Full steam ahead for Frankel backers in Sussex

FRANKEL is a shade of odds-on for his eagerly-anticipated Qipco Sussex Stakes clash with Canford Cliffs following Dream Ahead’s victory in the Darley July Cup.

Henry Cecil’s brilliant colt has inflicted the only two defeats suffered by Dream Ahead, and Frankel is now 4-5 to maintain his 100% record when he faces older horses for the first time at Glorious Goodwood on July 27.

Such is the racecourse reputation of Frankel that he heads the market ahead of the superb mile specialist Canford Cliffs.