Frankel and his final season: Newmarket racecourse gallop
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Nine from nine in a remarkable racing career as a juvenile and a Classic-winning three-year-old, Frankel returns with a racecourse gallop on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket ahead of his final and highly-anticipated four-year-old season. He should be even better as a four-year-old, says trainer Sir Henry Cecil.
With the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newmarket the first target of the season for Frankel - and having suffered an injury scare weeks previously with an overreach, his back leg cannoning into his front thanks to his impressively long stride - this racecourse gallop, a very public one, had symbolic worth as well as a practical one in simply preparing a racehorse for a seasonal debut one.
Frankel gallops on the Rowley Mile unde regular racecourse rider Tom Queally, with regular work companion Bullet Train and Jet Away, smart horses who are well capable of running to a level of 100+. Unsurprisingly, Frannkel just breezes past them.
Enjoy a true superstar, indisputably one of the finest in turf history, enjoy this racecourse workout with extended thoughts and commentary from Nick Luck and Graham Cunningham.
I was there for this & the crowd cleared a space round Henry, so he could focus on that gallop without distraction. We knew Henry was on his own last furlong by this time. I believe, absolutely, that Frankel, & his two brothers, gave Sir Henry at least another 3 years of life. Bless them.
Make no mistake Frankel is the greatest racehorse of all time. In the long history of the thoroughbred there have been many exceptional horses but I truly believe that there have been two who have transcended the words, exceptional and great. Arkle and Frankel.
"The greatest horse you have ever seen, I have ever seen ,anybody has ever seen", Willie Carson ,Ascot, 2012. One legend talking about another !!!!!!!!!!!
Never seen a horse have as much class as this fella god created the perfect racehorse in frankel effortless everything he did in life
Poetry in motion .... awesome individual!
I think god knew that sir henry was ill, but he gave him the greatest of all time in frankel. The best horse for the greatest trainer of all time rip sir henry cecil.
What an amazing animal.
Wow what an amazing horse: he’s really is super ! God he can seriously shift 😮
iv seen many times before and he just keeps improving
He looks massive now! Can't wait to see him return in a race. If he stays a mile and a quarter then he will be unstoppable this season.
Great footage. I enjoyed that nearly as much as I enjoyed watching him in the flesh at the Juddmonte. @ dressageandalusian, Farrh really struggled against this powerhouse at York and it was a no contest. Frankie was ecstatic to have come second to the best, and he admitted he was privileged to ride in the same race as Frankel.
Frankel beat 25 grp 1 winners,who between them won 61 group 1 races.
Imagine Frankel as a hurdler.......he would win the World hurdle for at least 5 years!
Hes turned into an absolute bull of an horse, That camera angle of him taking a pull and then breezing ahead was poetry in motion. One of the finest thoroughbreds We've ever seen...
I really like this horse Kingsbarn and one of the likely lads for the derby. It will be interesting with the BC series and HK G1's coming up what Europe will send over . That will give an indicator as to where everyone is at, BTW a Galileo if it gets a start called Gatewood would be a monte for the Melb Cup with Mount Athos, Shamindwar and Dunadem next best
LOVE Frankel! :D
I almost forgot kingsbarn, he looks alright and a derby contender. There is a few good horses but none yet have displayed knock out brilliance.
Come on mate if everyone agreed to disagree on Yutube it would be a boring place to discuss racing! I've enjoyed this! What I will say with regards to CDA that was his favorite ground, he's won by massive margins on that ground and looked pretty invincible. Frankel quite clearly hated the ground and he only went a furlong out anyway still managing to stick nearly 2 lengths on the best mud loving 10f horse in the world. He done it easy and missed the break. Don't let the winning distance sway you
I would have liked to see him in the Arc, especially as a four-year-old.
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You can never compare horses who are different distances Frankel is the best at 1600 and Black Caviar is good as a sprinter you cant say she is slow as she tore 2 muscles in her back whilst Frankel has never had an injury but remember the best thing is we have both these Champions at the same time
@wavepattern frankel is pure class mate let it go.
A beast but a beautiful beast
Speechless,
Anyway the king has gone now who is the next King on the British horizon.
