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Frankel could be even better this year says Cecil
By Paul Eacott racingpost.com 1 JAN 2012
THE New Year wishes of racing fans that Frankel can keep on winning throughout the year could well come true with trainer Sir Henry Cecil declaring he will be "very disappointed" if the unbeaten colt is not even better as a four-year-old.
Frankel added five wins in his three-year-old campaign to the four as a juvenile and last season's runaway 2,000 Guineas hero can be backed at 9-4 with Blue Square to remain unbeaten throughout 2012.
Cecil has said that he expects Frankel to start in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May before stepping up beyond a mile for the first time in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown in July.
"Frankel gave people a lot of pleasure," said Cecil. "He is doing really well. Touch wood as long as he stays right he could be very exciting.
"He has grown up a lot and he is getting much stronger. He is easy, he is relaxed more and I would be very disappointed if he isn't a better horse."
Cecil also has Frankel's brother Noble Mission to look forward to this year and punters could be attracted to take the 50-1 available with Coral about the once-raced colt for the Investec Derby with Cecil sounding keen on him.
Noble Mission made a highly-promising debut to finish second on his only start to date at Yarmouth in late October and Cecil told At The Races: "He is very well. He had sore shins in August/September so he was off for about a month. It was very heavy that day and he needed the race.
"He is a horse to look forward to and he will definitely get a mile and a quarter maybe a mile and a half."
By Paul Eacott racingpost.com 1 JAN 2012
THE New Year wishes of racing fans that Frankel can keep on winning throughout the year could well come true with trainer Sir Henry Cecil declaring he will be "very disappointed" if the unbeaten colt is not even better as a four-year-old.
Frankel added five wins in his three-year-old campaign to the four as a juvenile and last season's runaway 2,000 Guineas hero can be backed at 9-4 with Blue Square to remain unbeaten throughout 2012.
Cecil has said that he expects Frankel to start in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May before stepping up beyond a mile for the first time in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown in July.
"Frankel gave people a lot of pleasure," said Cecil. "He is doing really well. Touch wood as long as he stays right he could be very exciting.
"He has grown up a lot and he is getting much stronger. He is easy, he is relaxed more and I would be very disappointed if he isn't a better horse."
Cecil also has Frankel's brother Noble Mission to look forward to this year and punters could be attracted to take the 50-1 available with Coral about the once-raced colt for the Investec Derby with Cecil sounding keen on him.
Noble Mission made a highly-promising debut to finish second on his only start to date at Yarmouth in late October and Cecil told At The Races: "He is very well. He had sore shins in August/September so he was off for about a month. It was very heavy that day and he needed the race.
"He is a horse to look forward to and he will definitely get a mile and a quarter maybe a mile and a half."
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Teddy Grimthorpe would be "very surprised" were Frankel and Black Caviar to meet.
Black Caviar stretched her unbeaten record to 19 at the weekend, but the Australian sensation was racing over five furlongs, having run over seven furlongs the week before. The six-furlong Golden Jubilee Stakes has been the long-held plan for Black Caviar should she travel to England in the summer, although she is believed likely to get an entry in the Queen Anne Stakes over a mile. Sir Henry Cecil has stated his intent on stepping Frankel up to 10 furlongs this season, but he may still run in the Queen Anne after he reappears at that trip in the Lockinge at Newbury in May. "Black Caviar is clearly exceptional, but I can't speak for them regarding what race she will run in at Ascot. I did speak to Peter Moody (her trainer) at Flemington but only briefly," said Grimthorpe, owner Prince Khalid Abdullah's racing manager. "If it happens, it happens, but it feels like we've got slightly different agendas. "Sir Henry is looking at stretching Frankel this year. We hope to start off in the Lockinge and then we have two options at Royal Ascot. Either the Queen Anne or the Prince of Wales's. "I can understand there is tremendous goodwill out there for the two to get together. One is the best horse in the southern hemisphere and one is the best horse in the northern hemisphere - they are the two best horses in the world. "But we don't want to mess up our season for the sake of one race. If we do decide to run in the Queen Anne and Black Caviar runs in it also, then so be it. But Sir Henry may decide that a mile and a quarter is the way for him this season. "It would be a great clash, but I'd be very surprised were it to happen." |
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Frankel took to the gallops for the first time this year on Tuesday morning for a gentle piece of work on the Al Bahathri at Newmarket.
