Edward Thatch

There's a change to the usual format this week as we focus on the crème de la crème of the two-year-olds, looking forward to some significant clashes in store at Royal Ascot next week. Timeform's highest-rated juvenile heading into Royal Ascot is the unbeaten G3 Marble Hill Stakes hero Great Barrier Reef (No Nay Never), who appears to have everything that you could wish to find in a potential two-year-old winner at this meeting. For a start, Great Barrier Reef is by No Nay Never, the most prolific sire of...

The latest rankings are dominated by Amo Racing, with Kia Joorabchian's operation being responsible for three of the five top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland last week. 5. HICKORY LAD (IRE) James Garfield (Ire) - Park Glen (Ire), by Tagula (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 89 Runner-up in the Lily Agnes on the opening day of Chester's May Festival, Hickory Lad was reappearing there just seven days after getting off the mark at Musselburgh on April 29. Facing only two rivals in that 5f novice, he was sent off the...