Updated: February 11, 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
	Going to be over a half-year between starts; Travers seems a lifetime ago
2	Forever Young, by Real Steel	Y. Yahagi	111
	Bet he pulls the Saudi Cup-Dubai World Cup double this year
3	Nysos, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	108
	Headed to Saudi Cup and should really suit its one-turn, 1,800 meters
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	J. Shirreffs
	He, unlike Journalism, looked like a horse who could really fill out at 4
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 (2)	M. Casse	97
	To me she looked sharper in the Bayakoa comeback than the BC Distaff
2	Splendora, by Audible (1)	B. Baffert	100
	Lukas win was a stroll in the park; will they try two turns again?
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	Shred the Gnar, by Into Mischief (8)	B. Lynch	99
8	Clicquot, by Quality Road (9)	B. Walsh	92
9	Fully Subscribed, by Tiz the Law (new)	C. Brown	92
10	Grand Job, by Justify (new)	B. Mott	100
	3-year old males (View PPs)
1	Nearly, by Not This Time (2)	T. Pletcher	98
	Ending the legacy '25 admissions in these ratings to focus on active 3yos
2	Paladin, by Gun Runner (6)	C. Brown	87
	Video of two recent workouts suggests Risen Star is his for taking
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 (6)	J. Mullins	89
	Liked him as a 2yo, liked the Lewis, liked his Lewis; he's got heft
5	Renegade, by Into Mischief (new)	T. Pletcher	92
	'Last year's Remsen may be one of the rare recent editions with Derby impact
6	Litmus Test, by Nyquist (3)	B. Baffert	96
7	Further Ado, by Gun Runner (5)	B. Cox	98
8	Brant, by Gun Runner (4)	B. Baffert	101
9	Golden Tempo, by Curlin (8)	C. DeVaux	81
10	So Happy, by Runhappy (new)	M. Glatt	96
	3-year old females (View PPs)
1	Zany, by American Pharoah (2)	T. Pletcher	89
	Suncoast stroll (punctuated by A+ gallop-out) an ideal campaign launch
2	Bella Ballerina, by Street Sense (4)	B. Walsh	80
	Ready for 3yo bow 2/14 at FG, but jury still out on Golden Rod strength
3	Sister Troienne, by Munnings (6)	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 (1)	J. Sadler	84
	Know she went fast early, but still a discouraging comeback in Las Virgenes
5	Meaning, by Gun Runner (new)	M. McCarthy	79
	Thought her Las Virgenes was better than the speed figure
6	Explora, by Blame (3)	B. Baffert	88
7	Cy Fair, by Not This Time (5)	G. Weaver	88
8	Life of Joy, by Gun Runner (new)	B. Cox	77
9	On Time Girl, by Not This Time	B. Cox	82
10	Dazzling Dame, by Girvin (8)	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	El Cordobes, by Frankel	C. Appleby	104
	Could see him returning to N. America as early as Saratoga
5	Rhetorical, by Not This Time	W. Walden	101
	Couldn't quite finish off BC Mile but more upside than Formidable Man
6	Deterministic, by Liam's Map (I)	M. Clement	101
7	Test Score, by Lookin At Lucky (new)	H.G. Motion	97
8	Gold Phoenix, by Belardo	P. D'Amato	101
9	One Stripe, by One World (new)	H.G. Motion	96
10	El Potente, by Temple City (new)	D. Blacker	104
	Turf females (view PPs)
1	She Feels Pretty, by Karakontie	C. DeVaux	104
	Lost nothing in Breeders' Cup defeat; almost ready to get back under tack
2	Gezora, by Almanzor	C. Brown	105
	BC-winning French import an extremely exciting addition to this division
3	Shisospicy, by Mitole	J. D'Angelo	105
	Wonder if they'll see if she can get a mile this year
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
	Got faster and faster - and more professional - through strong '25 campaign
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	Medoro, by Honor Code (new)	P. Eurton	97
10	Speed Shopper, by Quality Road (new)	W. Walden	90
	Sprinters (view PPs)
1	Book'em Danno, by Bucchero	D. Ryan	111
	Finally back on work tab 2/8 at Tampa Bay
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
	Should be formidable in 2/14 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	Dr. Venkman, by Ghostzapper	M. Glatt	105
8	Roll On Big Joe, by Prospective	R. B. Hess	103
9	Crazy Mason, by Coal Front	G. Sacco	99
10	Cornucopian, by Into Mischief (new)	B. Baffert	101

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