The deep visual impression left by City Of Troy’s unbeaten season as a juvenile in 2023 was confirmed by the sport’s official handicapping panel on Tuesday, as Aidan O’Brien’s colt received a rating of 125 in the International Classification – just 1lb below the brilliant Frankel’s mark of 126 at the same stage of his career.
Like Frankel, City Of Troy ended his juvenile campaign with a convincing success in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, and O’Brien said on Tuesday that he is on course to start his season in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on 4 May, the Classic that Frankel turned into a procession in 2011.
