Henry Cecil plans for Longchamp and the Royal Ascot for Frankel after the International Stakes
The bolting racing machine, Frankel, had no jitters, nerves and definitely no doubts as he took after his stable mate, Bullet Train, in the Group 1 Qipco Sussex Stakes (British Champions Series) on 1st August at Goodwood over a mile. Frankie Dettori
onboard, Farhh, fruitlessly chased the shadows of the mighty racing sensation as he neared the wire with every passing second.
It was on the second afternoon of the Glorious Goodwood that Galileo’s bay colt set on his unbeaten profile the twelfth success that might as well has been his last race over a mile.
Last year Frankel landed the 2011 edition of this race by the margin of five lengths against Canford Cliffs and this year left, Farhh, adrift by six lengths.
Queally said: "Every moment spent on his back is a special moment and today was no different. He's amazing, he had all the other horses cooked just after halfway and it was a nice prep for his next race. "He's a class apart from anything else at the moment,
he does it all very easily therefore I have a very easy job, all I have to do is steer.”
Needless to say that the highest rated thoroughbred colt went without a whip over the entire distance of the race. He might just be able to add two or three more victory strings to his impeccably extended record as the Champion Stakes at Ascot on 20th
October set the date for his last career race after which he will be send to stud.
His next stop is at York in the Group 1 International Juddmonte Stakes over a mile and two furlongs on 22nd August. The race is sponsored by his owner, Khalid Abdullah.
The trainer, Henry Cecil, decided for a race in France as there is a gap of two months between the race at York and then the Champion Stakes at the Royal Ascot.
However, the Prix Du Moulin at Longchamp on 16th September is not certain. Frankel might race in it and might not. The participation would depend on how the connections feel about his stature after the York race.
Winning or missing the race is no longer the question for the truly amazing miler rather by how many lengths to win is debatable.
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