Hurricane Run
In the first edition of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings in 2004, Phoenix Reach was rated the 104th best racehorse in the world, fifteen pounds behind the top-rated Ghostzapper. In the 2004–05 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings he was ranked equal-fifteenth, eight pounds behind Roses In May. In the end-of-year rankings for 2005 he was placed eighty-ninth, fourteen pounds inferior to Hurricane Run.