worked or raced since Sept. 28
4	Seismic Beauty, by Uncle Mo	B. Baffert	110
	Supposedly returning for '26 campaign after BC flop
5	Usha, by Tiz the Law	B. Baffert	99
	Rebounded from dismal Keeneland ship with easy G1 sprint win
6	Hope Road, by Quality Road	B. Baffert	104
7	Clicquot, by Quality Road (8)	B. Walsh	92
8	Fully Subscribed, by Tiz the Law (9)	C. Brown	92
9	Grand Job, by Justify (10)	B. Mott	100
10	Regaled, by Mohaymen (new)	W. Beckman	94
	3-year-old males (View PPs)
1	Paladin, by Gun Runner	C. Brown	93
	Agree with trainer - perfect comeback race in Risen Star
2	Nearly, by Not This Time	T. Pletcher	98
	Displaced from top spot not because he did anything wrong
3	Plutarch, by Into Mischief (new)	B. Baffert	90
	Odd profile for a Baffert but looks like he's hitting high range of 2yo potential
4	Intrepido, by Maximus Mischief	J. Mullins	89
	Liked him as a 2yo, liked the Lewis, liked his Lewis; he's got heft
5	Renegade, by Into Mischief	T. Pletcher	92
	'Last year's Remsen may be one of the rare recent editions with Derby impact
6	Litmus Test, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	96
7	Further Ado, by Gun Runner	B. Cox	98
8	Brant, by Gun Runner	B. Baffert	101
9	Golden Tempo, by Curlin	C. DeVaux	84
10	Commandment, by Into Mischief (new)	B. Cox	91
	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	Bella Ballerina, by Street Sense	B. Walsh	84
	Too sharp in Rachel Alexandra comeback; game, but benefited from bias
3	Sister Troienne, by Munnings	B. Lynch	84
	A modest crop of dirt fillies (so far) gives more weight to a good grass horse
4	Super Corredora, by Gun Runner	J. Sadler	84
	Know she went fast early, but still a discouraging comeback in Las Virgenes
5	Meaning, by Gun Runner	M. McCarthy	79
	Thought her Las Virgenes was better than the speed figure
6	Cy Fair, by Not This Time	G. Weaver	88
7	Luv Your Neighbor, by Constitution	M. Stidham	83
8	Explora, by Blame	B. Baffert	88
9	French Friction, by City of Light	M. Casse	84
10	Dazzling Dame, by Girvin	B. Russell	91
	Turf males (view PPs)
1	Rebel's Romance, by Dubawi	C. Appleby	107
	At age 8, can he make it to a fourth Breeders' Cup?
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 (5)	W. Walden	101
	Steady work pattern; presume G1 Maker's Mark at KEE main early goal
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 (new)	D. Fawkes	100
7	Test Score, by Lookin At Lucky (new)	H.G. Motion	97
8	One Stripe, by One World (9)	H.G. Motion	96
9	Lagynos, by Kantharos (10)	S. Asmussen	104
10	Montador, by Nyquist (new)	M. Stidham	96
	Turf females (view PPs)
1	She Feels Pretty, by Karakontie	C. DeVaux	104
	Lost nothing in Breeders' Cup defeat; look for her return in May
2	Gezora, by Almanzor	C. Brown	105
	Getting onto a steady work pattern; should be a powerful force this season
3	Shisospicy, by Mitole	J. D'Angelo	105
	Missed an intended start in Saudi Arabia
4	Segesta, by Ghostzapper	C. Brown	98
	Turned into formidable miler by end of '25 campaign; races in '26
5	Lush Lips, by Ten Sovereigns	B. Walsh	94
	Season's debut comes Saturday at GP; Jenny Wiley at KEE the big early target
6	Destiny d'Oro, by Bolt d'Oro (new)	B. Cox	95
7	Dynamic Pricing, by Night of Thunder (8)	C. Brown	100
8	Queen Maxima, by Bucchero (10)	J. Mullins	97
9	Expensive Queen, by Lope de Vega (new)	B. Walsh	93
10	Fionn, by Twirling Candy (new)	B. Cox	91
	Sprinters (view PPs)
1	Book'em Danno, by Bucchero	D. Ryan	111
	Dubai Golden Shaheen one of several options for 2026 bow
2	Bentornato, by Valiant Minister	J. D'Angelo	110
	Back on work pattern targeting Dubai Golden Shaheen
3	Imagination, by Into Mischief	B. Baffert	105
	Extra credit for doing the long ship winning Riyadh Dirt Sprint
4	Shisospicy, by Mitole	J. D'Angelo	105
	Keep in mind she debuted on dirt winning by 16 lengths
5	Splendora, by Audible	B. Baffert	100
	Win streak now at four following facile Lukas tally
6	Reef Runner, by The Big Beast (new)	D. Fawkes	100
7	Just Beat the Odds, by Munnings (new)	G. Sacco	103
8	Dr. Venkman, by Ghostzapper (7)	M. Glatt	105
9	Roll On Big Joe, by Prospective (8)	R. Hess	103
10	Cornucopian, by Into Mischief (new)	B. Baffert	101

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