No 1 By Nation 2020 493046

By Timeform — published 26th March 2021

The top performers on the Flat in the major racing nations.

With partners in North America and Australia Timeform is uniquely well positioned to offer an independent and definitive assessment of the best horses in all the world's major racing nations.

These are the top performers in eleven of the countries and regions we cover.

You can find a list of the final Global Rankings for 2020 here.

2020 NUMBER 1 BY NATION

	Number 1 in Australia	NATURE STRIP Chris Waller	129

	Number 1 in	PERSIAN KING Andre Fabre SOTTSASS Jean-Claude Rouget	127

	Number 1 in	QUEST THE MOON Sarah Steinberg TORQUATOR TASSO Miroslav Weiss	121

	Number 1 in GB	GHAIYYATH Charlie Appleby	133

	Number 1 in Hong Kong	GOLDEN SIXTY Francis Lui Kin-wai	130

	Number 1 in Ireland	ANTHONY VAN DYCK Aidan O'Brien MAGICAL Aidan O'Brien MOGUL Aidan O'Brien	127

	Number 1 in Italy	THE CONQUEROR Alduino Botti	118

	Number 1 in Japan	ALMOND EYE Sakae Kunieda	129

	Number 1 in New Zealand	TE AKAU SHARK Jamie Richards	126

	Number 1 in the UAE	MATTERHORN Salem bin Ghadayer	123

	Number 1 in the USA	AUTHENTIC Bob Baffert	131