Strong Bloodstock

🏇 WFA Performance Ratings ⏱️⚖️📊 - Five Highest Rated Winners 6/6/26: 🔥 Fireball Miss - 99 Took a big step up from her 93 rating win in The Roses at Doomben to rate 99 in winning the G1 QLD Oaks. She travelled wide throughout, albeit with cover, then fanned very wide on the bend before unleashing a strong turn of foot from the top of the straight. She had the race put away passing the 200m mark and was never in danger from there. This performance came at her seventh run in her first racing preparation, after debuting over 1200m at Warwick Farm in early February. Her last four runs show a sharp upward trajectory of improvement: 88.8, 90.3, 93.0 and now 99. She must have a terrific constitution to keep finding new levels this deep into her first campaign. Her 99 rating sits comfortably above the last three Oaks winners: You Wahng (97.5), Socks Nation (96) and Amokura (97.5), and matches Duais (99) in 2021. The highest-rated winners in the last 10 years, Gypsy Goddess and Egg Tart, are only just ahead at 100. ⚡️ Cool Jakey - 98.5 Fresh off a seven-week break, he showed plenty of substance to sit outside the lead at a strong speed before forging clear passing the 300m mark, and then holding the challengers at bay to score comfortably by 1.2 lengths in fast overall time after adjusting for conditions on the day. The win earned him a 98.5 rating, a new peak that improved on his previous best of 97.5, which came nine starts ago at the end of his campaign last winter. 📈 Ice Kool - 98.0 Resumed at just his fourth career start with an impressive 98 rating win over 1000m, improving on the 95.8 and 95.3 ratings he produced during his first preparation. There was plenty to like about the way he travelled so well in the early part of the straight before responding when Jay Ford asked for his maximum effort passing the 200m mark. He quickly stamped his authority on the race and was then allowed to coast to the line late. While this was a BM78 win, a 98 rating suggests he can measure up in lower-level stakes company. 🙌 Uncommon James - 96.5 Appreciated getting back on top of the ground after two below-par performances on Soft 7 and Heavy 8 tracks, winning the G2 Moreton Cup with a 96.5 rating. He looked under plenty of pressure rounding the turn but kept responding, gaining the upper hand on Hidden Wealth inside the 100m before fighting off Oak Hill in the final strides. A 96.5 rating is moderate by Group 2 standards and well below his 101.8 peak when winning the 2023 G1 Oakleigh Plate, but it was his first win since that race and a welcome return to the winner's stall. 🌦️ Water Eternal - 96.3 Known as a horse that relishes wet ground, with all six of his previous wins coming on Soft or Heavy tracks, including his last-start 1600m win at Doomben, he put his best foot forward on a Good track this time to win the Listed Spear Chief at Eagle Farm with a 96.3 rating. Prior to this race, he had been winless in 13 attempts on Good ground, making his performance all the more noteworthy. His 96.3 rating now ranks as the second-best rating of his career, behind only his 96.7 peak on a Soft 6 surface. The market was clearly against him at $26, having started $4.60 on wet ground at his previous run, so it will be interesting to see how he's assessed next time he steps out on a Good track.