THE victory of Mission Impassible in the Group 2 Prix de Sandringham should give succour to some of the Jockey Club also-rans.

Jean-Claude Rouget’s filly (who is bred to be special as a daughter of Galileo and the 2011 Nunthorpe Stakes heroine, Margot Did) bounced back from having beaten just one home in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches three weeks earlier to win this Group 2 prize by three-quarters of a length.