Thomas Chippendale provided Tom Queally and Sir Henry Cecil with a nice fillip ahead of Frankel's big day when emerging victorious at Leicester.
Although the Warren Place team have their sights fixed firmly on the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, Cecil can rightly anticipate a bright future for this Dansili colt, who was sent off the 9-4 joint-favourite on his second run.
The Sir Robert Ogden-owned juvenile arrived on the scene late, but with a trace of panache, in division one of the British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing EBF Soar Maiden Stakes and his neck defeat of Went The Day Well in no way tells the full extent of his superiority.
Queally said: "He could make up into a lovely type next year. He was babyish and needed the run at York, but he is improving all the time. His stride took me into the race and he won in the style of a nice horse. Whatever he does this year is a bonus and he is one to look forward to."
Avon Lady (12-1) claimed the not-insignificant scalp of Zoowraa in the feature Wreake Conditions Fillies' Stakes and James Fanshawe will reflect on a job well done after his representative mastered Godolphin's 4-6 favourite by half a length in the hands of Eddie Ahern.
Cravat (11-4) put the seal on a profitable season with victory in the Wymeswold Conditions Stakes under Silvestre de Sousa. The Mark Johnston-trained youngster was having his 11th outing of the campaign, but illustrated his zest for racing with a two-length defeat of Amazing Storm.
Deirdre Johnston, wife and assistant to the in-form Middleham handler, said: "He's lovely. He started at five furlongs and now he's up to seven. I think he'll get further. He seems to go on anything. He's very versatile." The stable doubled up when Tartan Gigha (7-1) powered home in the concluding Stewards Handicap.
Afaal (14-1) has made dramatic progress since his debut judging by the way he streaked clear in the British Stallion Studs EBF Reference Point Maiden Stakes.
William Haggas's two-year-old hardly ripped up too many trees when sent off at 100-1 in a Newmarket maiden two months ago, but he was an entirely different proposition here when accounting for Fourth Of June by two lengths in the hands of Tadhg O'Shea.
The jockey reported: "Mr Haggas likes him and told me had come on since Newmarket. He's very straightforward and has obviously improved."
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