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The Top 100 Group 1 races

The IFHA’s LONGINES World's Top 100 Group/Grade 1 Races 2025, published 21 January 2026. It ranks races by the ratings of their first four finishers. Each race has a profile with its racecourse, conditions, prize fund, 2025 result and next running.

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The next runnings of races on the list, from the dates each organiser has published.

  1. 17OctBritish Champions Long Distance CupAscot, United KingdomNo. 83IFHA Top 100, 2025Today
  2. 17OctBritish Champions Fillies & Mares StakesAscot, United KingdomNo. 92IFHA Top 100, 2025Today
  3. 17OctQueen Elizabeth II StakesAscot, United KingdomNo. 60IFHA Top 100, 2025Today
  4. 17OctChampion StakesAscot, United KingdomNo. 1IFHA Top 100, 2025Today

The list

Order, ratings, distances and surfaces as published by the IFHA. See the list on the IFHA website. Other facts are from each organiser’s pages and the official results.

RankRaceRacecourseCountryDistance and surfaceIFHA ratingNext running
1Japan CupTokyo RacecourseJapan2,400m, Turf126.25
1Champion StakesAscotUnited Kingdom2,000m, Turf126.25
3Breeders' Cup ClassicDel MarUnited States2,000m, Dirt125.50
4King George VI and Queen Elizabeth StakesAscotUnited Kingdom2,400m, Turf125.00
5Dubai Sheema ClassicMeydanUnited Arab Emirates2,410m, Turf124.00
6Prix de l'Arc de TriompheParisLongchampFrance2,400m, Turf123.75
7Eclipse StakesSandown ParkUnited Kingdom2,000m, Turf123.25
8Prince of Wales's StakesAscotUnited Kingdom2,000m, Turf122.25
8Tenno Sho (Autumn)Tokyo RacecourseJapan2,000m, Turf122.25
10Arima KinenNakayama RacecourseJapan2,500m, Turf121.50
10Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas)Nakayama RacecourseJapan2,000m, Turf121.50
10Tattersalls Gold CupThe CurraghIreland2,100m, Turf121.50n/p
13Coronation CupEpsom DownsUnited Kingdom2,400m, Turf121.25
13Jockey Club Gold CupSaratogaUnited States2,000m, Dirt121.25n/p
13International StakesYorkUnited Kingdom2,050m, Turf121.25
16Irish Champion StakesLeopardstownIreland2,000m, Turf121.00
16Saudi CupRiyadhSaudi Arabia1,800m, Dirt121.00
16The EverestRoyal RandwickAustralia1,200m, Turf121.00
19Kentucky DerbyChurchill DownsUnited States2,000m, Dirt120.75
202000 GuineasNewmarket (Rowley Mile)United Kingdom1,600m, Turf120.50
20Dubai TurfMeydanUnited Arab Emirates1,800m, Turf120.50
20Hong Kong CupSha TinHong Kong2,000m, Turf120.50
20Stephen Foster StakesChurchill DownsUnited States1,800m, Dirt120.50n/p
24Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)Tokyo RacecourseJapan2,400m, Turf120.25
24Whitney StakesSaratogaUnited States1,800m, Dirt120.25n/p
26Hong Kong VaseSha TinHong Kong2,400m, Turf120.00
26Belmont StakesSaratogaUnited States2,000m, Dirt120.00
26Makybe Diva StakesFlemingtonAustralia1,600m, Turf120.00n/p
26Grand Prix de Saint-CloudSaint-CloudFrance2,400m, Turf120.00n/p
30Yasuda KinenTokyo RacecourseJapan1,600m, Turf119.75
31Prix Jacques Le MaroisDeauville-La TouquesFrance1,600m, Turf119.50n/p
32Cox PlateMoonee ValleyAustralia2,040m, Turf119.25
32Memsie StakesCaulfieldAustralia1,400m, Turf119.25n/p
32Turnbull StakesFlemingtonAustralia2,000m, Turf119.25n/p
35Hong Kong MileSha TinHong Kong1,600m, Turf119.00
35Lockinge StakesNewburyUnited Kingdom1,600m, Turf119.00
35Dubai World CupMeydanUnited Arab Emirates2,000m, Dirt119.00
35St James's Palace StakesAscotUnited Kingdom1,600m, Turf119.00n/p
35Takarazuka KinenHanshin RacecourseJapan2,200m, Turf119.00
35Winx StakesRoyal RandwickAustralia1,400m, Turf119.00
41Chairman's Sprint PrizeSha TinHong Kong1,200m, Turf118.75
41Churchill Downs StakesChurchill DownsUnited States1,400m, Dirt118.75n/p
41Metropolitan HandicapSaratogaUnited States1,600m, Dirt118.75n/p
