The stage is set for the highly-anticipated clash between Frankel and Canford Cliffs after both names featured among four declarations for Wednesday's Qipco Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
Henry Cecil has suggested Frankel has the potential to be the best horse he has ever trained and seven victories from seven starts, including a brilliant display in the 2000 Guineas, gives that theory plenty of weight.
The three-year-old is, however, likely to face the toughest task of his career as he meets his elders, headed by Richard Hannon's Canford Cliffs, winner of the race 12 months ago, for the first time.
Like Cecil, the current champion trainer believes his four-year-old is the best horse to have ever passed through his hands.
He will arrive at Goodwood off the back of a victory over incredible French mare Goldikova in the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot.
The betting suggests the one-mile Group One is a two-horse race, with most bookmakers making Frankel, who will carry 8lb less than his major rival, the marginal favourite.
With most of the opposition frightened off, the 'big two' are joined by just two other runners.
Goldikova's trainer Freddie Head has decided to send Rajsaman across the Channel, while Godolphin's Rio De La Plata completes the small field.
