Australia’s Royal Ascot hero SCENIC BLAST (pictured) has been marked extremely highly in the latest IFHA World Thoroughbred Rankings released today. The Daniel Morton trained 5yo has joined another Australian bred sprinter in SACRED KINGDOM at the top of the World Sprinting ranks on 122 following his win in the King’s Stand Stakes. SCENIC BLAST became the 4th Australian trained sprinter to win the King’s Stand Stakes in the last seven years and his performance was rated superior to those before him:

KING’S STAND WINNERS

2003 Choisir (AUS) 121

2004 The Tatling (IRE) 115

2005 Chineur (FR) 115

2006 Takeover Target (AUS) 119

2007 Miss Andretti (AUS) 120

2008 Equiano (FR) 116

2009 Scenic Blast (AUS) 122

Chairman of the Australian Board’s ANZ Classifications Committee, Mr Greg Carpenter, who represents Australia on the World Thoroughbred Rankings Committee, said “The rating for Scenic Blast is a tremendous result for Australian racing and reflects the dominance of his performance in the King’s Stand”. Scenic Blast will continue his pursuit of the Global Sprint Challenge and runs next in the July Cup at Newmarket on July 10. ART CONNOISSEUR (IRE) the winner of the Golden Jubilee Stakes entered the World top 50 on 119.

WORLD TOP SPRINTERS

SACRED KINGDOM (AUS) P.F. Yiu (HK) Turf 122

SCENIC BLAST (AUS) D.L. Morton (AUS) Turf 122

ROCKET MAN (AUS) P. Shaw (SING) Turf 121

APACHE CAT (AUS) G. Eurell (AUS) Turf 119

ART CONNOISSEUR (IRE) M.W. Bell (GB) Turf 119

BIG CITY MAN (USA) J. Barton (Saudi Arabia) Dirt 119

JJ THE JET PLANE (SAF) M. De Kock (UAE) Turf 119

TAKEOVER TARGET (AUS) J. Janiak (AUS) Turf 119