I HAD the good fortune to sit at lunch on Monday with Frankie Dettori, fresh from yet another big race triumph on Saturday with Logician. Winner twice over 10 furlongs, and twice more over a mile and a half, Logician easily stepped up in trip to win the Group 1 William Hill St Leger, adding to his success in the Group 2 Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes. His futures lies at becoming a top 12-furlong runner.

“He is a very good horse” is the short summation of the jockey’s view on the grey son of Frankel (Galileo), that Banstead Manor Stud-based, Juddmonte-owned sire’s ninth Group 1 winner from his first three crops.