Henry Cecil's Frankel produced a barely believable performance as he made every yard of the running in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket under Tom Queally.

An unbeaten juvenile campaign and a ready comeback victory in Newbury's Greenham Stakes led to the son of Galileo being sent off at 1-2 for the season's first Classic.

Rerouted was due to be deployed in a pacemaking role, but he just could not keep up as Frankel quickly opened up a huge advantage over the rest of the field.

He was miles clear at the halfway stage and it seemed he would not be able to keep up such a ferocious gallop.

But the rest could not get near him and he passed the post with a stunning six lengths in hand.

Dubawi Gold filled the runner-up spot, with Native Khan a further half-length away in third.

It was a third 2000 Guineas triumph for Cecil following the successes of Bolkonski (1975) and Wollow (1976). Tweet