The unbeaten sprint queen who has captured the imagination of sports fans in Australia becomes our first racehorse to top the rankings since they were introduced in 2002.
Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter hailed the news as a "brilliant result."
"This is great news on two fronts. It is great for Australian racing and a break through for sprinters on the world stage."
Especially in Europe, sprinters are seen as ‘’second class citizens’’ to horses who race over the classic distances of 2000m and 2400m.
Black Caviar earned her 130 rating thanks to her dominant win with 58 kilos in the Newmarket Handicap.
The ratings reflect a peak performance by a racehorse.
"Her Newmarket performance giving lots of weight to high class performers nd winning by a big margin earned her the rating. Unless she goes to Hong Kong and beats JJ The Jet Plane and Rocket Man, and beats tem by a fair margin I doubt her rating will get any higher," he said.
The ratings are based on the views of handicappers in the world’s major racing precincts.
Her rating of 130 is the highest by an Australian galloper , previously So You Think on 126 last year, since rankings were introduced.
BLACK CAVIAR also :
* Becomes the highest rated sprinter (previously OASIS DREAM 125 in 2003)
* Becomes the first sprinter to head the listing
* Becomes the equally highest rated mare (previously Goldikova 130 in 2009)
Former Bart Cummings trained So You Think, now prepared in Ireland by Aidan O’Brien, remains on 126 and is rated fifth best horse in the world.
The World Top 50 reflects the performances of horses for the previous six months and therefore this release covers the period 1 October 2010 to 27th March 2011.
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