Ka Ying Rising Tops Timeform Global Rankings

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Hong Kong star sprinter Ka Ying Rising holds a world-leading Timeform rating of 135 and he returned to win a Sha Tin affair by 2 1/4 lengths on Sunday.

A winner of 14 of his 16 starts and unbeaten since January of 2024, the reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year is rated just under the historic mark of 136 awarded to Aussie mare Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) and Europe's own Battaash (Dark Angel). He is three pounds ahead of current middle-distance mare Via Sistina (Fastnet Rock), whose best mark is 132. The son of Shame Express is also five pounds higher than the best of Europe in Field Of Gold (Kingman) (130p) and Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder (130), while Lazzat (Territories) is rated 124 after beating Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa) in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Timeform's Flat editor David Johnson said, “Hong Kong has been home to some world-class sprinters down the years, with the likes of Silent Witness and Sacred Kingdom both rated top-class by Timeform at their peak, but in Ka Ying Rising it looks to have produced one even better than that pair.

“Ka Ying Rising is rated 135 on the back of his comfortable win in the Chairman's Prize in April where he comfortably beat Satono Reve by much further than Lazzat was able to do at Royal Ascot, and he cemented that with a most impressive win under a big weight in handicap company at the weekend.

“A rating of 135 is behind only Battaash and Black Caviar among the sprinters this century, that pair rated 136, and their position at the top is surely under threat with Ka Ying Rising's victories only looking to scratch the surface of his ability at present.”

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