Lady Cecil’s Noble Mission continued his incredible transformation with a first Group One victory in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh.
It is only at the age of five that Frankel’s younger brother has started to emerge from his sibling’s shadow and he reaped the benefit of an aggressive ride from James Doyle, also successful in the colours of Khalid Abdullah on Kingman in Saturday’s Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas.
Noble Mission and Magician went off the even-money joint-favourites and the runner-up was closing by the post.