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Frankel!!!!! Retired TBs -Past and Present

Started by hornsix1; 66888 views.

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From: Trevesmom

4/30/11

Did they give his time yet? I wonder if he did break the record. ETA: answering my own question but it was 1.37.30 but I'll have to go back to find out what the record was.

Joan

Edited 4/30/2011 10:40 am ET by Trevesmom

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Incredible All-the-Way Triumph For Frankel In the Guineas

15.10 at NMTG1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas (203rd Running) [1m (T)]

Winner: Frankel (GB), c, 3 by Galileo (Ire)
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."

Msg 10 of 599 to TrevesmomTrevesmom

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From: lizinuk

4/30/11

Hi Joan, no it wasn't a record, but it was a quick time. There was quite a headwind. More later - just want to watch the sprinters (Borderlescott, the old favourite runs).

Liz

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From: Trevesmom

4/30/11

Where's Borderlescott? I'd love to see him, too. Thanks for letting me know it wasn't a record. Too bad about the headwind slowing him down. LOL I don't know how much more impressive that could have been. ETA: I found him. I was afraid he was going to be last for a minute there, but he did come up at the end. I don't know what placing he got yet, though.

Joan

Edited 4/30/2011 10:57 am ET by Trevesmom

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From: SmittyCat3

4/30/11

Dangit - i missed it!!

Any replay links?

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From: Derby132

4/30/11

Derby not entirely out of the question.

Stunning Frankel storms to 2000 Guineas victory

Frankel produced one of the most devastating performances in British Classic history with a pillar-to-post success in the 2000 Guineas.

The only concern connections had prior to the race was with the colt's temperament as he had often pulled hard in his races. A pacemaker was put in the race, but jockey Tom Queally elected to jump out of the gate and make all.

Within a furlong, Frankel had put daylight between himself and his rivals. With half a mile to run, Frankel was ten lengths clear of his toiling rivals. Frankel's raking stride took him further and further clear and at the three-furlong pole Queally took a look between his legs and it was a long way back to his rivals.

http://www.espn.co.uk/horseracing/sport/story/88082.html