“He has so much class,” said Queally whose joy was tinged with the sadness that for him at any rate the Frankel story had run its course. “A bit of 4x4 kicked in today. When he missed the break I thought 'well, I know what I’m riding I’m not going to worry about a length’. At the finish I gave him one crack because I wasn’t going to let him get complacent in that ground. He didn’t bounce on it like he normally does and I noticed that going to the start.”