Maddy Sears

🏇 WFA Performance Ratings ⏱️⚖️📊 – Top 5 winners from 10/1/26 📈Grafterburners improved on his previous peak of 97.5 with a 101 rating, which places him firmly in the upper tier of the 3YO sprinting ranks. Tentyris (106.3) and Tempted (104) clearly set the standard, but Grafterburners now sits on the next line. 💪Yellow Brick took a small but meaningful step up, improving on multiple prior peaks in the 99 - 99.5 range to break the 100 barrier for the first time with a 100.5 rating win under James McDonald. 🤔Chica Mojito recorded just her second win from 24 career starts, the first coming in a Cambridge Synthetic maiden in New Zealand. Her 97.6 rating is well above her previous best of 91.9. The key context is that a very fast pace played perfectly into her one-paced profile, so while there was genuine merit in the figure, there’s a query whether she can reproduce it under a the range of more typical pace scenarios. 🎯Whinchat made it seven wins from nine runs when able to lead, edging past his previous best of 97.2 with a 97.5 rating. In contrast, he’s zero from nine when he hasn’t led, with just two placings. ⚡️Acromantula showed strong sustained speed over 1100m at Ascot, winning with a 97.3 rating, his best performance since his 98.5 peak in March 2023.

🏇WFA Performance Ratings ⏱️⚖️📊 - Five highest-rated winners from 15/3: *⃣ A stunning return by Pride Of Jenni! A 104 rating is her 4th best career performance and by far her best first-up effort. It's some training performance by Team Maher to get her to produce that first-up at 1800m. *⃣ Lady Shenandoah 📈103.2 improved on her previous best of 101.7 in the G1 Surround Stakes. Some downplayed the win because of the narrow margin, but the race was outstanding on the clock 🔥⏱️, and she gave the 2nd horse 5.5kg relative to WFA. *⃣ Vauban 102 had more merit with the race shape against him. The sectional speed he showed is a very promising sign for his future here in Australia. *⃣ Eagle Nest was backed like she was ready to run a big new peak fresh off a break ($11 into $6.5), and she did that. Her 99 rating is up on her previous best of 96.5. *⃣ Steady Ready 97.7 stood out at Eagle Farm, improving his past peak of 96.5. ➡️2YOs - Skyhook 96.7 - Memo 92.5 - Mcgaw 90.5