The LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings – the official listing of the world’s best racehorses (For 3yos and upwards which raced between 1st January and 10th October, 2021)Following his dramatic victory in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), TORQUATOR TASSO (GER) [125] is the biggest mover in the eighth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021.LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse RankingsHorse Rating Trained  ADAYAR (IRE) 127 GB  MISHRIFF (IRE) 127 GB  ST MARK’S BASILICA (FR) 127 IRE  PALACE PIER (GB) 125 GB  TORQUATOR TASSO (GER) 125 GER  KNICKS GO (USA) 124 USA  NATURE STRIP (AUS) 124 AUS  
Germany’s Torquator Tasso proved the most game in the Arc, defeating TARNAWA (IRE) [120] by three-quarters of a length at ParisLongchamp to earn his 125 rating. Both are newly ranked off their efforts. HURRICANE LANE (IRE) [123] finished a short head behind in third to raise his rating to 123 from 121, while ADAYAR (IRE) [127] was fourth.
Torquator Tasso came into the Arc having won the 149th Wettstar Grosser Preis von Baden (G1) by a length in September. Earlier in the season, he took the Grosser Hansa-Preis der Baum Unternehmensgruppe (G2) by 4 ½ lengths.
TRUESHAN (FR) [120] also finds himself ranked after his performance on Arc weekend, as he defeated Stradivarius by 4 ½ lengths in the Qatar Prix du Cadran (G1). In his previous start, Trueshan won the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes (G1) by 3 ¾ lengths.