So far, no three-year-old filly has run within a second per mile of the best colts over a mile or less on my ratings.

Over longer distances the picture looked equally dim outside of France and Germany where they seem to have an exceptionally strong crop of three-year-old middle distance fillies.

In Ireland the only three-year-old filly to earn a decent rating from me has been Tarfasha, who admittedly does look exceptional. 

In Britain until last week the only filly to earn a decent rating from me was Bright Approach, when she won a red hot Newbury maiden.

This has now changed as Marsh Daisy (38), who finished a good fourth to Bright Approach in the Newbury maiden, improved to win what I still want to call the Lupe Stakes impressively.

In the early stages Marsh Daisy disputed fourth place with the eventual runner-up Eastern Belle, racing around eight lengths off the strong gallop set by free running Secret Pursuit. The pair closed up in the straight to the quarter mile marker.

From there Marsh Daisy really turned on the gas, covering the last quarter mile more than a second faster than they managed in any of the other three races around a turn on the card. That’s quite something considering how fast the early pace was. 

The fast finish made the difference between Marsh Daisy’s performance being listed class and Group 1 on my ratings for an early season three-year-old filly.

Marsh Daisy is a pretty tall, rangy, long striding filly who needs cut in the ground according to her trainer Hughie Morrison. 

This seems to be a family trait as eight of the nine wins scored by her dam’s offspring to date have been on yielding or softer ground or on Polytrack or Southwell’s deep Fibresand - all-weather surfaces with plenty of cushion.

For this reason Morrison did not initially recommend supplementing her for the Oaks. This plan may well be about to change however.

Given the likelihood of fast ground at Epsom I’m not sure this is a brilliant idea. Then again there has been a lot of wet weather recently and more is forecast.

One thing Marsh Daisy will surely appreciate at Epsom is the longer distance. Here she was almost certainly helped by the strong gallop and yielding ground as they made the 10 furlongs more of a stamina test. She’s built for a mile and a half and will surely be kept to the longer distance for her future starts. She won this race a shade comfortably, not having to be touched with the whip.

Only two of the 25 winners of the Height Of Fashion (formerly Lupe) Stakes that went on to run in the Oaks scored. If she gets her ground in the big race Marsh Daisy could make it three from 26.