A second successive victory in the seven-furlong Curragh Gr.1 for the Godolphin, Charlie Appleby, and William Buick axis, the Shamardal colt cruised into the lead past Monoski and Arizona as they passed the three-furlong pole. Buick was still motionless at that point.

Ryan Moore's partner responded gamely for pressure to eventually finish second ahead of Arizona, but they were all chasing shadows. Pinatubo had gone turbo, a Ferrari of a racehorse. 

Buick started to dip him from the two-pole, and the petrol gauge was higher than even he might have expected. The machine beneath him roared away as the rest choked on fumes.

Frankel's 10-length rout in the 2010 Juddmonte Gr.2 Royal Lodge Stakes tends to be put forward as the recent benchmark for juveniles.

Last year, Too Darn Hot ended up with an official rating of 126 that put him on a par with Frankel and Dream Ahead from 2010, so how the handicappers assess this fellow will be fascinating.