The jockey was impressed, the trainer reckoned he was the best two-year-old he had trained in years and now Frankel has received the official seal of approval.
When Frankel won the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, by 10 lengths, Henry Cecil went on record as saying that he was the best juvenile he had trained since Wollow, who went on to win the 2000 Guineas in 1976, a race for which Frankel has been made market leader.
Tom Queally feels that the colt has that touch of class even if Cecil has expressed doubts, on grounds of breeding, whether Frankel has the requisite stamina for the Derby but the class of the colt’s performance has brought him the highest rating of a Royal Lodge winner for the last 20 years, according to the BHA juvenile handicapper, Matthew Tester.
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