Justin Snaith is world No 28

Justin Snaith has moved into the Top 30 on the TRC World Trainers’ Rankings after his top-notch performance at the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival. He was also named TRC “Trainer Of The Week”.

The latest rankings show Snaith having improved by a whopping 25 positions from No 53 to No 28 on the log, currently led by the formidable Bob Baffert, ahead of Aidan O’Brien, Charlie Appleby, Chad Brown and John Gosden.

Mike de Kock (No 25 from No 30) and Brett Crawford (No 50 from No 48) are other South Africans with Top 50 positions.

Among owners, Gaynor Rupert’s Drakenstein Stud has moved into 50th position from 73rd on the list led by Coolmore Partners, while Anton Marcus (No 25 from 29), is among the leaders on the jockeys’ log, which is led by Britain's Ryan Moore.

The TRC Global Rankings are a measure of an individual’s level of achievement over a rolling threeyear period.

They are based not on prize money the individuals’ representatives have won but on the quality of the performances those runners have put up in Group and Graded races. There are about 1,450 qualifying races around the world every year.

Go to https://www.thoroughbredracing.com to see the full rankings. – www.turftalk.co.za