Frankel Rated World's Best Horse

Photo: Bob Mayberger / Eclipse Sportswire

Frankel was named world champion racehorse on Tuesday when he topped the World Thoroughbred Rankings (WTR) for 2011.

The spectacular Henry Cecil-trained colt, who will take his nine-race unbeaten record into 2012 as a four-year-old, was awarded a rating of 136 - the same as Sea The Stars in 2009.

Australia's superstar sprinter Black Caviar was Frankel's closest pursuer in the annual international league table, put together by a team of senior international handicappers on behalf of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).

Set to run at Royal Ascot this season, the five-year-old mare easily retained her status as world champion sprinter with a mark of 132, which makes her 4lb inferior to Frankel, who was also completing back-to-back championship seasons after being named Europe's top two-year-old (alongside Dream Ahead) in the 2010 lists.

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