Unbeaten in nine starts, Sir Henry Cecil's wonder horse dominated the 2011 Flat season with a string of phenomenal performances, including a breathtaking display in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Connections have suggested the son of Galileo will step up to a mile and a quarter at some stage this season, but the four-year-old will stick to a mile for his seasonal reappearance in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May. Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, was on hand to see Frankel return to work and is delighted with how the colt has wintered. "It was only a very gentle piece of work, but he looks well and seems in good form," said Grimthorpe. "It is always encouraging to see the horses back on the gallops, but really they were not doing enough to tell you a lot about where they are. "I've obviously seen Frankel a few times over the winter and he looks to have done well and strengthened up a bit. "We're still aiming towards the Lockinge at Newbury." |
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Frankel will be even better this year! Certain he will get 10 furlongs
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Great boost for the Lockinge, canford last year, Frankel this, top stuff
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the best by far!
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hi russjr
you seem to know what's happening with Sir Henry. Do you have any news on how the backward 2 year olds he had last year have wintered? Any names to look out for? |
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Black Caviar clash would be fantastic says Cecil
By Lewis Porteous racingpost.com 7 MAR 2012 SIR HENRY CECIL, trainer of the highest rated horse in the world Frankel, has said a clash with Australian sensation Black Caviar would be "fantastic" although he reiterated that his unbeaten superstar would not race at distances below a mile this season. Black Caviar is expected to take on the best sprinters in Europe in the 6f Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot later in the year and Cecil thinks the first opportunity the two may get to meet would be Goodwood's Sussex stakes in the summer providing Black Caviar remains in Britain after Ascot. Asked if he would look forward to the challenge, Cecil told Sydney's Sky Sports Radio: "Of course I would. I think it would be fantastic, but I must do the right thing for the horse. I'm certainly not bringing him back to seven furlongs. He's settling now and the idea is that he's going to go on to a mile-and-a-quarter." Regarding a potential showdown over a mile, Cecil added: "If I wanted to at some stage keep him to a mile and she wants to up it to a mile and come over, it would be lovely. If the Sussex Stakes was the right race forFrankel, it would be lovely to see the two of them race." Cecil has been impressed with what he's seen of the Peter Moody-trained mare, although unsurprisingly would not swap Frankel. He said: "She's got the most lovely temperament and way about her. She does everything very professionally and she is obviously very good. We're always loyal, he [Moody] wouldn't swap his mare and I certainly wouldn't swap my horse." Cecil confirmed that Frankel is likely to start his campaign in the Lockinge Stakes in May and warned his rivals that he expects more improvement from the nine-time winner this term. The trainer said: "He's done marvellous so far, but I think he could be a better horse this year." |
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Frankel on the gallops today http://on.fb.me/zwCM4Z
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I have messaged you direct mate! |
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Any chance of a copy Russjr?
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Mailed you Jonibake , lets hope its a good season
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Many thanks Russ. Appreciate that.
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If Black Caviar is as good as she looks she could steal Frankel's thunder
It is the moment some have been waiting five months for; on Saturday the British Flat Turf season begins at Doncaster with, as tradition dictates, the William Hill Lincoln. By Marcus Armytage telegraph.co.uk No matter how much razzmatazz is thrown at the Flat’s first day of term, it remains something of a false dawn. For most, the season does not start in earnest until Newmarket’s Craven meeting some 18 days later. But the Flat season, however low key, has to start sometime around now. By anyone standards 2011 was a special vintage from the horses that lit it up to the closely-fought jockeys title between Paul Hanagan and Silvestre de Sousa. Once again it looks like Sir Henry Cecil’s Frankel will be racing’s top box office attraction of the summer. He comes into his third season unbeaten in nine starts with memories of his 2,000 Guineas romp still my highlight of last year. It will be interesting to see if he is even better when stepped up to a mile and a quarter. If Frankel does step up Richard Hannon’s Strong Suit can fill the gap he leaves and dominate the older milers. Black Caviar, the Australian sprint sensation who boasts a record of 19 wins from 19 starts, will also add a great international angle particularly at Royal Ascot, where she is due to make her British debut. If she is as good as she looks, then Frankel won’t have a monopoly on the headlines. We don’t often get a chance to see the Melbourne Cup winner in action in the northern hemisphere, but Dunaden’s stratospheric rise through the ranks, from a horse who was bought [and failed] to win a handicap at Longchamp on Arc day 2010, can continue. After his December win in Hong Kong on