'That was something special and the best I've seen at Ascot since Frankel'

Field Of Gold delivered with an outstanding display in the St James's Palace Stakes, comfortably accounting for Henri Matisse and Ruling Court and firmly establishing himself as the bets three-year-old in training.

Just how impressed were you by the brilliant Juddmonte colt? Three of the Racing Post's top tipsters and analysts have their say, and muse on what the future may hold.

'He's plainly a machine'

By Graeme Rodway, Racing Post tipster

That was something special and the best I've seen at Ascot since Frankel.

Field Of Gold was in a different league and thrashed a top-class miler with fresh air separating them. He's plainly a machine and it will take a mighty performance to beat him.

The second Henri Matisse made short work of the rest of the field and would be a rightful champion miler but for that monster.

'Will the Gosdens roll the big dice?'

By Keith Melrose, betting editor

We did not get the battle we were promised, but at least we saw a champion.

The miling division is Field Of Gold's for the taking, but that is as much because of what we saw in the Queen Anne as the St James's Palace. Ruling Court was beaten after a furlong, and the fact he still got placed tells you plenty about the bare form.

The question is whether the Gosdens will roll the big dice. We will know more after the Prince of Wales's Stakes, but the mile-and-a-quarter glamour division is looking weak enough to fall to a talent like Field Of Gold.

I'd still like to see him in the Eclipse, and maybe after that his owners' Juddmonte International, rather than jogging round to beat Docklands in the Sussex Stakes.

Field Of Gold (Colin Keane) wins the St James's Palace Stakes

Field Of Gold charges well clear of fellow Guineas winners Henri Matisse and Ruling CourtCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

'He may even improve for ten furlongs'

By Robbie Wilders, Racing Post tipster

The St James’s Palace delivered in spades, with Field Of Gold establishing himself as the best three-year-old miler we have seen since Baaeed. There is every chance he surpasses that great horse’s achievements now.

The appeal to stay at a mile is obvious. He will likely be odds-on for whichever race he runs in over that trip for the rest of the season at least.

However, I would like to see middle distances explored. It is rare for a horse to prove themselves the best in the world over two different specialist trips in one season.

Field Of Gold may even improve for ten furlongs. It would be exciting if Juddmonte campaigned him as such.

'He's knocking on the door of being right up there'

By Jason Weaver, former top jockey and television pundit

He's knocking on the door of being right up there with what we've seen and he's definitely been one of the standout horses of the season. To do what he did as a juvenile was pretty impressive, because he was so big.

The fact John and Thady Gosden kept him on the go, and ran him in the autumn, they were obviously thinking 'he's so big we don't want him to get too heavy over the winter'. It was a well-hatched plan.

Colin [Keane] was pretty cool, took him back, was going to be posted three wide, and ended up pushing the button a little bit early, but he needed to make room coming into the straight and when you've started the engine, you've got to go.

In racing we're always guilty of focusing on the future and what's next but it will be fascinating if he ends up taking on the likes of Rosallion at Goodwood.

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