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 only horse with previous classic form Venetian Lace clearly didn't stay stepping up from the 1000 Guineas and the favourite Amelia Earhart was underwhelming, but Thundering On and Legacy Link had both improved in stepping up to a mile-and-a-quarter when winning their respective trials and, with stamina elements in both of their pedigrees, it's reasonable to think both improved significantly further in coming clear of the rest in a well-run Oaks, the winner earning a provisional Timeform rating of 124.
“It's not stretching things to say she'd be a threat to any of the top middle-distance horses in Europe with her age and sex allowances, and still just five runs into her career, too.”
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