Timeform

Electric dual G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes hero Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) is now the highest-rated Flat horse in Europe with a ranking of 134, according to Timeform. The Godolphin runner dominated Wednesday's Prince Of Wales Stakes by four lengths over multiple Group 1 winner Minnie Hauk (Frankel). John and Thady Gosden's son of Night Of Thunder powered clear of some high-class rivals, including Arc winner Daryz (Sea The Stars), whose rating dropped one pound to 131 pounds. Previously, Ombudsman was rated 130 pounds, but thanks to his Prince Of...

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...

Shapoor Mistry's Thundering On (Frankel) has been rated 124 by Timeform for her G1 Betfred Oaks victory on Friday. The rating is on par with 2004 Oaks heroine Ouija Board (Cape Cross), with only Enable (Nathaniel) and Sariska (Pivotal)--both rated 125--rated higher this century. Timeform's Rory King, said, "We're in a high-class era of middle-distance horses in Europe, and Thundering On has put herself on the fringes of the top echelon of them with her really impressive success in the Betfred Oaks. "It's possible to pick holes in the form,...

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight (May 18-31), with the team at Wathnan Racing sitting pretty following impressive victories for two of its expensive breeze-up purchases. 5. SERGEI DIAGHILEV (IRE) Wootton Bassett (GB) - Embellish (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 90 For the fourth consecutive year, the 6f maiden run at the Curragh on May 23 was won by Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore, with odds-on favourite Sergei Diaghilev producing a polished display to follow in...

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight, with a Richard Hannon-trained colt from York's Dante Festival leading the way.  =3. BARROW BOY (IRE) Bayside Boy (Ire) - Illumined (Ire), by Sea The Moon (Ger) Timeform performance rating: 92 Trained by Gavin Cromwell, Barrow Boy was a dominant winner of the near-6f maiden run at Navan on May 16, fully confirming the promise of last month's debut when he chased home Tribeca (Blue Point) over the same course and distance....

Juddmonte's Item has been rated 117p by Timeform for his York heroics. The son of Frankel won the G2 Dante Stakes earlier this week. He is rated one pound below G1 Betfred Derby rival and G3 Chester Vase hero Benvenuto Cellini (Frankel). Below the top two are Listed Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes one-two Maltese Cross (Sea The Stars) and Bay Of Brilliance (New Bay). Timeform's senior analyst Rory King said, "Item's success in the Dante means he'll head to the Derby, trailing only Benvenuto Cellini in the ratings, with the...

Timeform have revealed that the victory of Constitution River in Thursday's Listed Dee Stakes at Chester ranks as one of the very best performances in a classic trial for many a year, with the son of Wootton Bassett earning a rating of 124p. The withdrawal of second favourite Morshdi left Constitution River to go off at odds of 2/9, the sort of price that suggested we wouldn't learn much. However, such fears proved completely wide of the mark as the Ballydoyle runner dismissed his four rivals by seven lengths, with...

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...

Bow Echo has been given a rating of 131 for his brilliant performance in the G1 Betfred 2000 Guineas by Timeform. The son of Night Of Thunder won by 2 3/4 lengths over Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) (123). Only five horses have earned a higher rating in winning the 2000 Guineas since 1970. Ranked by rating, they are Brigadier Gerard 141 (1971), El Gran Senor 136 (1984), Nijinsky II 135 (1970), Frankel 135 (2011) and Dancing Brave 134 (1986). Bow Echo is not entered in the G1 Betfred Derby for George Boughey,...

The pick of last week's maiden/novice winners sported the familiar purple silks of Amo Racing, bringing to an end the Ballydoyle domination of what is always an informative contest at Navan. =4. FINAL APPEAL (IRE) Inns Of Court (Ire) - Olive Branch (Ire), by Arcano (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 82 Following a narrow defeat at Nottingham on April 8, Final Appeal fully confirmed the promise of that debut effort when going one place better in the 5f novice run at Wolverhampton on April 21, making all to win by over...

It's all change at the top of Timeform's two-year-old rankings, with two new winners from last week finding a place in the top three, including the first 'TDN Rising Star' in this division of 2026. 5. BLESSED VOYAGER (IRE) Bayside Boy (Ire) - Elysium (Ire), by Belardo (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 81 The G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes hero Bayside Boy was represented by his first winner when Blessed Voyager edged to victory in the 5f maiden run at Newbury on April 17. Described by Timeform as "one of the...

The pick of the maiden/novice winners last week came in unlikely surroundings at Thirsk, with a colt trained by Kevin Ryan taking top billing ahead of a Ballydoyle blueblood. 5. ROTELLE (GB) Showcasing (GB) - The Wagon Wheel (Ire), by Acclamation (GB) Timeform performance rating: 79 There was a blanket finish to the 5f novice run at Nottingham on April 8, with the Charlie Fellowes-trained Rotelle staying on best of all to get the verdict by a neck. In truth, it's unlikely to prove the strongest form, but there was...