Why don't the people from UK come and record races for us in the US, this footage is amazing! You aways end up with footage with copy right images in all corners of the screen....(ESPN..)....
frankel is the best miler u wil ever see i dont see why people talk about having to win at 1mile 2 to be considered a great goldikova is considered to be best female horse in recent times but spent her life runnin at 7 f and 8 f her one win at 9f wouldn be anything great but she had her opt trip and they stuck wit it and look at her 3 breeders cups and alot more why try push to horse im glad sir henry has him and wont destroy him
Dawn Approach is already race hardened and unlikely to imrpove much further I think. So yeah you're right. He always seems to hit a flat spot before he gets into gear and I wouldn't be too surprised to see him beaten by something in the guineas. Be it possibly Kingsbarn if he runs or Olympic Glory is my personal fancy.
Canford Cliffs was a 5 time group 1 winner too mate and Dream Ahead. He has beaten some top class rivals. They've won 53 g1's between them. St Nic is a Breeders Cup Turf winner 4x G1 winner etc. It's going to be difficult to have faced tougher opposition anywhere else mate. As for our next King, I don't think we'll see one of his or STS mould for some time. But I expect Camelot to improve next season and Dawn Approach looks a good one. 6 from 6 and 2 g1's as a 2 year old.
I think you're spot on with the 10f races he'll likely try this season. The only one on the list I think questionable is the Prince of Wales's Stakes at the Ascot meeting. I'd be awfully surprised if Henry Cecil doesn't run him in the Queen Anne Stakes over a mile there instead of the Prince of Wales's Stakes at 10f?
All these experts who point to Frankels slow mile times, compare his times to those run on flat rock hard tracks in Aus and the US. This horse is hack cantering for five furlongs, before destroying its rivals.
Maybe because they're right and your not
Little brother Noble Mission handled 10f quite easily over Guineas weekend, and there's no reason to believe that Frankel won't handle middle distances, too, IMO. Just wish Henry Cecil would get this notion of him being just a miler out of his head. This horse is special, and he's bred to stay much further than a mile. I have little doubt whatsoever that if given the chance that Frankel would even stay 12f, and could become an Arc or King George winner if given the opportunity? But TJMO.
I think so, too. Don't get me wrong, I dearly love Frankel. I think he's an amazing creature with the kind of ability that you just don't see in ordinary horses. With no disrespect whatsoever meant to Goldikova, Cecil is probably right. Frankel's probably been as good as Europe has seen at mile on turf since the days of Blushing Groom back in 1976-77. I know Blushing Groom made one hell of a stallion in America. But he's bred to stay much further than a mile, so bring it on and let's see!! LOL.
Peter Moody's Australian and said he was a great horse and wants to breed BC with him.frankie dettori said that's the best horse he's ever raced against.he's Italian.aiden o brian has raced a few places too and he thinks frankel is alongside the greats of racing.Irish that's 3 off the top of my head!!!
That stride its just ridiculous
frankels a terminating machine and i reckon he would eat camalot for breakfast then black caviar for dinner
Jheeze hes got bigger!! Will deffo stay a mile and a quarter! :) hed win over any distance from 5f to 1-2...beast
A wundeful hoos ruis!!
The looks of a sprinter the pedigree of a middle distance horse. Interesting times head.
I've heard Sir Henry Cecil liken Frankel to Blushing Groom and Shergar at their best. Blushing Groom was also hell on wheels at 8f and less. He tried 12f once. But was beaten in the Epsom Derby by The Minstrel. Shergar was destined to be a 12f horse from day 1, and there were few if any better at the distance. If Frankel were retired today, most would remember him as the greatest turf miler ever. But until he stretches out, you can't compare him to horses like Shergar, Brigadier Gerard>>>
I'ts a shame we never seem to send our very best over to the BC or HK races. St Nic is probably a top 5 over 2400m behind Nathaniel, Danedream, Camelot and actually probably a few more. Excel is 2nd best miler after Frankel. Dundonel is nowhere near the stand out 2 year old. The Fugue isn't as good as snowfairy etc. There is a hurdler Galielo's cross or something running too I hear. He ran at Cheltenham festival (jumps) last march, should be intersting to see how he gets on.
I think Frankel would beat Wise Dan in UK and reverse it in USA. Aussie horses run badly in USA and I doubt BC would have even won the sprint. I hope Excellerbration does well at stud but I am unsure if the Exceed and Excels will do as well Fastnet Rock's sons at stud. Gee Helsinge had a beauty at the last sales by Redoutes Choice. With All too hard running second at3 to Green Park in the Cox , She is capable of throwing like Eight Carat. She also has a full sister to BC on the ground.
Sea Bird, Mill Reef, Nijinsky, or even to Sea The Stars from 3 seasons ago. But that's just one man's opinion.
