"It is six and a half weeks since Frankel broke his opponents before halfway in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket with an explosion of speed that was as brutal as it was astonishing. It was the sixth race of his career, and the sixth victory. If he can produce something similar on Tuesday ... it will establish him as being as close to perfection in racing horseflesh as an imperfect world is ever likely to get."