Malcolm Pannett looks back at the eponymous hero of Saturday's feature race at Newbury. Mill Reef was one of the superstars of the early 1970s along with Nijinsky and Brigadier Gerard.

Gosden said: "I thought he rode a very good race. The second is a lovely horse, but this guy handled the ground. We were worried about the ground, but he did it well.

It takes, now just as much as it did back in the early Seventies, some horse to leave Mill Reef behind but Rock Of Gibraltar has done just that by recording a seventh successive Group One victory.

Pierre Lapin lengthened impressively to win the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury. Roger Varian's youngster is a half-brother to top-class sprinter Harry Angel, who won this race in 2016 ...