March Rankings | 2026 Longines World's Best Racehorse | Top Five

All set. White flags raised, red flags dropped and we're up in the Saudi Cup. A sprawling beginning for Nevada Beach. Took a full step as they left the stalls. Nysos breaks alertly. Forever Young is swiftly away as well. Nevada Beach just lost that length at the start as Tumba Rumba goes forward. So Tumba Rumba one of those out in the lead with Thunder Squall and between the pair Nysos. Forever Young fills out the front wave in company with Banishing. Nevada Beach in the second division early on just ahead of Bishop's Bay's Green Cap. Wider out is Mahali also Green Cap. Nevada Beach has had to sit and suffer in big field as Tumba Rumba is awkward amongst horses there and just gave a nudge to the horse on his outside which was Bishop's Bay. Towards the back early on Emirat Al Zaman pulled towards the outside. Rattle and Roll is towards the back. Luxor Cafe is right towards the tail and the grey Hakeet is taken off his feet as they make their way now down the back straight and out in the lead it is Thunder Squall who has the advantage. Forever Young was just crossed there by Banishing. One of the outsiders and Nysos will feel he may be better placed at this stage. Racing in fourth is Bishop's Bay. Forever Young just tracks the leaders but he's behind a couple of outsiders. Then racing in sixth place as they make the turn is Tumba Rumba. Nevada Beach is having to pick his way through traffic as Nysos is poised on the outside here of Thunder Squall as they turn into the straight. Forever Young will look to split them up the inside rail. Forever Young gets the dream run and now here Nysos lock horns. Behind those in third place and ridden along is Banishing. It is Forever Young and Nysos who settle down now. Move clear from racing in third place Bishop's Bay. Tumba Rumba stays on. Forever Young grinds his way to the 200. Nysos begins to wobble. Forever Young a length and a half clear. Forever Young. Nysos not going away but he's Forever Young towards the line. Forever Young forever in acquired history. He wins for Japan. Nysos this year's romantic warrior pushed him all the way to the line. And they're off and racing. Fracture Cheval was the one that was swiftest away. Doesn't decide to press on. Silawi does and at this stage no sign of Shin Emperor being anywhere near the lead like last year. So as they make their way up the home straight for the first time. It is Yamanin Bouclier in company with Galen who's invested plenty to move up into second place on the outside of Silawi. Yellow jacket of royal champion. Fifth place for Shin Emperor. No real attempt to lead. Certainly no attempt to lead for Fracture Cheval who was swiftest away from the gates. It's settled in midfield. Aloha Ali is quite keen on the inside of Phantom Flight. Direct security is a couple from the tail with Balid Porto and Servi. Took the medicine early. Crossed behind by Ryan Moore and is the back marker as they begin the turn and make their way towards the entrance to the back straight. So heading towards the 1400 meters and out in the lead Yamanin Bouclier by a length from Galen in second. Silawi races third. Royal champion's yellow jacket then the big white face of Shin Emperor. Likewise big white face pink jacket of Fracture Cheval who races in sixth place. Aloha Ali races on the inside of Phantom Flight. Direct security and snuggling up one place. Servi has got past Balid Porto as they're now preparing to head towards the turnout of the back straight. Yamanin Bouclier trying to get a breather out in front and as a result the field stack up and several latch on. Silawi is one of them. Royal champion forced to go a little wide to clear Galen as they make their way inside the final half mile. Fracture Cheval, Shin Emperor now has traffic on all sides. Direct security tried to improve and still Servi is back in the field. So out in the lead Yamanin Bouclier has rated well out in front. Galen is second place. Silawi needs an out. Going very well is Royal champion and then behind these Fracture Cheval as they all angle out to try and begin their challenges. Yamanin Bouclier kicks for home. Move quickly covered by Royal champion who makes ground and sits a length off the leader. Fracture Cheval is in third place then Silawi and Shin Emperor and now Royal champion up the center has moved through to hit Yamanin Bouclier. Fracture Cheval is third then Shin Emperor. Servi is picking up the pieces late on but Royal champion this globetrotter won in Bahrain wins in Saudi. The neon turf cut by five lengths. All set. White flags raised, red flags dropped and we're up in the Saudi Cup. A sprawling beginning for Nevada Beach took a full step as they left the stalls. Nysos breaks alertly for Ever Young is swiftly away as well. Nevada Beach just lost that length at the start as Tumba Rumba goes forward. So Tumba Rumba one of those out in the lead with Thunder Squall and between