Workforce win is beyond the Stars

DERBY winner Workforce could be even better than last year’s Epsom hero Sea The Stars.

That’s the opinion of the British official handicapper, Phil Smith, who has given Michael Stoute’s sensational record-breaking winner a higher rating than John Oxx’s colt achieved in last year’s blue riband.

Workforce, landing a Derby-Oaks double for jockey Ryan Moore, romped home by seven lengths from Aidan O’Brien’s 100-1 shot At First Sight, with Frankie Dettori’s mount Rewilding third, slicing almost a second off the record time for the race.