Dual Derby winner Sinndar was today hailed as the best
three-year-old in the world last year, putting fellow Irish star Giant's Causeway and the top American horses firmly in the shade.
The Aga Khan's colt, successful in the Epsom and Curragh Classics and retired after following up in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, heads the International Classifications unveiled today on a mark of 132.
That puts Curragh trainer John Oxx's star 5lb clear of Giant's Causeway, who won five Group One events in 2000, and US pair Fusaichi Pegasus and Tiznow who were also rated 127.
But all four must bow to Dubai Millennium, a wide-margin winner of all his three races last season including the Dubai World Cup, whose rating of 134 makes him the best horse seen anywhere last year.
Godolphin's four-year-old is officially 4lb better than the next best older horse Montjeu, rated the pick of the 1999 Classic crop last year, who took the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot in July.
Aidan O'Brien has Europe's top two-year-old for the second season running, Minardi succeeding the County Tipperary trainer's 1999 star Fasliyev.
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