TIMEFORM HAIL SEA MOON DISPLAY

Timeform has provisionally rated Sea Moon 128p after the colt's eight-length win in York's Great Voltigeur Stakes.

The margin was the widest in recent years in a race recognised as a trial for the Ladbrokes St Leger, for which Sea Moon is now a short-priced favourite.

The average Timeform rating of the winner of the St Leger - in the race itself - has been 124 this century.

And to put this into further context, the highest ratings in the St Leger itself this century have been Conduit (127) and Milan (126).

Sea Moon is now well ahead of the likes of Seville (122), Census (120), Brown Panther (118) and Blue Bunting (118) among possibles for the Doncaster race.

The performance also elevated Sea Moon to a prominent position in a strong three-year-old division headed by Frankel.

Top 3-y-os on Timeform ratings: 142 Frankel; 129 Dream Ahead; 128 Excelebration; 128p (provisional) Sea Moon; 127 Nathaniel; 127 Immortal Verse.

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