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A look at how Saturday’s Coolmore winner stacks up against past winners of that race.

In Secret became the third filly in the past five years to deny the boys in arguably the most important race of the season for three-year-old colts and Timeform suggests she was the most impressive of these recent winners.

The James Cummings-trained daughter of I Am Invincible was given a Timeform rating of 120 for her brilliant two-length win over C'Est Magique and Buenos Noches in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).

The only filly who has rated higher since the Coolmore took up residence on Derby Day as a Group 1 event was Gold Edition, who earned a 122 rating for her four-length romp in 2006.

Nechita, the 2012 winner, is the next highest in the Group 1-era at 118, while the two most recent fillies to win – Sunlight (2018) and September Run (2020) – both rated 116.

The other filly to win the Coolmore as a Group 1 was Headway, who rated 115 in 2009.

When taking into account the four-pound allowance allocated to female horses, In Secret can be assessed as a 124 performer, which is one pound less than Home Affairs went to win last year's race, the same figure allocated to Exceedance in 2019.

Flying Artie, who went 127 in 2016, is the highest-rating winner in the history of the Coolmore.