Timeform provisionally rate Workforce on 132

The Derby / Tony Calvin / 05 June 2010 / Leave a Comment

Workforce crosses the line to win the 2010 Derby

"Workforce's rating of 132 marks him down as potentially every bit as good as Sea The Stars, who ran to a Timeform rating of 126 when he won at Epsom last year. “
Jamie Lynch, Timeform's Flat editor

Ratings dons highly impressed by Workforce's seven length win

Timeform provisionally rate Workforce on 132 after today's stunning seven-length victory, making it their best Derby-winning performance since Generous in 1991.

Timeform's Flat Editor Jamie Lynch explained: "Workforce produced a remarkable performance - as good as has been seen in the Derby since Generous in 1991 - in winning by seven lengths, breaking the track record in the process.

"Ballydoyle's pacemaker At First Sight slipped the field and it reflects great credit on Workforce that, not only was he the only one to get to him, but that he ran right away from him and the rest in the finish.

"This marks him down as potentially every bit as good as Sea The Stars, who ran to a Timeform rating of 126 when he won at Epsom last year. "

Best Derby-winning performances since 1970, according to Timeform
140 Shergar (1980)
137 Troy (1979)
136 Slip Anchor (1985)
135 Nijinsky (1970)
135 Grundy (1975)
135 Generous (1991)
134 Reference Point (134)
133 Golden Fleece (1982)
132 WORKFORCE (2010)
132 Teenoso (1983)
132 Galileo (2001)
132 Authorized (2007)