Frankel - Page 4

booner · #61 04-30-2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hockey2315

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."

Thanks hockey.

TouchOfGrey · #62 04-30-2011, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by booner

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

Video here: Phenomenal Frankel blitzes Guineas rivals

TheSpyder · #63 05-01-2011, 12:48 PM

What kind of fractions for the race? Do they even keep them?

Arletta · #64 05-03-2011, 05:35 AM

http://www.independent.ie/sport/hors...l-2634903.html

Indian Charlie · #65 05-03-2011, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Arletta

http://www.independent.ie/sport/hors...l-2634903.html

I think the announcer got a bit carried away when he called Frankel up by 15.

brockguy · #66 06-14-2011, 09:54 AM

chalk up another G1 7/7

RolloTomasi · #67 06-14-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by brockguy

chalk up another G1 7/7

One of the worst rides ever. The only thing worse was the Japanese horse sporting the colors of Secretariat.

Zoffany is OK, but the field overall wasn't imposing. That jockey will get Frankel beat sooner rather than later.

blackthroatedwind · #68 06-14-2011, 10:02 AM

That ride was laughably bad. Comical actually.

brockguy · #69 06-14-2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

That ride was laughably bad. Comical actually.

completely agree - I like Queally but not his finest hour

Seattleallstar · #70 06-14-2011, 12:19 PM

I am sure there is a very good reason he decided to use all of his horse. Maybe looking back it wasnt a bad ride at all, he had to have known something to ride that way.

RolloTomasi · #71 06-14-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

I am sure there is a very good reason he decided to use all of his horse. Maybe looking back it wasnt a bad ride at all, he had to have known something to ride that way.

Like what? He was in perfect position following his own pacesetter and clearing the rest of the field.

Ignoring the rabbit (who was inconsequential after a half-mile), Queally basically opened up a 12 length lead needlessly at the head of the stretch.

He almost got run down by a 50-1 shot who was at the tail of the field and going nowhere when the button was pushed on Frankel.

The horse arguably looked like he was getting weary down the stretch in the Guineas, where Queally let him roll aggressively early to an insurmountable lead (and had a cavalier attitude regarding the ride post-race). He definitely was weary today. At this point, it appears that the rides he's been getting are just as much to blame as any of the stamina concerns for keeping the horse out of the Derby and pigeon-holed as a miler.

OTM Al · #72 06-14-2011, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

One of the worst rides ever. The only thing worse was the Japanese horse sporting the colors of Secretariat.

Zoffany is OK, but the field overall wasn't imposing. That jockey will get Frankel beat sooner rather than later.

Frankel will get Frankel beat sooner rather than later. He doesn't look able to run in any other way and he will get gobbled up at a short price when he faces older the first time. Good chance he'll be off the board in that venture if they keep this up.

RolloTomasi · #73 06-14-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by OTM Al

Frankel will get Frankel beat sooner rather than later. He doesn't look able to run in any other way and he will get gobbled up at a short price when he faces older the first time. Good chance he'll be off the board in that venture if they keep this up.

I thought the same after the Guineas, but at least today he was settled for the first quarter mile or so. Combined with a couple of his 2yo races, there's still hope he can relax I think. Like I said, I'm starting to think that Queally's overconfidence in the horse (and the resultant ridiculous middle moves) is a major reason why Frankel seems limited by distance.

Bigsmc · #74 06-20-2011, 08:52 AM

The jockey, underfire for his mid-race tactical move to rush Frankel past pacemaker Rerouted, said: "They fail to realise I was riding to instructions."
Speaking on a Racing UK Podcast, he added: "He was a bit workmanlike. The pacemaker went off quite quick. I crept closer and Henry was adamant that I should take it up before the bend and that's what we did.

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...el/873893/top/

Travis Stone · #75 06-20-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigsmc

The jockey, underfire for his mid-race tactical move to rush Frankel past pacemaker Rerouted, said: "They fail to realise I was riding to instructions."
Speaking on a Racing UK Podcast, he added: "He was a bit workmanlike. The pacemaker went off quite quick. I crept closer and Henry was adamant that I should take it up before the bend and that's what we did.

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...el/873893/top/

Interesting...