American Pharoah named world’s best for 2015 while Aidan O’Brien team claims host of honours

Triple Crown hero American Pharoah has been named the 2015 Longines World’s Best Racehorse at a ceremony in London.

Bob Baffert’s brilliant colt became the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to claim the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont, but it was his devastating performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland that earned him a rating of 134.

American Pharoah is the highest-rated North American-trained three-year-old since the United States became part of the International Classifications in 1995.