Miss Frankel, so disappointing when starting at 5-10 on debut at Kenilworth ten days ago, will not race again before returning to Durban.

Dennis Drier said: “Miss Frankel was 100% afterwards but she just didn’t bring her homework to the track. That has happened before [with other horses] and it will happen again.”

The second foal of champion sprinter Val De Ra, Miss Frankel is the only offspring of the undefeated superstar to race in South Africa so far. Frankel commands a stud fee of £125 000 (R2.1 million). The reports of his daughter’s homework had been good but she was niggled at from the off and managed only seventh of 12 to fellow newcomer Magical Wonderland.

By Michael Clower