John Gosden feels Field Of Gold ‘failed to fire’ when only managing fourth place in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.

Sent off the 1/3 market leader in an attempt to emulate his great father Kingman, who claimed the Sussex Stakes eleven years ago following victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes, Field Of Gold was labelled as the star attraction on day two of the Glorious Goodwood meeting.

However, those who had come to watch the striking grey strut his stuff on the Sussex Downs were soon left stunned, as the Ralph Beckett-trained 150/1 chance Qirat, who was supplemented at the cost of £70,000 to act as a pacemaker for Field Of Gold, kept up the gallop late on to become the biggest priced winner of a Group 1 in Britain and Ireland.

"He's done nothing wrong," said Gosden on ITV Racing. "The other pacemaker got left, he comes round, they're finally going a pace, we're sitting back a long way - that's life - and the pacemaker goes and wins it; if you let them have those fractions they will do it.

"He ran on, but he didn't seem too well balanced on the track, it's a different type of track he's ever run on, and he just got a little unbalanced coming out of the dip into the bend but I'm not making any excuses.

"They ignored the pacemaker and paid the price. He ran a huge race in the Guineas and was flying at the finish, he was not flying at the finish today, so it was a very big difference.

"We'll have to see why, he's having a normal blow, we'll have a good look. He didn't seem comfortable, William [Buick] said as soon as he asked him the engine wasn't there, simple as that, and if not, he'd have run on probably with Rosallion in second, but he didn't fire today."

Whilst Field Of Gold failed to make any real inroads into those at the head of affairs, Richard Hannon's Rosallion kept on nicely to push the shock winner to within a neck crossing the line.

Speaking of his gallant runner-up, who filled the same spot when denied on the line by Docklands in the Queen Anne Stakes, Hannon said: "It's pride, not frustration, but what does he have to do to win?

"Sean did the right thing and moved closer to the pacemakers, and he's run a super race but didn't win. It's life, isn't it?

"He's a great horse; his day has already come and there are other days to come. He's certainly not done with.

"He's beaten the best three-year-old we've seen for years and also the French Guineas winner (Henri Matisse).

"It's not a great day when you are second in these races, but we are very lucky to be part of it. We have an extremely good horse, and he went down fighting."

Aidan O'Brien was also left happy with the run of Henri Mattise, with the Ballydoyle handler keen to stick to a mile for now before potentially stepping up in trip.

"We are very happy," said O'Brien. "We think we haven't got him really right yet, but we think we are getting there. Every time he runs, we are learning more, and we were happy with him here other than he didn't win obviously.

"Rosallion just came down the outside of him and took a couple of lengths out of him quickly and Ryan just said that coming down the hill at Goodwood it just took him a little time to get organised as he's a baby three-year-old. He felt he wasn't finished with and there's more to come.

"We think he's a miler, but Ryan thinks he'll stay further. We'll see how he is, but he could go back to France for the mile races and could end up in America for their mile races, or he could go up in trip, although we've never thought he was short of pace."