Frankel did what he was expected to do at Newbury last weekend, winning the Greenham Stakes as he liked, unopposed, unruffled and remaining unbeaten.
His record now stands at five wins from five starts, with all his victories coming at either the seven or eightfurlong trip.
So it is easy to understand why some are comparing him to Nijinsky, who was a smart two-year-old and was justified odds of 4-7 in the 2,000 Guineas of 1970.
In all probability, opposition to Khalid Abdullah's colt will be scarce on the Rowley Mile next Saturday. Already we have seen the defection of Godolphin's Dubai Prince (with a pelvic injury) and Richard Fahey has run out of time with Wootton Bassett, who looks certain to head to France for their Guineas.
Though the likelihood of Pathfork and any number of Aidan O'Brien's colts turning up, it will be surprising if Frankel does not start one of the shortest-priced post-war favourites for the 2,000 Guineas.
The comparisons to Nijinsky are interesting. Aside from connections of what appears to be limited opposition, there is almost unswerving and unilateral confidence that Frankel will take the Guineas with ease, the same assuredness that swirled around Vincent O'Brien's champion 41 years ago.
Assuming he does take the Guineas, will Henry Cecil allow Frankel to take in the Derby, for which he is currently the general 4-1 favourite? Cecil has another horse who looks a Derby type. World Domination, who won his maiden so impressively at Newbury last weekend, is also in the same ownership as Frankel.
Vincent O'Brien used to say: "When you have two Derby horses in the yard, you have none." Yet breeding analysts and journalists were convinced that Nijinsky might not get the Derby trip - which may explain why he started odds against at Epsom for his first and only time.
He suffered after a littleknown colic scare 24 hours before the race but produced a superb turn of foot at Epsom to beat Gyr by two and a half lengths and then sauntered to an Irish Derby victory.
Some feel that Frankel won't get the mile and a half. Cecil, himself, expressed concerns last season.
Nijinsky was a little more highly-strung than Frankel and, while he did have the greatest jockey of all time on board in Lester Piggott, Tom Queally knows Frankel well.
Those looking to pick holes in Frankel cite an inability to settle in the early stages of a race and a growing tendency to hang right.
Teddy Grimthorpe has been associated with some really top-class horses in his time as Khalid Abdullah's racing manager and talks up the Juddmonte horses as often as footballers remain celibate.
While he stopped short at any comparisons to Nijinsky, Grimthorpe admitted: "We think Frankel is very special.
"He is a colt who is slightly misleading in the respect that he has a long stride, and this gives the impression that he is doing much more than he really is."
There are naturally stamina doubts over his pedigree; his mother was a speedy 5f and 6f animal by Danehill, but he does have Powerscourt in his pedigree and his second dam, Rainbow Lake, won the Lancashire Oaks.
It will be surprising if connections do not take in the Epsom Derby. If he was beaten there, he could always drop back in trip.
As for next weekend, the opposition does not look the toughest and we may need Google Earth to gauge the distance Frankel will win by. Roll on the Derby.