the way home, the Arc has become the ambitious target for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani’s six year-old. He will reappear in the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket in May. The only group which left something to be desired last year were the two year-olds. Camelot looked head and shoulders above the rest when winning the Racing Post Trophy and he can give Joseph O’Brien a first British Classic triumph, as soon as May, and possibly a first Derby. It may be, however, that the best of last year’s juveniles have yet to reveal themselves in anything more than a back-end maiden. With Hanagan joining Sheikh Hamdan and De Sousa going to Godolphin, it would appear to have thrown open the jockeys’ title. Ryan Moore will need Sir Michael Stoute to fire this season if he is to regain it while Kieren Fallon should not be dismissed lightly. He was only 23 adrift of Hanagan last year without one single yard supplying him with a serious number of winners. Richard Hughes will know by Wednesday, when the BHA will hear his case, whether he has to sit out the first month of the season due to a suspension picked up in India during the winter. There are sure to be other human stars of the show. The name Eddery has been synonymous with Flat racing for decades. Robert Eddery is, perhaps, not the one you might have had in mind but the second-season Newmarket trainer is one to watch. Having started with just seven horses Eddery, 51, has doubled his string and kept his two back-end juvenile winners from last year, Heyward Girl and Red Quartet, and has high hopes for Brighton maiden winner Vasily. At the start of a long and winding road, Eddery will face many challenges. Apart from the normal financial trials, racing will also have to meet two extraordinary challenges this summer; a severe drought in the south and the Olympics. It is guaranteed to overcome both. |
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Frankel's full-brother Noble Mission could make his seasonal reappearance at the Newmarket Craven meeting. Sir Henry Cecil has been restrained in campaigning the Investec Derby entry, who carries with him the burden of expectation associated with his bloodlines, and only ran him once at Yarmouth in late October. Noble Mission showed plenty of promise in staying on to finish second to Swedish Sailor over a mile and his trainer is keen to get more experience into him before laying out any flashy plans. "I'm happy with him, he's progressing nicely and there's a chance I might bring him out at Newmarket," Cecil said. "He's still a maiden and this would be a stepping stone before a conditions race and then maybe a trial. I'd want him to have two races in at least before I thought of anything else." Cecil is understandably reluctant to compare Noble Mission with Frankel, adding: "It's difficult. It's the early stages in his life and time will tell with him. He has done well and improved from two to three. He had sore shins last year and I expect him to be a lot better than he was last year." Cecil has many other lightly-raced three-year-olds entered in the Derby and the Oaks, such as Thomas Chippendale, Wrotham Heath, Fragonard and Epoque, but is still in the processing stage at present. He continued: "I hope a lot of the two-year-olds will be a lot better as three-year-olds as they were very backward. Quite a few of the fillies ran second or third. We'll see how they are and work out when to run them, but there is a group that I like." Newmarket's knight begins the season with a solid set of older horses, Frankel apart, which still includes Prince Khalid Abdulla's four-time Group One winner Twice Over, who is now seven. He said: "He has been a real old friend of mine. There were offers for him last year, not big ones, but the Prince said he stayed in training. He's in very good form. I didn't want to go back to Dubai and he will maybe go for the Earl of Sefton (also at the Newmarket Craven meeting)." One-time Derby fancy World Domination, not seen since disappointing at Royal Ascot, is also still at Warren Place, and Cecil said: "He had a setback, which stopped him, but if he stayed right he could be exciting. He might come back in something like the Gordon Richards at Sandown, but that's a long time away." |
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Frankel heads Lockinge entries
http://betfred.chromaagency.com Sir Henry Cecil's superstar Frankel heads 20 entries for the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on May 19. The great miler, who went through last year unbeaten in five races, four of them at Group One level, has had this race as his first target ever since the end of last season. Cecil has also entered Bullet Train and Jet Away. Excelebration, who was behind Frankel on several occasions last term, could have his first start since joining the Aidan O'Brien team. The Ballydoyle handler has also entered his vanquished Dubai World Cup favourite So You Think and Windsor Palace. Richard Hannon has won the last two renewals of the Lockinge with Paco Boy and Canford Cliffs and is well represented by Dubawi Gold, Strong Suit and Libranno. Cityscape, so impressive in winning the Dubai Duty Free on World Cup night, is another possible, though he is in the same ownership as Frankel, while Roger Varian could run Nahrain, who narrowly lost her unbeaten record in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Godolphin's Saamidd could make his reappearance while Worthadd, who was second in the race when trained in Italy last year, could make his first start for Sir Mark Prescott. |
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Sir Henry Cecil has added 5 horses at the 2nd entry stage for the Irish Derby at the Curragh on June 30.
