A not fully-fit Frankel was still far too good for the opposition as Henry Cecil's budding superstar made a more than satisfactory start to his season in the totesport.com Greenham Stakes at Newbury today.

Alan King is aware of the task facing his four-year-old Penzance as he puts his unbeaten record on the line in tomorrow’s JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.

HANABAD, a horse who has never run over the minimum trip, gets the vote to show that sprinting may well be his true vocation in the five furlongs Listed Abergwaun Stakes at Cork this afternoon.