 Although no formal award was made he was recognised in contemporary sources as "the champion racehorse of the year"

In 1929 Reigh Count was shipped to race in England at age four, with the Ascot Gold Cup as his principal objective and attracted considerable attention in the British press.In an interview in New York, Hertz announced that he believed Reigh Count to be the best horse in the world and that "he is over there to prove it".Reigh Count began his British campaign with disappointing efforts at Lingfield and Newbury where he was apparently unsuited by the cold weather and straight tracks.