A dual Classic winner at three who came within a head of landing the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last October, Aidan O’Brien’s daughter of Frankel had yet to hit the heights in her four-year-old career.

Ryan Moore was always close to the pace set by stablemate Sugar Island and rounding the turn for home the Ballydoyle number one was in the perfect position to strike, sending the 5-1 winner on for a length and a half triumph over fellow Irish raider, Johnny Murtagh’s Believed.

But there was to be no third win in the race for Andrew Balding’s even-money favourite Kalpana, as remarkably O’Brien landed a first Group One triumph on British Champions Day since Magical in 2019.