Updated: May 6, 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
	90% at best after eight-month break, speed duel, still a 108 Beyer
2	Magnitude, by Not This Time	S. Asmussen	108
	Appears to have come back from Dubai in incredibly good shape
3	Forever Young, by Real Steel	Y. Yahagi	111
	Better than last year's DWC but never looked like his best self 3/28
4	Nysos, by Nyquist	B. Baffert	108
	He's 9-7-2-0, losses to Forever Young and Mindframe; really, really good
5	Baeza, by McKinzie (new)	B. Mott	105
	Tremendous comeback in Alysheba given the way it began for him
6	White Abarrio, by Race Day	S. Joseph	111
7	Antiquarian, by Preservationist (9)	T. Pletcher	108
8	Skippylongstocking, by Exaggerator (7)	S. Joseph	107
9	Journalism, by Curlin (8)	M. McCarthy	108
10	Knightsbridge, by Nyquist (5)	B. Mott	112
	Older dirt females (view PPs)
1	Claret Beret, by Not This Time (2)	S. Joseph	105
	Inherits No. 1 slot - but can she hold it?
2	Splendora, by Audible (1)	B. Baffert	100
	Will give her a mulligan for Derby Day flop - was sick a couple weeks ago
3	Shred the Gnar, by Into Mischief (new)	B. Lynch	98
	Back on track but going to need more than her La Troienne to beat the best
4	Seismic Beauty, by Uncle Mo	B. Baffert	110
	Should be divisional force is she comes back right
5	Nitrogen, by Medaglia d'Oro (3)	M. Casse	97
	Off the work tab since the Apple Blossom as of 5/5
6	Ways and Means, by Practical Joke	C. Brown	111
7	Grand Job, by Justify	B. Mott	108
8	Eclatant, by Into Mischief	B. Cox	109
9	Fully Subscribed, by Tiz the Law	C. Brown	92
10	R Disaster, by Awesome Slew (new)	S. Joseph	103
	3-year-old males (View PPs)
1	Golden Tempo, by Curlin (9)	C. DeVaux	95
	Might not be the best 3yo, but if Eclipse votes were today, he'd get mine
2	Chief Wallabee, by Constitution	B. Mott	100
	If he gets through that hole at 1/8 pole - so close - I think he wins
3	Renegade, by Into Mischief	T. Pletcher	98
	His Derby trouble just put him at the back of the field - the place to be
4	Commandment, by Into Mischief (1)	B. Cox	101
	May have peaked in Florida, but what he did there still counts
5	Stark Contrast, by Caravaggio (new)	M. McCarthy	99
	Was really good at 2, and has progressed at 3; top sophomore turfer
6	Crude Velocity, by Beau Liam (new)	B. Baffert	100
7	The Puma, by Essential Quality (4)	G. Delgado	100
8	Further Ado, by Gun Runner (5)	B. Cox	106
9	Englishman, by Maxfield (8)	C. DeVaux	97
10	Ocelli, by Connect (new)	W. Beckman	94
	3-year-old females (View PPs)
1	Always a Runner, by Gun Runner (5)	C. Brown	94
	Still has ample room to improve; might turn into a true star
2	Meaning, by Gun Runner (7)	M. McCarthy	92
	I underestimated her going into the Oaks; ran to her superb training
3	Explora, by Blame (6)	B. Baffert	90
	Missed prep, hooked on a hot Oaks pace, held gamely
4	Counting Stars, by Honor A. P.	M. Casse	92
	She's very good, but did get a perfect trip in the Oaks
5	Prom Queen, by Quality Road (2)	B. Cox	92
	Did she have to be a mile off the Oaks pace? Galloped out in front
6	Cy Fair, by Not This Time (new)	G. Weaver	94
7	Zany, by American Pharoah (1)	T. Pletcher	89
8	Percy's Bar, by Upstart (3)	B. Colebrook	87
9	Imaginationthelady, by Not This Time (new)	B. Walsh	89
10	On Time Girl, by Not This Time (new)	B. Cox	85
	Turf males (view PPs)
1	Rhetorical, by Not This Time (3)	W. Walden	107
	Spectacular performance in Turf Classic with switch to front-running tactics
2	Zulu Kingdom, by Ten Sovereigns (1)	C. Brown	97
	Instant acceleration when finally clear of trouble at KEE; likely best there
3	Notable Speech, by Dubawi (3)	C. Appleby	103
	I don't know what to do with him; Euro-based but BC Mile goal
4	Burnham Square, by Liam's Map	I. Wilkes	106
	His Elkhorn the best N. American-based performance since...?
5	Deterministic, by Liam's Map (new)	M. Clement	101
	Finally back in action, and if you buy the Beyer, he's the same as last year
6	One Stripe, by One World	H.G. Motion	96
7	Reef Runner, by The Big Beast	D. Fawkes	100
8	Formidable Man, by City of Light (new)	M. McCarthy	100
9	Lagynos, by Kantharos	S. Asmussen	104
10	Cruise the Nile, by Cairo Prince (new)	H.G. Motion	95
	Turf females (view PPs)
1	Gezora, by Almanzor	C. Brown	105
	Needed comeback at distance short of her best, ran into sharp winner
2	Lush Lips, by Ten Sovereigns	B. Walsh	95
	Minor illness kept her from running in (and winning) the Jenny Wiley
3	Segesta, by Ghostzapper	C. Brown	98
	She was very game holding on for the Jenny Wiley dead-heat
4	Expensive Queen, by Lope de Vega (5)	B. Walsh	95
	Split second more and she wins the Jenny Wiley outright
5	Kathynmarissa, by American Pharoah (new)	C. Brown	96
	Didn't get planned trip and still mowed down Gezora in Modesty
6	Moon Spun, by Hard Spun (new)	B. Lynch	99
7	Ag Bullet, by Twirling Candy (8)	R. Baltas	106
8	Medoro, by Honor Code (9)	P. Eurton	97
9	City Girl, by Nimpheas (new)	C. Brown	92
10	Shisospicy, by Mitole (4)	J. D'Angelo	104
	Sprinters (view PPs)
1	T O Elvis, by Volatile (new)	D. Takyanagi	108
	Lives in Japan, but could have two more U.S. starts this year; awesome at CD
2	Book'em Danno, by Bucchero (1)	D. Ryan	111
	Things feel a little off with the horse this year; stay tuned
3	Bentornato, by Valiant Minister (2)	J. D'Angelo	110
	Hope he returns to action in better form than stablemate Shisospicy
4	Imagination, by Into Mischief (3)	B. Baffert	105
	Surprisingly close to pace in CD; better at 6f than 7f?
5	R Disaster, by Awesome Slew (new)	S. Joseph	107
	Rates this high because 6f is her trip, and males are soft at that distance
6	Splendora, by Audible (4)	B. Baffert	100
7	Eclatant, by Into Mischief	B. Cox	109
8	Ways and Means, by Practical Joke	C. Brown	111
9	Grand Job, by Justify	B. Mott	108
10	Disruptor, by Gun Runner (new)	T. Pletcher	102

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