Bedtime Story shot to the head of ante-post lists for next year's Newmarket 1000 Guineas following a scintillating display in the Chesham Stakes on the final day at Royal Ascot.
A winner as an apparent second string for Aidan O'Brien at Leopardstown little over a fortnight ago, the daughter of Frankel and top-class sprinting mare Mecca's Angel was a well-supported 11-8 favourite to double her tally.
Always travelling well in the slipstream of the keen-going pacesetter Motawahij, Bedtime Story left her rivals standing once given her head by Ryan Moore, accelerating an astonishing nine and a half lengths clear of her toiling rivals, with Pentle Bay pipping Brian to the runner-up spot.
O'Brien said: "We never let her go before, it's the first time we've asked her to stretch and she just took off. We've treated her gently, she has unbelievable pedigree and she's obviously very special.
"It's unusual for a filly to do that, she'd won nicely first time but we thought she was a Group One filly.
"You all saw what I saw, we won't be looking for one that's better, that is for sure."
Moore said: "The only I time worked was pulling up really. She travelled very easy, they've gone too slow for her really.
"I had room at the three so we started going forward and the race was over very quickly. Obviously, she's a level above all of them."
When asked about comparisons with the stable's Albany Stakes winner Fairy Godmother, he added: "It's a hard one. They haven't really been asked to do too much at home. We don't know a whole about them, we don't know what they've beaten yet, but they are two very exciting fillies.
"A performance like that, you don't see normally."
Khaadem benefited from an ice-cool Oisin Murphy ride to land the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot for the second year in succession.
The Charlie Hills-trained speedster was a shock 80-1 winner of the Group One contest 12 months ago and while he had failed to trouble the judge in four starts since, he bounced right back to his best on his favoured fast ground to successfully defend his crown.
A relatively small field of 13 runners went to post and Karl Burke's Swingalong gave a bold sight in front for much of the six-furlong contest.
However, Khaadem (14-1) was travelling noticeably strongly in behind under a motionless Murphy and picked up well once let loose to get up and beat Swingalong by half a length.
Mill Stream was best of the rest in third, with 3-1 favourite Believing - fourth in the King Charles III Stakes - occupying the same finishing position four days later.
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