[1] He recorded his first win as a jockey on Larifaari at Clonmel aged 15 on 13 April 2000 and was crowned Irish champion apprentice just days after his sixteenth birthday later that season.

[1] Apprenticed to trainer Barney Curley in Newmarket, he took the apprentice title in his first full season in the Britain in 2004 with 66 winners.

Immediately after the race, Frankel was shortened to odds-on favourite for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket the following May, with Queally labelling him "A superstar…very special".

The previous year he had missed out on victory in the 1,000 Guineas when his filly 66-1 chance Jacqueline Quest, trained by Cecil, was first past the post by a nose but was relegated to second place after a stewards' inquiry found that she had drifted and interfered with favourite Special Duty.

[9] Plaudits for Queally's tactics at Newmarket turned to criticism after Frankel's next start at Ascot, in the St James's Palace Stakes.

Despite initially settling behind a strong pace set by his stablemate Rerouted, Queally sent Frankel to the lead well before the home turn and only just hung on to win.

Both trainer and jockey professed their surprise publicly at the criticism, with Queally dismissing claims the horse was tiring due to the unusual race tactics:"He was starting to get a little fed up as he just does it so easily.

At Royal Ascot Frankel won the Queen Anne Stakes in impressive style, beating his nearest rival by 11 lengths.