41Champions MileFlemingtonAustralia1,600m, Turf118.75
41Breeders' Cup TurfDel MarUnited States2,400m, Turf118.75
41Sussex StakesGoodwoodUnited Kingdom1,600m, Turf118.75n/p
47Breeders' Cup MileDel MarUnited States1,600m, Turf118.25
47Pegasus World Cup InvitationalGulfstream ParkUnited States1,800m, Dirt118.25
47Prix GanayParisLongchampFrance2,100m, Turf118.25n/p
47Queen Elizabeth StakesRoyal RandwickAustralia2,000m, Turf118.25
47Queen's Silver Jubilee CupSha TinHong Kong1,400m, Turf118.25
52Queen Anne StakesAscotUnited Kingdom1,600m, Turf118.00n/p
52Verry Elleegant StakesRoyal RandwickAustralia1,600m, Turf118.00
54George Ryder StakesRosehill GardensAustralia1,500m, Turf117.75
54Centenary Sprint CupSha TinHong Kong1,200m, Turf117.75
54All Aged StakesRoyal RandwickAustralia1,400m, Turf117.75
54Champions StakesFlemingtonAustralia2,000m, Turf117.75
58Gold CupAscotUnited Kingdom4,000m, Turf117.50
58Prix Jean PratDeauville-La TouquesFrance1,400m, Turf117.50n/p
60Mile ChampionshipKyoto RacecourseJapan1,600m, Turf117.25
60Prix Maurice de GheestDeauville-La TouquesFrance1,300m, Turf117.25n/p
60T J Smith StakesRoyal RandwickAustralia1,200m, Turf117.25
60King Charles III StakesRoyal RandwickAustralia1,600m, Turf117.25
60Queen Elizabeth II StakesAscotUnited Kingdom1,600m, Turf117.25
60Irish 2,000 GuineasThe CurraghIreland1,600m, Turf117.25n/p
60Tenno Sho (Spring)Kyoto RacecourseJapan3,200m, Turf117.25
67All-Star MileFlemingtonAustralia1,600m, Turf117.00n/p
67Joe Hirsch Turf ClassicBelmont At The Big AUnited States2,400m, Turf117.00n/p
67Stewards' CupSha TinHong Kong1,600m, Turf117.00
67Takamatsunomiya KinenChukyo RacecourseJapan1,200m, Turf117.00
71February StakesTokyo RacecourseJapan1,600m, Dirt116.75
71Spinster StakesKeenelandUnited States1,800m, Dirt116.75n/p
71Hong Kong SprintSha TinHong Kong1,200m, Turf116.75
71Pacific ClassicDel MarUnited States2,000m, Dirt116.75n/p
71City of York StakesYorkUnited Kingdom1,400m, Turf116.75n/p
71Sprinters StakesNakayama RacecourseJapan1,200m, Turf116.75
71Champions & Chater CupSha TinHong Kong2,400m, Turf116.75
78Goodwood CupGoodwoodUnited Kingdom3,200m, Turf116.50n/p
78OaksEpsom DownsUnited Kingdom2,400m, Turf116.50
78St Leger StakesDoncasterUnited Kingdom2,920m, Turf116.50n/p
78Manikato StakesMoonee ValleyAustralia1,200m, Turf116.50n/p
78Prix du Moulin de LongchampParisLongchampFrance1,600m, Turf116.50n/p
83Champions CupChukyo RacecourseJapan1,800m, Dirt116.25
83Champions MileSha TinHong Kong1,600m, Turf116.25
83Queen Elizabeth II CupSha TinHong Kong2,000m, Turf116.25
83Tancred StakesRosehill GardensAustralia2,400m, Turf116.25
83Haskell StakesMonmouth ParkUnited States1,800m, Dirt116.25n/p
83Osaka HaiHanshin RacecourseJapan2,000m, Turf116.25
83Preakness StakesPimlicoUnited States1,900m, Dirt116.25
83British Champions Long Distance CupAscotUnited Kingdom3,200m, Turf116.25
83Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee StakesAscotUnited Kingdom1,200m, Turf116.25
92Poule d'Essai des PoulainsParisLongchampFrance1,600m, Turf116.00
92Prix du Jockey ClubChantillyFrance2,100m, Turf116.00n/p
92British Champions Fillies & Mares StakesAscotUnited Kingdom2,400m, Turf116.00
92Tokyo DaishotenOi RacecourseJapan2,000m, Dirt116.00
92Champions SprintFlemingtonAustralia1,200m, Turf116.00
97Futurity StakesCaulfieldAustralia1,400m, Turf115.75n/p
97Pretty Polly StakesThe CurraghIreland2,000m, Turf115.75n/p
97Prix de la ForêtParisLongchampFrance1,400m, Turf115.75n/p
97Grosser Preis von BadenBaden-Baden (Iffezheim)Germany2,400m, Turf115.75n/p

Races with the same rating share a rank. n/p: the organiser has not yet published the date. Run one of these races? Claim the profile to complete it.

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