Her only fault is a slight lack of stamina which ensures she sometimes doesn’t quite get home on soft ground, especially when running her maximum distance of 10 furlongs.

In the Newbridge Silverware Pretty Polly Stakes the ground was so fast there was little danger Thistle Bird wouldn’t last the 10 furlongs. She won the race in really good style, totally outpacing her rivals in the closing stages to score by nearly three lengths.