Following the $35-million Dubai World Cup night card, there have been several changes to the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, but Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock {Aus}), City of Light (Quality Road) and Winx (Aus) (Street Cry (Ire) all remain at the top of the chart with a rating of 125, while Happy Clapper (Aus) (Teofilo {Ire}) remains in fourth at 123. Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who landed the G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic over Cheval Grand (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) (119) on Mar. 30 is now in fifth with a mark of 122, while his Godolphin compatriot Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}), who won the G1 Dubai World Cup for the second consecutive year, was given a mark of 121, good for sixth. Dubai World Cup bridesmaid Gronkowski (Lonhro {Aus}) has moved into a joint seventh at 120 with G1 Al Quoz Sprint hero Blue Point (Ire) (Shamardal). G1 Dubai Turf heroine Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) moves up to 119 in her 4-year-old bow, and in Japan, Al Ain (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) was also measured at 119 after winning the G1 Osaka Hai. Godolphin's Avilius (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) also rose to that mark after winning the G1 Ranvet S. And G1 Tancred S. with a week in between.
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