Ultra GOAT

?The winner of the selected seed race becomes the first GOAT. The title then follows the lineage of eligible races: a runner who beats the current holder takes the title. If the holder exceeds the inactivity limit, ranked successors from the holder's last race are checked in order. The first one who races within that inactivity window inherits the title on that real race; if none races, the lineage ends.

Its first winner becomes the first GOAT the lineage is then calculated from that event through today