the pair Nysos. Forever Young fills out the front wave in company with Banishing. Nevada Beach in the second division early on just ahead of Bishop's Bay's green cap. Wider out is Mahali also green cap. Nevada Beach has had to sit and suffer in big field as Tumba Rumba is awkward amongst horses there and just gave a nudge to the horse on his outside which was Bishop's Bay. Towards the back early on Emirat Al Zaman pulled towards the outside Rattle and Roll is towards the back. Luxor Cafe is right towards the tail and the grey Hakeet is taken off his feet as they make their way now down the back straight and out in the lead it is Thunder Squall who has the advantage. Forever Young was just crossed there by Banishing. One of the outsiders and Nysos will feel he may be better placed at this stage. Racing in fourth is Bishop's Bay. Forever Young just tracks the leaders but he's behind a couple of outsiders. Then racing in sixth place as they make the turn is Tumba Rumba. Nevada Beach is having to pick his way through traffic as Nysos is poised on the outside here of Thunder Squall as they turn into the straight. Forever Young will look to split them up the inside rail. Forever Young gets the dream run and now here Nysos lock horns behind those in third place and ridden along is Banishing. It is Forever Young and Nysos who settle down now. Move clear from racing in third place Bishop's Bay. Tumba Rumba stays on. Forever Young grinds his way to the 200. Nysos begins to wobble. Forever Young a length and a half clear. Forever Young. Nysos not going away but he's Forever Young towards the line. Forever Young forever in acquired history. He wins for Japan. Nysos this year's Romantic Warrior pushed him all the way to the line. City Hong Kong Gold Cup's underway and Beauty Joy was the first out and shoot off the inside. Romantic Warrior three out. Voyage Bubble four out. Winning Wing second last and MyWish's last of the six runners. Beauty Joy leads over Ensued and Romantic Warrior. He's going to drop in and be third. Voyage Bubble's going to follow him and Winning Wing is two lengths behind Voyage Bubble with MyWish back at the tail end. It's the outsider of the field. It's Beauty Joy leading over Ensued second running third. Romantic Warrior two lengths away fourth as Voyage Bubble. Winning Wing's two lengths behind him and MyWish is two lengths away last. 25.65 the first split so it's inside standard which is 25.95 and they string out down the back by the Shing Mun River and the leader is Beauty Joy. He's two in front of Ensued. Three lengths away third as Romantic Warrior. Two and a half lengths to Voyage Bubble. Two lengths to and two and a half lengths to MyWish should be 10 lengths off Beauty Joy. 23.52 the second split the standard 23.9. Abdullah's making it a true staying test at least in the City Hong Kong Gold Cup. They have 8.50 to go. The leader is Beauty Joy two in front. Ensued is second and three away third as Romantic Warrior. Two lengths to Voyage Bubble. One and a half winning wing and MyWish is They have 600 meters left to go. Beauty Joy leads Ensued. Romantic Warrior travels beautifully third. Voyage Bubble's a length away fourth and then came Winning Wing and MyWish. Beauty Joy leads Ensued flat as a biscuit on his outside. Two lengths Romantic Warrior then Voyage Bubble and Winning Wing. It is Romantic Warrior though moving up to take the lead. He's left them all behind. He's three in front of Ensued. Winning Wing on the outsides running on. Voyage Bubble will nearly run last. MyWish through the center. It's the second leg of the triple crown. He's on target for another triple crown tilt and Romantic Warrior jumps it. Beat Ensued. From now if Ka-Ying Rising can win this they're racing. He was about second or third away. Co-partner Prance beat him out but Ka-Ying Rising just cruised from the inside to match him. Lucky Swayness's third. Helios Express fourth and Red Lion fifth on the inside. Then Packing Hermod. One off is Raging Blizzard from Patch of Theta. Second last is Sunlight Power and Galaxy Patches last. Through the first 400 meters and co-partner Prance has taken over. He's two lengths in front of Ka-Ying Rising and third patch of Theta. Fourth is Lucky Swayness and fifth is Helios Express. Then Red Lion. Three wide Packing Hermod. The middle Raging Blizzard. Two lengths to Sunlight Power and Galaxy Patches last of all. The leader is co-partner Prance. 600 meters left to go. Ka-Ying Rising's come away from the rally. He's yet to go after the leader. Then came Lucky Swayness followed by Patch of Theta and Packing Hermod. 400 meters left to go. They're at the silent witness statue now. Ka-Ying Rising shakes the reins. He's put two links on co-partner Prance. Lucky Swayness and they were followed then by Helios Express but it's Ka-Ying Rising. 1.25 to go. Five on Helios Express. 7,629 days ago. Silent Witness won 17 in a row. Today he hands it to Ka-Ying Rising. 18 wins in a row.