Mission accomplished for supreme Frankel

Frankel will attract rather more attention the next time he appears than in this frenetic fortnight of sporting drama, but maintained his standing as the undisputed champion of his own discipline in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

An end to an unbeaten streak of 11 was considered so unlikely the colt was the 1-20 favourite, even if the presence of Farhh in the four-strong field was supposed to provide Frankel with his biggest test this year.

Farhh had finished just behind Nathaniel in the Eclipse, and his conqueror had been within a nose of following up in the King George, but this bona-fide Group One performer was dismantled with ruthless efficiency. Frankel’s trainer Henry Cecil had instilled in Tom Queally a need to encourage the once-headstrong colt to be more settled, for when he steps beyond a mile, and it was a case of mission accomplished.