Matt Brocklebank reflects on the action from York on Sky Bet York Stakes

Matt Brocklebank was at York on Saturday, unlike the trainer of the feature race winner on the card. Our man reflects on the action.

The York gates opened at precisely 11am for the seventh day of the Sky Bet Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival and people poured through like never before, but Roger Charlton - trainer of the day's feature race winner, the Group Two Sky Bet Stakes - was not among them.

Some punters sprinted, concerns over the condition of freshly-pressed suits, high heels and fascinators momentarily abandoned for the chance to claim some precious picnic ground close to the famous Knavesmire rails.

The 40,000-strong turnout - The Corrs providing post-race entertainment was clearly a significant draw - were treated to a glorious summer's afternoon and highly competitive racing, but what would keep Charlton from watching his ace in the pack Time Test live in the flesh?

Was he stuck on the A64? Cared he not for Irish "super-group" The Corrs' recent resurgence?

The picture immediately became a whole lot clearer when Fair Eva demolished her rivals to win the Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot, prompting quotes as short as 4/1 for the 1000 Guineas next spring.

The Frankel factor has been at play all year, the brilliant horse having a massive impact on proceedings from the breeding sheds as his first crop have graced the track in 2016.

And Fair Eva could turn out to be among the very best of his progeny after proving Charlton's nervousness ahead of her second racecourse appearance to be wide of the mark with a resounding victory.

The going rate to get up close and personal with Frankel is £125,000 and while Khalid Abdullah obviously won't have had to stump up for the services of his own stallion, the pressures of being responsible for one of Frankel's offspring are clearly quite taxing.

All things considered Charlton would have been mad to be anywhere else than by his filly's side on her Group-race introduction.

Cunco, Queen Kindly, Seven Heavens and Toulifaut are all Frankels to have been prepared to win first time out this year, and while not every one of them has so far gone on to fulfill their initial promise, the story of this supreme racehorse is clearly a long, long way from reaching its end.

Fair Eva, out of Group One-winning sprinter African Rose, appears so much more than a pure juvenile project and should certainly go on to give Charlton and her owner more days in the sun. Father would be proud.

Time Test also carries the colours of Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, but although some clearly had priorities elsewhere, the owner's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe - as racecourse chairman - is one man who was always going to be on track at the Knavesmire.

"We're very pleased," he said after seeing Time Test battle to victory ahead of a spirited Mondialiste. "He travelled well which was pleasing to see and while he was made to work, he was well on top at the finish. I think we'll have to come back here in three weeks and try to win the Juddmonte."

It was a big day for all concerned with the whole operation and Juddmonte Chief executive Douglas Erskine-Crum, speaking from Ascot, had news of more excitement around the corner.

"It's very early days (for Frankel) still but we're very pleased with the way it's all going so far," he said.

"And we also, of course, have the Kingman foals just arriving now, who are looking fabulous as well."

Of course, how could we forget about Kingman? What a time to be Juddmonte.