Thundering On (GB)

Friday's G1 Betfred Oaks looked a competitive renewal beforehand, but in the end it was Shapoor Mistry's homebred Thundering On (Frankel) who held sway in a show of dominance. Sweeping from last to first with Dylan Browne McMonagle ice-cool careering towards his first Classic success, the well-backed 5-1 shot brushed aside Legacy Link (Dubawi) to win by 3 3/4 lengths. "It was effortless, she's so, so talented," the rider said of the winner who had only been breaking her maiden last month in the Salsabil. "We were coming into the...

A maiden entering Saturday's G3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Salsabil Stakes at Navan, Shapoor Mistry's Thundering On (Frankel) relished the step up to middle distances to stake her Classic claims. As a daughter of the owner-breeder's Pretty Polly heroine Thundering Nights (Night Of Thunder), the rise to this extended 10-furlong trip was ideal and once Joey Sheridan pressed the button approaching the final furlong the outcome was not in doubt. At the line, the Oaks entry had 3 1/4 lengths to spare over the Donnacha O'Brien-trained Emmeleia (Camelot) as the fillies...