The other two did it perfect,let him go and they go head to head
looking at bith Frankel and Black Caviar. there not even close to each other. Frankel is in a league of his own. im not saying Black Caviar is a bad horse its just that most horses look bad in comparison to Frankel. I honestly dont know why hes not running further than a mile, last tuesday he ran a mile. 2.5 furlongs out was 1 lenght clear. was opened up and finished 20 lengths clear. thats hard to believe even after seeing it. took another 2 furlongs go get him to stop? crazy!!
He didn't run further because his connections didnt think he'd stay,he needed to because you cant call yourself a champion otherwise and id doubt he would have beaten bc as he relied on a pacemaker to lead him uo then fade,but she wouldn't have and he wouldn't have caught her,thats just the facts backed up by stats and id say she'd have a better chance of beating him over 1600 than he had a catching her over 1400
Frankel is the best Europe as ever seen. Black Caviar? Don't make me laugh...
Wise Dan had raced at Ascot in the QE2 he'd have been beat by Excelebration - All it proves is Frankel was head and shoulders above everything in the world last year. So I fail to see your poimt? Frankel is the greatest
What a prat Christy Dolan is ! Wise Dan was a gelding ! Why are you even comparing a gelding with a colt ?? What next ; John Henry and Dancing Brave ??
They were to shit scared of taking him overseas or racing real opposition,even his connections doubted he'd stay further,unlike sea the stars connections who knew if you want to be called a champion you need to test yourself against the best in their backyards like black caviar did,he never did
How do you know that then? Did you see Phar Lap run to be able to judge? I guess not.
Thats right you now have the silly season with the hurdles etc. I cant say I am a fan of it, I hate seeing horses hurt. It will be interesting to see Excellerbration in the BC I am not sure of the Yanks or SAF's etc over this distance now. Obviously is a horse that comes to mind but he is Irish bred.
All come from 15.1 hh ( 1.55 metre ), " NORTHERN DANCER ".
Who won two legs of the American Triple Crown.
Sainglain who came from nearco who stood in England.
Cav would have won that, she's ran that way before she'd like the fast ground and the number of bends mean it isn't a true run mile as they don't go as quick round the bends. She would have won the BC mile, even if it isn't her ideal distance.
Excellerbration was fourth in BC which says that Frankel may not be the horse of the century. He never travelled which continues to throw a question mark over him. Was disappointed with Excellerbration and Moonlight cloud was gone along way from home. Why do trainers continue to race champion sprinters that 1 1/2 furl too far. I dont think BC would have won either.
I'd suggest you look it up. You don't have to obviously but if you want to know what it is I'd suggest you do.
The FREAK!!!
lockinge, queen anne,to put exelebrstion in his place ,and the bring it on so you think in the eclips stakes ,then that would be 8 gr1,s in a row,what a superstar he is,hopefully after the judmonte,and the champion stakes ,the timeform people will give him a higher rating tha n dancing brave ,and brigerdir gerrard,,
why oh why did you say poetry in motion? xD I always have to think of zenyatta
I know but just imagine it.............
And yet he beat the best older miler in the world without one... and the Guineas. Bitter Aussie probs calm down and enjoy the best in the world right here :)
@Europeracing... How did it expose him? Did Wise Dan beat Excelebration 11 lengths like Frankel did? Wise Dan beat him in course record time with Excelebration 2 lengths behind, Excelebrations finishing time was quicker than any winning mile race in Europe last season. He'd gone from bolting up on heavy ground at Ascot. 13 days later hes travelled across the Atlantic to race a horse on a track and ground he had never expierenced before unlike the winner. Had the shoe been om the other foot and..
Course records are irrelevant ?? What planet are you on Christy Dolan ?? When Lammtarra broke the fifty nine year old Derby record of the great Mahmoud, which was set in 1936, it was irrelevant ??What a twit !
Even frankels connections knew he couldn't match the best over further distances which you need to be called the best,so they retired him to stud to protect his record,never won any majors never broke any track records or had fastest sectionals,had one burst of speed but needed a pacemaker and us in Australia and the usa know if you need a pacemaker theres something very suss about that,almost like its set up to suit
3rd best behind dancing brave el gran senor,some good ones close as well zilzal golden fleece etc
Stand by my comments. He races against small fields in one country he avoided the Arc and travel ...WHY? He needs a rabbit and doesn't like racing in a bunch of horses. The Cecil has been well instructed by the owners. Put him in a field of Group 1 winners in form give him 18 other horses in another country and he will squib it.
