A Genuine Great!

The word "great" is used far too loosely these days but we witnessed a genuine great at Goodwood today. The fantastic Frankel took on three very good rivals and galloped them into the turf, going away inside the final furlong in the style of a very, very, very special horse indeed.

All horseracing fans have their favourites and arguments will rage over which thoroughbred was truly the best but for me, there are three contenders: the brilliant Brigadier Gerrard, the stunning white socked Shergar and this new equine great Frankel.

Take your pick from any of those three in my book, but the fact that Frankel can even be mentioned in that company tells us that he is something truly out of the ordinary.