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Fine weather, and the track is good to firm. Should be a great day's racing. :)

Xpress Bet and Twinspires are showing the race. Starts in 20 minutes.

Going in the gate..........

He's pretty good... Wow.

That was incredible!

How cool is that? :)

I'm actually speechless.

What everybody else said. Amazing.

Pretty impressive:D:tro:

Reminiscent of Hawk Wing in the 2003 Lockinge.

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Originally Posted by Kasept (Post 772524)

Truly unbelievable.

Okay folks, help me out. I'm at work and didn't get to see it. How impressive was it?

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Originally Posted by booner (Post 772531)

Okay folks, help me out. I'm at work and didn't get to see it. How impressive was it?

From the TDN:

FRANKEL (GB), c, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Kind (Ire), by Danehill.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Henry Cecil; J-Tom Queally. Lifetime Record: 6-6-0-0, £493,553.
Some had cast similarities with the great Dubai Millennium (GB) prior to today and Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) lived up to all the hype and mass of expectation with a ruthless success in the G1 Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. In front from the outset, Tom Queally let the 1-2 pick use his impressive stride and he had buried all opposition before he reached the quarter pole. Only Dubawi Gold (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Native Khan (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}) could emerge from the pack to chase after that, but Khalid Abdullah's unbeaten colossus was far gone and hit the line six lengths clear of the former, with Native Khan a further half length back with daylight behind him. "He did it better than I even thought he'd do it," Queally said after this breathtaking win. "He just made a show of them and to him that speed feels like a cruising canter."

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi (Post 772394)

I read somewhere he's only 7-2 to win by more than 2 lengths. Still, he has pulled hard in his last couple of races, and they've made mention of trying to "settle him down" in his recent training. You can get away with that sort of behavior in those 5- and 6-horse fields he's been burying but he'll face a full field tomorrow and I'm not so sure he'll be enjoying that "geared down" finish he's used to.

He should win, but his jock might have to work on him a bit late.

Not that much work to do late.

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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan (Post 772496)

I just think the horse is a freak.

His trainer said last time was the time he might lose due to being short off the bench against at least one Group winner.

He ran greenly and pulled off easily. He had a ton more horse. I think he can get the Arc distance. Horses with that kind of stamina don't often lose for being a little keen at this distance.

We'll know soon.

NOW WE KNOW!!!

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Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan (Post 772546)

Not that much work to do late.

NOW WE KNOW!!!

You nailed the margin of victory exactly. Congrats.

However, he did start to drift left the final furlong and his jock had to shake him up to maintain. Granted, the race was already over, but the way he finished up still leaves the question of 12f unanswered.

We'll see. Hopefully they go to the Derby whether they have strong reservations or not about the distance. He's a rare horse and deserves a chance to be tested to the extreme.