Connections of Free Wind, who overcame trouble in running to run out a remarkable winner of the Lancashire Oaks, may resist setting their sights on pitching her into top-class company – for the time being, at least.

For all the anticipation that surrounded Frankel’s retirement to stud there lurked a nagging question - how does one even begin to manage stallion expectations for a horse that is deservedly regarded as a true great of the turf?

The Coronation Stakes