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13 Oct 11
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By Blood-Horse Staff
Frankel, the unbeaten 3-year-old colt in England, will try to win his ninth straight race Oct. 16 in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-I) at the inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot.
Though it has been widely assumed that this would be his last race of the season, on Oct. 13 Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for owner Khalid Abdullah, said there is a possibility Frankel could race in the Breeders’ Cup next month.
“It would be a wonderful thing to take a horse like Frankel to race in America. I'm sure the American racing public would just love it,'' Grimthorpe said in an Associated Press story Oct. 13. “The interest in the States has been phenomenal, which is wonderful. In a perfect world, he would race there.”
Previously, trainer Henry Cecil had been quoted as saying the Queen Elizabeth II would be the Galileo colt’s final race of 2011.
Frankel, who has earned more than $1.3 million in his career, would be pointed toward the TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) Nov. 5 if he did come to Churchill Downs. He has yet to race outside of England.
Frankel is currently the 1-3 favorite for the QEII Stakes, where he will take on seven challengers including filly Immortal Verse, who in her most recent start defeated Goldikova in the Prix Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois (Fr-I).
Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ar.
Frankel, the unbeaten 3-year-old colt in England, will try to win his ninth straight race Oct. 16 in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-I) at the inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot.
Though it has been widely assumed that this would be his last race of the season, on Oct. 13 Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for owner Khalid Abdullah, said there is a possibility Frankel could race in the Breeders’ Cup next month.
“It would be a wonderful thing to take a horse like Frankel to race in America. I'm sure the American racing public would just love it,'' Grimthorpe said in an Associated Press story Oct. 13. “The interest in the States has been phenomenal, which is wonderful. In a perfect world, he would race there.”
Previously, trainer Henry Cecil had been quoted as saying the Queen Elizabeth II would be the Galileo colt’s final race of 2011.
Frankel, who has earned more than $1.3 million in his career, would be pointed toward the TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) Nov. 5 if he did come to Churchill Downs. He has yet to race outside of England.
Frankel is currently the 1-3 favorite for the QEII Stakes, where he will take on seven challengers including filly Immortal Verse, who in her most recent start defeated Goldikova in the Prix Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois (Fr-I).
Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ar.
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Seems to be saying it would be great if he went there but he won't IMO
would be nice if he went....I know A LOT of Americans who would love to see him...much in the same way people over here talking about Black Caviar et al.
its alot more than that east,Frankel is huge in america,they fecking love him,he has been headline news over there since his 2000 win and got front and back on there racing papers after his sussex romp,they hype over there will be zenyatta like[:D]
With the long break he had had since Goodwood, can't help thinking the BC has been under some consideration providing he comes out of Ascot OK.
I'd be surprised if they would run him on dirt, so next year when likely to compete over 10F, he would need to come back in distance. This would be the best year to go imo
I'd be surprised if they would run him on dirt, so next year when likely to compete over 10F, he would need to come back in distance. This would be the best year to go imo
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