HE would have been a big fancy in the Sussex Stakes, but when that race closed, Baaeed (William Haggas/Jim Crowley) was still unraced, making his progress in the past two months all but incredible.

He maintained his unbeaten record with a facile win in the Group 3 Bonham’s Thoroughbred Stakes, and his six and a half-length margin over Eclipse fourth El Drama (Roger Varian/Andrea Atzeni) could easily have been double figures, with the 2/5 winner needing only the slight est of encouragement from his jockey.