Newbury, 13.30, Mdn, £8,000, 3yo, 1mT, 1:47.29, sf.
NOBLE MISSION (GB) (c, 3, Galileo {Ire}--Kind {Ire} {MSW-Eng & GSP-Ire, $132,389}, by Danehill), a full-brother to Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Ch. 2yo & 3yo Colt Eur, Co-Ch. 2yo Colt-GB, £1,372,709, was second to the highly-regarded Godolphin colt Swedish Sailor (GB) (Monsun {Ger}) on debut over this trip at Yarmouth in October and showed some of the exuberance of his famed sibling and stable companion out of the boxes sporting a first-time hood. Soon anchored behind the leading trio, the 3-1 favorite was coaxed along in the testing ground and was still traveling comfortably passing the quarter pole. Joining Captain Cat (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) with a furlong remaining, the homebred bay received one slap with Tom Queally's whip to seal the result and strode away to score by 3 3/4 lengths from Dream Tune (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), with five lengths back to Captain Cat. Noble Mission is also a three-parts brother to Bullet Train (GB) (Sadler's
Wells), GSW-Eng. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, £6,041.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd; T-Sir Henry Cecil.