Frankel's full-brother Noble Mission, Continuum, King Of Dudes, Touch Gold and Wrotham Heath |
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Just heard and it's only rumours but it's a strong rumour. We have seen the last of Frankel on the racecourse.
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Hopefully the rumour is wide of the mark. But they won't take any chances with this horse
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Frankel has been retired.
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Teddy Grimthorpe categorically denies .
No decision made & wont be until next scan done next week. |
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Sounds ominous
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Please believe me from where i heard it, No more will we see him on a race track.
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Well the Fantastic news he can resume training.
Still may never race again but couldnt wish for anything more positive @ THIS STAGE. |
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Frankel handed all-clear after scan Frankel, last year's champion racehorse, has been given the all-clear to resume his training programme following a scan on his injured leg. The four-year-old hurt his off-fore when working in Newmarket last Wednesday and while it was initially reported to be a minor problem, it later transpired the injury could be more serious. However, those fears have now been allayed with owner Khalid Abdullah's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe issuing an upbeat bulletin following a further examination today. In a statement to Press Association Sport, Grimthorpe said: "Frankel has been given the all clear, following his scan this afternoon. There was no evidence of any damage to his tendon and he will now resume a normal training regime." Frankel, who is trained by Sir Henry Cecil, has won each of his nine starts to date including last year's 2000 Guineas. He also landed the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood before rounding off his year with a thrilling performance in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Cecil had earmarked the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on May 19 as Frankel's starting point for this term, although it was feared last week that the race was off the agenda. However, with the Galileo colt now back on track, Grimthorpe believes the Lockinge could be a possibility, although connections are in no rush to map a definite plan. He added: "There is no set agenda for his future racing programme, which will be determined by the progress he makes. At this stage the Lockinge Stakes has not yet been ruled out. |
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Perhaps this is the type of post you should stick to AD - unless your 'source' still maintains he will never race again?
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HRAC just said on RUK he was ''always very hopeful'' he would recover. Makes you wonder where these retirment rumours came from? Just trolls on Tw-itter?
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think the BBC were just 2 days behind what we already knew!
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Frankel to resume work at the weekend - Cecil
By James Pugh racingpost.com 6:12PM 18 APR 2012 FRANKEL will resume cantering this weekend and could still make the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury next month, trainer Sir Henry Cecil said on Wednesday. Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, had earlier confirmed the superstar colt had passed a leg scan on Wednesday following last week's injury scare. And Cecil, speaking from Newmarket, issued a positive bulletin about the unbeaten four-year-old's fitness. Cecil said: "He was scanned this morning - very thoroughly - and everything with his sheath and his tendon is fine. "I've had him walking and trotting and everything seems to have settled down. We'll resume work and feel our way. "I'd like to make Newbury if possible because it's a long time with a horse like that to hang around until Ascot. I'll feel my way but I'm hopeful. If I have to take him somewhere, I'll take him." Speaking on Racing UK, Cecil added: "He's been going out each morning and each night and he will probably resume cantering this weekend." |
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Noble Mission, full-brother to the mighty Frankel, produced a taking performance of his own in division one of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Maiden Stakes at Newbury. Second on his sole start as a juvenile and sporting a hood, the Sir Henry Cecil-trained Galileo colt (3-1 favourite) was settled just off the pace through the early stages by Tom Queally. He only had to be nudged along to pick up the strong-travelling Captain Cat, before lengthening well and holding Dream Tune by three and three-quarter lengths. William Hill gave Noble Mission a 25-1 from 33s quote for the Investec Derby. Cecil said: "For a mile and a quarter horse that was a good performance. I wanted to start him over a mile on this ground, and he's won very nicely. I don't want to say anything silly, so I will just feel my way at the moment." Of the hood, Cecil explained: "I've had them handmade in the Czech Republic. They have got foam rubber in the ears and I used them on three fillies last year that were a bit scatty. "He won't have to wear it all the time because he is getting more relaxed." All well with Frankel Frankel remains on course to make his eagerly awaited four-year-old bow in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury next month. Having been given the all-clear to resume training following an injury scare, trainer Sir Henry Cecil reports his superstar colt to be progressing well. Speaking at Newbury after saddling Frankel's full-brother Noble Mission to victory, Cecil said: "He's fine, he did two canters yesterday and two canters this morning. Hopefully I will get him ready for the Lockinge (on May 19)." He added: "He is usually better for his first run and I don't want him to go straight into the big races in the summer." |
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Frankel back galloping this morning
irishracing.com Sir Henry Cecil's incredible colt Frankel stepped up his recovery from injury with a piece of work in Newmarket on Wednesday morning. The Khalid Abdullah-owned son of Galileo stretched his unbeaten record to nine during a stellar 2011 campaign, with a breathtaking performance in the 2000 Guineas one of the highlights of his career so far. There were anxious moments earlier this month when the four-year-old suffered a setback during routine exercise, but a scan on his leg last week confirmed the world's highest-rated Flat horse had suffered no serious damage and he was given the green light to get back to work. |
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Newmarket Sunday: Frankel is due to work on the course before racing. “He will exercise about one hour before the first race, at about 12.55,” said Prosser
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Frankel will continue his preparation towards the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury with a gallop before racing at Newmarket on Saturday.
