249 THUNDERING ON 2026
RUN on Friday, 5 June 2026, as the Betfred Oaks, over the Derby Course of one mile and a half and 6 yards, Epsom Downs. For three-year-old fillies, 9st 2lb. Going Good to Soft. Value to winner £354,437.
1st THUNDERING ON Dylan Browne McMonagle 5-1
2nd LEGACY LINK Colin Keane 3-1 3¾ lengths
3rd SUGAR ISLAND Ronan Whelan 25-1 6 lengths
Also ran: 4th A La Prochaine (Ronan Whelan) 22-1; Cameo (Wayne Lordan) 7-1; Amelia Earhart (Ryan Moore) 7-4 Fav; On Message (Hector Crouch) 25-1 (tailed off); K Sarra (Rossa Ryan (tailed off); Venetian Lace (William Buick) 14-1 (tailed off, last).
Commentary: The Aidan O’Brien trained Cheshire Oaks winner, Amelia Earhart, was a well backed favourite at 7-4, albeit hooded and blinkered. Legacy Link, having won the Musidora at York, was a popular alternative at 3-1. Young Joseph O’Brien’s Thundering On, having improved to win the Salsabil Stakes at Navan, went off third favourite at 5-1.
On settling down, Sugar Island, under Ronan Whelan, set the pace from stable companion Cameo, with Amelia Earhart (hidden), close up.
The order was maintained until 2 furlongs out, where racing centre-to-stand’s side, Legacy Link joined Sugar Island.
Meanwhile, Thundering On, under Dylan Browne McMonagle, having come from the back of the field, now joined them, looming up the inside with a double handful.
From the 1 furlong marker, Thundering On drew right away to win impressively by 3¾ lengths and 6 lengths.
9 ran Time 2min 39.64 sec
THUNDERING ON was BRED and OWNED by Shapoor Mistry. TRAINED by Joseph Patrick O’Brien at Owning Hill, Co. Kilkenny.
The winner, THUNDERING ON (ch.f. 2023), has won 2 races from 5 starts incl, Irish Stallion Farms EBF Salsabil Stakes at Navan and the Betfred Oaks, Epsom.
The sire, FRANKEL (b.c. 2008) ex KIND by DANEHILL, (unbeaten), won 14 races incl. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, St James’s Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes, (twice), Queen Anne Stakes, International Stakes, Champion Stakes. Sire of 8 British Classic winners, incl. 4 Oaks winners since retiring to Judmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud in 2013: ANAPURNA , 2019; SOUL SISTER, 2023; MINNIE HAUK 2025 and THUNDERING ON 2026.
The dam, THUNDERING NIGHTS (b.f. 2017) by NIGHT OF THUNDER, won 4 races from 14 starts incl. Pretty Polly Stakes, The Curragh. THUNDERING ON was her only foal.