City Of Troy shows shades of Frankel in Dewhurst Stakes triumph

Beware comparisons, but we may have just seen the best horse since Frankel, maybe one to follow Nijinsky and take the Triple Crown. City Of Troy did not just win this Dewhurst at Newmarket, he seared it into the memory of anyone there.

Both he and Frankel came here with unbeaten sky-high reputations that made them odds-on favourites. In 2010 it was Frankel’s fourth race, and his ten-length sling-shot win at Ascot had left us shaking our heads in amazement. This was only City Of Troy’s third race, but he had left his opponents six long lengths adrift three months ago at Newmarket’s July Course.

In those early days, Frankel was a fireball and pulled so hard in the Dewhurst that his comfortable two- length