Farhh aiming to trouble Frankel in Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood
It will not be an easy ride for Frankel in next month’s Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, as Godolphin is going to supplement Farhh for the Group 1 meeting over 1-mile.
Frankel has been unbeaten since the start of his career. The great colt has won two Group Ones so far this season. After stamping the opposition in the JLT Lockinge Stakes (British Champions Series) at Newbury, Sir Henry Cecil’s charge continued his ruthless
march to ensure an excellent win in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot last month.
Owned by K. Abdulla, the son of Galileo will look to stretch his unbeaten run to 13 starts in next month’s big battle, but it is not going to be a child’s play for him.
Simon Crisford, Godolphin's racing manager, disclosed that Farhh’s chances of running against the world’s top runner are quite bright, saying that the 4-year-old’s owner, Sheikh Mohammed, has done a great thing to add some excitement in the upcoming big
event, which was looking like another trouble-free competition for Frankel.
Saeed Bin Suroor’s trainee started off his 2012 campaign on a winning note. After showing a brilliant performance in the Totepool.com Thirsk Hunt Cup, he suddenly lost his rhythm and did nothing special in the following two races.
He was third behind So You Think in the 150th Anniversary of Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot last month. Bred by Darley, the runner remained unlucky in his latest appearance at Sandown, where he fell short by half a length in the Coral-Eclipse.
On Farhh’s involvement in the Goodwood battle, Crisford stated: "I think the best horse won at Sandown, but he's still on a learning curve and is very inexperienced. The timing of the race, with a gap of three weeks and three days, works well. We said to
Sheikh Mohammed we could go for the Prix Jacques le Marois instead but he said no, we should go for the Sussex.”
He continued: "We were going to run against Frankel in a conditions race at Doncaster as a two-year-old but he reared up in the stalls and injured himself quite badly.”
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