Calandagan

Calandagan (foaled 27 January 2021) is an active Irish-bred, French-trained champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He has won multiple Grade 1 victories across the globe, and was named the 2025 Longines World’s Best Racehorse by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).

Calandagan raced twice as a two-year-old, placing 3rd in his debut before going on to win a maiden race. As a 3-year-old, Calandagan won or placed second in all six starts. Calandagan then began his four-year-old season by placing 2nd at the Dubai Sheema Classic and Coronation Cup. He went on to win the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, before becoming the second horse to achieve the double of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Champion Stakes in the same season after Brigadier Gerard.

Following his win at the Champion Stakes, Calandagan was placed at the top of the November rankings with a Longines rating of 130, the highest of his career and the world. In November, Calandagan was awarded the Cartier Horse of the Year and Champion Older Horse award. Later in the month, he won his fourth consecutive Grade 1 victory at the Japan Cup, becoming the first foreign horse to win the race in 20 years since Alkaased and in the process breaking the world record for 2,400m on turf.