'Who's going to stop him?' - the unbeatable Baaeed heads our weekly awards

The Racing Post's awards honour the best (and sometimes worst) performances and raise talking points from the last seven days of racing. This week's winners are . . .

Performance of the week

Baaeed's Juddmonte International demolition

There is no other place to start than with York's Ebor meeting, where the unstoppable Baaeed was heading into the unknown over 1m2½f in the Juddmonte International.

In typical fashion, the unbeaten machine travelled supremely well and came to challenge Mishriff still on the bridle, before kicking clear under Jim Crowley.

The William Haggas-trained performer annihilated a high-calibre field, winning by six and a half lengths and drew even more comparisons with Frankel, who won this race by seven lengths.

Connections of Baaeed were so impressed with his demolition job that they may now consider the Arc, with the Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes the other races in the equation.

Fairytale success of the week

Highfield Princess

If you'd told trainer John Quinn that Highfield Princess would end up a dual Group 1-winning mare after losing her first handicap off a mark of 57 he'd have laughed, yet two years later that's exactly what he's got.

Her dominant victory in the Duke of York stakes in May confirmed she was up for the challenge and after winning her first Group 1 in the Prix Maurice de Gheest on her previous start, it was time for a crack at the Nunthorpe at her local track.

Highfield Princess got a good tow into the race from rapid juvenile The Platinum Queen before scorching clear by two and a half lengths. John Fairley's "unbelievable" homebred has a date with the Breeders' Cup as her fairytale rise through the ranks continues.

Juvenile of the week

Noble Style

There was an abundance of quality juveniles on show and Meditate's Group 2 success at the Curragh was noteworthy, but so was that of unbeaten Godolphin colt Noble Style.

Held up in last place in the Gimcrack Stakes, William Buick brought Noble Style widest of the 12-runner field. As his mount began to hang to his left while challenging, Buick opted to come off the rail before finishing to good effect to reel in another unbeaten colt in Marshman.

Trainer Charlie Appleby described him as "the clubhouse leader" when it comes to juvenile form, which is a big statement from a stable that has lots of talent in that department. He was quoted at around 7-1 for the Qipco 2,000 Guineas.

Upset of the week

1-8 favourite turned over

If you are beaten at odds of 1-8, this award has your name written all over it. That was the case for Tribal Wisdom, who faced just one rival at Windsor last Monday evening.

The Charlie Appleby-trained juvenile had finished second on his two previous starts, beaten around a length in both, and his only rival was the William Haggas-trained Sea Galaxy, who had been beaten a combined 20-plus lengths in his two starts.

Easy night's work, right? Wrong! William Buick set the fractions on the odds-on favourite and was stalked by Stevie Donohoe, who asked his mount to quicken entering the final two furlongs. Tribal Wisdom had no answer and was beaten a neck.

Most deserving winner of the week

Summerghand

When it comes to high-level, big-field sprint handicaps you can nearly always rely on Summerghand showing up, and he has been a tremendous stable stalwart for trainer David O'Meara.

After being rather unlucky not to finish closer in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot, the Stewards' Cup at Glorious Goodwood and the Great St Wilfrid at Ripon this season, he headed to York, where he hadn't been at his best in previous years.

That didn't stop him from finishing in typically fast fashion, scything his way through the 17-runner field before forging his way to the front. O'Meara hailed Summerghand a "legend", a title that is well earned.

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