In total, eight winners of the Musidora Stakes have achieved victory in the Oaks. The first was Noblesse in 1963, and the most recent was Soul Sister in 2023. In sixty-three years of running, eight winners have converted Musidora form into Oaks victory. Here is what today's result means for the Classic picture.
The Eight Who Did the Double
Noblesse (1963), Valoris (1966), Juliette Marny (1975), Dunette (1978), Diminuendo (1988), Reams of Verse (1997), Sariska (2009) and Soul Sister (2023). Eight fillies across six decades. The conversion rate is lower than the Musidora's billing as the "key Oaks trial" sometimes suggests — eight winners from sixty-three runnings is approximately 13%. Two-thirds of Musidora winners do not go on to win the Oaks.
But the fillies who complete the Musidora-Oaks double are consistently horses of the highest Classic quality. Diminuendo, Reams of Verse and Soul Sister were all dominant Musidora performers who translated York form directly to Epsom. A convincing Musidora winner — one who wins by two lengths or more with something in hand — has a meaningfully higher conversion rate than the average across all Musidora winners.
What a Legacy Link Win Would Mean
If Legacy Link wins the Musidora today, she immediately challenges Amelia Earhart's market leadership for the Oaks. Amelia Earhart won the Cheshire Oaks at Chester — a mile and a half. Legacy Link would have won the Musidora at York — a mile and a quarter, the same trip. The step up to a mile and a half at Epsom is the question for Legacy Link that the Chester winner does not face.
A Legacy Link win on the back of Evolutionist's 1000 Guineas second — the Fillies' Mile form validation — would move her to Oaks favourite if the performance is convincing. The ante-post Oaks market will react within minutes of today's result.
If Another Filly Wins
Felicitas (5/2), Moments Of Joy (4/1 for O'Brien and Moore) and Sea The Storm (6/1) all represent each-way value against the favourite. An O'Brien Musidora winner would be notable — Ballydoyle's absence from recent Musidoras has been a consistent pattern, and Moore on Moments Of Joy is a specific stable confidence signal worth tracking.
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Facts verified via web search May 13 2026.