Tweets from theThoroughbred Rankings press conference in London

Australia's Sepoy on 123 highest rated best 3-y-o sprinter since Oasis Dream - Sepoy will race in Dubai for Godolphin & then come to Europe
4 minutes ago

Phil Smith about Mickael Barzalona's ride on Pour Moi in the Investec Derby: "Circus tricks rather than riding the horse properly."
9 minutes ago

Black Caviar should be higher than Miesque and Pebbles whose ratings in the 1980s were "too high"
12 minutes ago

Black Caviar arguable best filly/mare ever - her rating of 132 came in a handicap-Lexus VCR Newmarket Handicap -only in 120s for Group races
14 minutes ago

First 15 years International Classifications from 1977ratings were too high-handicappers when met in Hong Kong unanimous on 136 for Frankel
17 minutes ago

Frankel & Sea The Stars on 136 are comparable with higher-rated horses back to 1977, eg Dancing Brave 141, Shergar 140 & El Gran Senor 138
19 minutes ago

Garry O'Gorman "Europe takes a third-world attitude to introducing sectional times - we are pissing in the wind."
28 minutes ago

Frankel never beaten & he could put up a higher figure when racing this year according to the official handicappers, given right conditions
31 minutes ago

Australian fillies sex allowance 2 kilos (4.4lb), so Black Caviar according to handicappers would narrowly win against Frankel in Australia
34 minutes ago

So You Think rated 126, 10lb below Frankel, and the same as in 2010
37 minutes ago

Frankel only ran to 130 in the Guineas - a race according to the handicappers when a rating does not reflect a performance
40 minutes ago

Phi Smith, BHA head of handicapping: "It is fantastic Frankel is staying in training in 2012."
42 minutes ago

Frankel only recorded 120 in winning the Greenham and St James's Palace Stakes
45 minutes ago

Black Caviar 132 - if raced against Frankel would be getting 3lb so in effect 1lb behind
46 minutes ago

Frankel 136 earned in the Sussex Stakes & QEII Stakes, second only as a miler to El Gran Senor
47 minutes ago

Garry O'Gorman at World Thoroughbred Rankings press conference in London "Blessed two exceptional horses in 2011 - Frankel & Black Caviar."
48 minutes ago

WTR TOP 20 OVERALL

1 Frankel (GB ) 136

2 Black Caviar (Aus) 132

3 Cirrus Des Aigles (Fra) 128

Danedream (Ger)

5 Canford Cliffs (GB ) 127

Rewilding (GB )

7 Dream Ahead (GB ) 126

Excelebration (GB )

Nathaniel (GB )

So You Think (Ire)

11 Rocket Man (Sing) 125

Twice Over (GB )

Workforce (GB )

14 Drosselmeyer (USA) 124

Goldikova (Fra)

St Nicholas Abbey (Ire)

17 Acclamation (USA) 123

Americain (Fra)

Orfevre (Jap)

Sepoy (Aus)

Strong Suit (GB )

Tizway (USA)

Just read a good story in AUS magazine re Black Caviar, they also have a good spread on the Aus bred Igugu "Aussie Jewel of the track"

World champion title delights Frankel camp
 
BY JAMES PUGH 6:32PM 10 JAN 2012
 
CONNECTIONS of newly crowned world champion Frankel said on Tuesday it was a "great honour" to receive the title after the five-time Group 1 winner was handed a rating of 136 in the 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings.

Frankel stormed to awesomevictories in the Qipco 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes and Qipco Sussex Stakes before posting a career-best performance in the Qipco-sponsored QEII Stakes on British Champions Day at Ascot last October.
Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said: "It is a great honour and it is a credit to Sir Henry Cecil and the Juddmonte breeding operation.

"We have had champions in the past notably Dancing Brave and Oasis Dream but it is still great to receive the recognition."

Grimthorpe said Frankel is likely to reappear at Newbury in May but would be "very unlikely" to clash with 132-rated Australian wondermare Black Caviar.

"The horse is fine and he's trotting at Warren Place and the initial plan remains the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury for him," said Grimthorpe.

"I think it is very unlikely that he and Black Caviar will meet as I would be surprised if she went up to a mile whilst Frankel is going to be mainly campaigned over ten furlongs."

122 J J The Jet Plane

119 Bold Silvano

118 Igugu

118 Variety Club

117 What A Winner

116 Dancewiththedevil

116 Pierre Jourdan

115 Big City Life

115 Bravura

115 Past Master

115 Shea Shea

115 The Apache