Ka Ying’s rating likely to surge to least 130 in World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

Ka Ying Rising cruises to victory under Zac Purton. Photos: Kenneth Chan

All eyes will be on the next release of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2026 after Ka Ying Rising’s latest record-breaking success, with the champion sprinter’s rating expected to surge to at least 130.

Sitting atop the rankings so far this year, Ka Ying Rising became Hong Kong’s highest-rated galloper in history with a figure of 128 last year and has maintained that mark in 2026.

Since the last release of the WBRR, the David Hayes-trained superstar has produced another two track record victories in the Group Two Sprint Cup (1,200m) and Sunday’s Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1,200m).

His 20th consecutive victory on Sunday prompted Hayes to rate him “one of the all-time greats” and he could soon enter the territory of champion Australian sprinter Black Caviar, who achieved a rating of 132 – the best figure from a sprinter in the past 18 years – in 2011.