IMAGINE IF YOU AUCTION THE FRANKEL WONDER HORSE IT'S ALSO GAMBLING ! WHAT'S THE PRICE OR PRICELESS FRANKEL GA
Same as In Aus mate, apart from the imports I can only see Ethiopia as a chance to go on amongst the older horses, All too hard amongst the 3 year olds and of course Snitzerland But no real champs. I like Olympic Glory over there and hope he makes it to the BC series..Dawn Approach is a likely sort but doesnt grab you like Frankel and Canford Cliffs is unlikely to get better the same could be said for Camelot and Nathaniel.
To be fair he ran 2 weeks ago on heavy ground. He was never going to win that. With the best horse America have had for about 10 years was running too. He was only 2 lengths down on that. That's considering travel, and lack of recovery from a heavy race just 2 weeks before. Not to mention he's never gone lefty before. Frankel beaten a fresh Excelebration by 6 and 11 lengths. He was only beaten by 2 to 3 here with all that on him by the best American horse since Ghostzapper! It speaks volumes
Thats right he runs 2 furlongs flat tack he has one sprint.
There's a lot in what you say. But sadly Cecil is no risk taker, and he'll only race his best horses when he's got all his ducks in a row.
It's a pity this isn't a Coolmore horse, they have lots of adventure.
Joshua, I respect your opinion and agree that this horse under set conditions which suit him he will thrash high quality opposition even the best from overseas but I would have more time for the horse if he had done what Carrus Des Aigles has done or Excellerbration by travelling. Lets just agree to disagree mate. I have absolutely no respect for Cecil or the horses owners for mollycoddling this great animal. At his last start he showed the vulnerability that overseas would have had on him.
He's over 16 hands. Not exactly small.
Other horses pull out you wouldn't get an 18 horse field even in the Arc if he ran. It would have been closer to about 10 this year. He beat the 2nd and 4th highest rated in the world on Saturday, missing the start on ground he hated but they loved. He isn't a 12f horse, so why would he run in the arc, it's a bit like saying BC should run in the cox plate. What would he prove by jumping on a plane. He's beat the best challengers available to him. He wouldn't get a bigger challenge anywhere
Hes a small horse typical bull. His brother Bullet Train is a much better type of animal.
Plus he is a stallion and should be getting a bullish look. The racecallers are caught up in the hype.
Thats why great horses cope with tracks all over the world. This horse will go down as one of the greatest marketing ploys in horse racing...14 starts against weak opposition Carrus Des Aigles excepted and of course Execellerbration. Nathaniel is a good horse but not in the great class. Its all now up to his ability at stud. I noticed that a lot of racing mags said his trainer was timid in his placement of the horse.
Spot on
There is one answer why to never ship top UK horses overseas: lasix.
whats wrong with a pace maker
Nothing hes just pacemaking for Frankel
Opposition hand picked! What a laugh. Are you still thinking that after the Champion Stakes? Cirrus Des Aigles ( Champion Stakes, Dubai Sheema Classic, Prix Ganay ), officially the 2nd highest rated horse in the world and Nathaniel ( King George, Eclipse Stakes ) both cosily beaten on ground which suited them. QEII winner Excelebration finished behind Frankel on 5 occasions, a total of 26 lengths. Yeah, rabbits.
tall poppy syndrome
Why do you attack the person and not pick holes in the comments. And I prefer to watch all his races and then comment. Weak comment.
WANKEL
Haha
"Frankel The Farce"
More like farkall 😄
Frankel needs a pacemaker a disgrace that your part of the world allows that
Nothing wrong with making sure a race is truly run rather a muddling affair.
He has been nursed in his races and his opposition is hand picked. Its like anywhere if you get a weak group of milers in a year the chances are you are going to run into them all the time and Frankel does. This horse is being marketed as a stallion nothing else. His 3 workmates were part brothers and their abilities well known to the owners and trainer. He was never going to be beaten and half the time they race against him in the group races....talk about rabbits.
Great looking horse but does not compare with Starspangledbanner for looks or So You Think for pure bulk.
Don't you frankel knockers feel stupid today? Who do you think is the best horse in the world now?
Not him
Да. Сейчас самая лучшая лошадь это вы😂
haha
Stop being so bitter. just weigh up all the stats and accept the truth. For someone who doesn't rate him you seem to be pretty obsessed judging by your list of watched videos.
I fear your nationality is getting in the way of your rationality.
I was going to write a list of far superior horses to frankel,but i havent got all day