Still quiet and thoughtful but making noise with Tin Man

Perhaps the most admirable aspect of Tom Queally’s unblemished association with Frankel was the jockey never fell into the trap of making it about himself.

Queally knew the story was about the steadily failing Sir Henry Cecil, the horse of several centuries and, to a lesser degree, the most successfully streamlined breeding operation of modern times.
Yes, Frankel was palpably the best and cynics might say it would have been a case of Carry On Winning with Sid James in the saddle and Kenneth Williams riding pillion.

But as the legend grew so the pressure must have done also. Queally was unbeaten on him in 14 races and barring a moment in the 2011 St James’s Place Stakes when waistcoat pockets were patted for the heart pills he was all but flawless on the colt.