Sir Henry Cecil's superstar, the highest-rated racehorse in the world, will be making his first racecourse appearance since an injury scare last month. Initial reports suggested he would be galloping before racing on Sunday, but he will now exercise 24 hours earlier. He is scheduled to arrive at 12.30pm and is expected to work with Bullet Train and Jet Away at approximately 12.55pm |
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An appearance in the Investec Derby is still possible for Frankel's brother Noble Mission if he were to win the Qatar Racing Newmarket Stakes tomorrow. Sir Henry Cecil has always been at pains to point out the two are completely different characters and while Noble Mission does not possess Frankel's speed, he is likely to stay further in time, hence the Derby entry. Having been beaten on his debut at Yarmouth by Godolphin's Swedish Sailor, who was supposed to renew rivalry but is now a non-runner, Noble Mission opened his account at Newbury two weeks ago. "If Noble Mission runs well in the Newmarket Stakes, the Investec Derby is a race we will consider. The Derby is in everyone's plans until they are proven otherwise," said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah. "He has been fine since Newbury. He is in really good nick and has come out of the race really well. We were hoping he would win like he did as he has always been very talented. "Everyone wants to compare him to his brother, which is a bit unfortunate, but he doesn't know that and is quite happy. I would think the step up to 10 furlongs at Newmarket will be in his favour as he settles well and goes quite nicely. "I think he is a different horse to Frankel in regards to the type of horse he is and the trip he wants. He is by Galileo and if you go far enough back in the family, it does suggest he could stay a mile and a half, but we will we have to see. It should be a good test of where we are with him." He will now face just five rivals headed by Godolphin's impressive Wood Ditton winner Mariner's Cross. The highly-regarded Stencive from the William Haggas yard takes his chance, along with Richard Hannon's Mister Music, Gerard Butler's Prince Alzain and the unraced Michelangelo from John Gosden's stable. |
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Frankel looking good Working with Jet Away and Bullet Train on the Rowley Mile, he was keen to get on with things and moved effortlessly away from his work companions under Tom Queally. It would appear that he's on target for the Lockinge on May 19. |
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Let out an inch of rein & blew past in a matter of strides .
Pleasing to see as a lot of these racecourse outings are a complete waste of time watching as a viewing spectacle |
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VIDEO: Frankels gallop http://bit.ly/ITAbZI
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Tom Queally http://bit.ly/J6YJN3
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Frankel set for Lockinge after racecourse gallop
BY DAVID MILNES racingpost.com FRANKEL will return in the Group 1 JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in two weeks' time after pleasing trainer Sir Henry Cecil in a racecourse gallop at Newmarket on Saturday. Owned by Khalid Abdullah, Frankel returned to the scene of his most famous and most devastating victory in last year's Qipco 2,000 Guineas to work over 7½f with stablemates Bullet Train and Jet Away. Having lookedmore settled than last year on his way to the start, Frankel was keen enough in the early stages before stretching away instantaneously when allowed by jockey Tom Queally inside the final two furlongs. Cecil said: "Frankel enjoyed himself and he stretched out nicely when he went on in the last two furlongs. "The plan is to go to Newbury with him and I was very pleased with that. We will give him a couple more pieces of work before then." Unbeaten in nine starts, Frankel's return had been in jeopardy a few weeks ago when he sustained a leg injury during another gallop. However, he was cleared after a scan and has shown no ill effects since. Queally added on Racing UK: "He is moving 100 per cent and that was exactly what we were looking for. |