The bet365 Classic Trial was never a race on the radar of Frankel but there is a strong chance it could go the way of one off his offspring at Sandown on Friday.
Three of the five-runner field in this year's renewal of mile-and-a-quarter Group Three test have been by sired by the former 2000 Guineas and Champion Stakes hero.
Heading that list is the John Gosden-trained pair of Cunco and Monarchs Glen, with the later, like his famous father, carrying the silks of owner Khalid Abdullah.
While Monarchs Glen arrives on the back of a facile success in handicap company at Kempton earlier this month, it will be the first time that Cunco has been seen out since finishing down the field in a Group One in France back in October.
Gosden said: "Monarchs Glen won very nicely at Kempton, but he is not in the Derby. He is strong-headed, but is a lovely horse and Sandown should suit him.
"He has had a run and has settled down - always remember the first run of the year they are full of it.
"He did show a good turn of foot as they passed the junction there. It was a bit of surprise to us."
He added: "Cunco is a whole lot calmer now. When we ran him in France he ran really well. I am really happy with him.
"He is a real stayer and a mile and a half will be his trip. He is settling a lot better at home."
Completing the trio of Frankel-sired colts is the Mark Johnston-trained Frankuus.
Already a winner at both Group Three and Listed level the three-year-old was last seen in action finishing a place behind Cunco at Saint-Cloud.
Johnston said: "He was entered at Epsom on Wednesday and it was just a toss of the coin which race to go for.
"He is a big, rangy horse and I can't say there has been much change physically. He was not a big yearling, but he grew as a two-year-old. Everything has gone to plan over the winter.
"Although this horse has speed on the dam's side he is big and rangy and having already won over nine furlongs looks more like a middle-distance type to me."
David Simcock is on a fact-finding mission with once-raced maiden winner Fierce Impact.
Although the least experienced runner in the field, the son of Deep Impact made the perfect start to his career when landing a soft-ground maiden at Yarmouth in October.
Simcock said: "He is a bit of an unknown quantity. He won his maiden well last year, but he is a lazy work horse and is a difficult horse to gauge at home.
"When he won his maiden first time out he surprised us. There was no set plan for him, we just want to see where we are with him."
The field is completed by the Ralph Beckett-trained Intern and jockey Fran Berry has given us his thoughts on the horse here.
