Assessment
Abernant's Timeform rating of 142 equals that of Ribot as the fourth best ever awarded. In the years that followed his retirement, among the many accolades, The Independent newspaper wrote that Abernant "was the best sprinter ever to grace a racecourse." Timeform rated Abernant the best horse of his generation in Europe at ages two, three and four years of age. He was the joint-highest rated horse of 1949 (with the stayer Alycidon) and the highest-rated horse of 1950.
In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Abernant the best British sprinter of the century and the #20 horse in their global ranking, one place ahead of Man o' War.
Gordon Richards described Abernant as the fastest horse he ever rode.
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