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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/articles/65531/frankel-still-possible-for-breeders-cup#ixzz1ahK3gXAD
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/articles/65531/frankel-still-possible-for-breeders-cup#ixzz1ahK3gXAD
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Thank you for yet another very interesting post I would love it to happen - time will tell The thing is that Frankel has had a good rest and should be 80% fit for the QE2, with the expected improvement from Frankel 80% will be good enough for him to win the QE2 Imagine him going over to the States 100% fit and raring to go |
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Dear teddy,
B  llcks to the bC THIS year - sh1te track: do that NEXT yrGo for the Jp and HK miles instead, easy money ... |
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Oh will you please stop moaning
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ha ha... funny fxxker!
I happen to believe that having had an ELEVEN week break that Frankel is perectly primed for a late season campaign... but am not a huge fan of the BC and wld be inclined to say that Jp and HK a better option... But I AM delighted at the prospect of another race this yr... NOT LEAST BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET AN ODDS AGAINST BET |
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I wonder if Teddy has told Sir Henry yet, he through a hissy fit if anyone else mentioned the BC.
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