# The 24 Greatest Racehorses of All Time

> Triple Crown heroes, unbeaten sprinting mares and steeplechase kings share one paddock here. Some raced in grainy newsreels, others in the age of smartphone replays.

*By YPB Team · Published November 1, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-24-greatest-racehorses-of-all-time*

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1. **Secretariat** — score 1000/1000
   1973 US Triple Crown winner whose 31-length Belmont Stakes victory still stands as a record.
2. **Man o' War** — score 797/1000
   American champion of 1919–20 who won 20 of his 21 races.
3. **Seabiscuit** — score 669/1000
   Undersized Depression-era American hero who beat War Admiral in the 1938 match race.
4. **Kincsem** — score 598/1000
   Hungarian mare unbeaten in 54 races across Europe in the 1870s.
5. **Best Mate** — score 597/1000
   Irish-bred chaser who won three straight Cheltenham Gold Cups from 2002 to 2004.
6. **Mill Reef** — score 597/1000
   American-bred colt who swept the Derby, King George and Arc in 1971.
7. **American Pharoah** — score 542/1000
   Ended a 37-year drought by winning the 2015 Triple Crown, then took the Breeders' Cup Classic.
8. **Makybe Diva** — score 542/1000
   Australian mare who won three consecutive Melbourne Cups from 2003 to 2005.
9. **Winx** — score 542/1000
   Australian mare who won 33 consecutive races including four Cox Plates.
10. **Red Rum** — score 478/1000
   Only horse to win the Grand National three times, in 1973, 1974 and 1977.
11. **Spectacular Bid** — score 478/1000
   American champion of 1978–80 who won 26 of 30 starts and went unbeaten at four.
12. **Affirmed** — score 478/1000
   1978 Triple Crown winner who edged rival Alydar in all three classics.
13. **Black Caviar** — score 404/1000
   Australian sprinting mare unbeaten in 25 races, including Royal Ascot in 2012.
14. **Sea the Stars** — score 404/1000
   Irish colt who won the Guineas, Derby and Arc during a perfect 2009 season.
15. **Sea-Bird** — score 319/1000
   French colt who won the 1965 Derby and Arc in one of the finest seasons ever seen.
16. **Kauto Star** — score 319/1000
   Two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner and five-time King George VI Chase champion.
17. **Seattle Slew** — score 319/1000
   The only horse to win the US Triple Crown while still unbeaten, in 1977.
18. **Enable** — score 319/1000
   British mare who won two Arcs and three King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
19. **Frankel** — score 319/1000
   British colt unbeaten in 14 races and rated the highest Timeform horse ever.
20. **Zenyatta** — score 217/1000
   American mare who won her first 19 races and the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic.
21. **Justify** — score 217/1000
   Won the 2018 Triple Crown unbeaten in just six career starts.
22. **Native Dancer** — score 0/1000
   Grey 1950s TV star who won 21 of 22 races, losing only the Kentucky Derby.
23. **Phar Lap** — score 0/1000
   New Zealand-bred champion who dominated Australian racing and won the 1930 Melbourne Cup.
24. **Northern Dancer** — score 0/1000
   Canadian winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby who became the century's most influential sire.

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