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Fourteen years on from Frankel’s unforgettable seven length triumph in York’s Juddmonte International Stakes, his three-year-old son Item won an absorbing renewal of the Gr.1 on the Knavesmire yesterday afternoon.

An inspired Hector Crouch completed a quickfire treble at Newbury on Saturday (15th August) when steering the Clive Cox-trained Coppull (Bated Breath) to success in the seven-furlong Gr.2 Hungerford Stakes.

Imad Alsagar's Baroud (Frankel), last seen finishing second in June's Gr.2 Prix Eugene Adam, defied his double-digit odds to upset TDN Rising Star Daryzan in Gr.2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville on Saturday.

Making the step into Group company for the first time, the Qatar Racing-owned Believed (Frankel) showed a good turn of foot to land the Gr.3 Give Thanks Stakes at Cork on Friday (14th August).

Roger Varian’s progressive four-year-old Frankel gelding Sallaal continued his rise up the ranks in taking style when landing a maiden Group success in the Gr.3 Rose of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock on Saturday for owner Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum.

Unbeaten in three starts before tackling the older horses in Saturday's Gr.3 Prix de Reux, the son of Frankel continued the fine start to the Deauville August Festival for the Wertheimers, winning by a length and a quarter.

Juddmonte's homebred Gr.2 Dante Stakes hero Item (Frankel) bettered his elders and dominated the closing stages to win York's Gr.2 York Stakes on Saturday (25th July).

The unbeaten Mazzala (Frankel) maintained his flawless record when landing yesterday’s 2400m Listed Prix Frederic de Lagrange at Vichy, recording a first stakes success in the process.

Yesterday’s feature event at Killarney, the one mile Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes, went the way of the progressive Meriden (Bated Breath) who recorded a maiden stakes success at the first attempt.

Juddmonte are sad to announce the passing of Zamindar (Gone West/Zaizafon) at the age of 32.