Frankel Ready for Guineas

re: Frankel Ready for Guineas

Danette — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:36:54 GMT

Glad I caught it live for the real thrill of the moment but admit I've watched it a few times on You Tube just to relive it. What a pedigree and what a namesake.

re: Frankel Ready for Guineas

John T — Sun, 01 May 2011 03:27:51 GMT

The performance of Frankel in the 2000 Guineas was absolutely outstanding. To have a 15 length lead at one point and still go on to win by 6 lengths in a race of this calibre is magnificence at it's best. So now the question is can he get the Derby distance of 12 furlongs? He will not be running in the Dante Stakes at York so it will be up to his training to decide if his next race will be the Derby or the one mile St. James Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

re: Frankel Ready for Guineas

Zen's Auntie — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:51:54 GMT

Super impressive win! He kinda shortened up there Deep stretch at the end but still WOW. Thanks to HRTV for running it.

Congrats to LIABLE and Claiborne she is Da Bomb MOM... how bout a peice on her Ian?

re: Frankel Ready for Guineas

sceptre — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:13:35 GMT

Agree with your assessment of Frankel's distance limitations-felt this before the Guineas, and now after race saw nothing to change this opinion. My gut tells me that Frankel is overhyped, and will prove a disappointment by year's end. This horse is no Nijinsky II, or Dubai Millennium, nor likely among the better milers of history.

re: Frankel Ready for Guineas

John T — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:34:28 GMT

You have to go back to 1970 to find the last odds on winner of the Guineas and that was Nijinsky. If Frankel can emulate him as a racehorse I would be more than happy with that. Here is a look at some of his main competitors-Pathfork, his American owners are very keen to have the Breeders Cup Classic on his agenda, unbeaten as a 2 year old one of his wins was against Casamento who went on to win the Racing Post Trophy so the form is rock solid. Casamento also will be running in this race.-Roderic O'Connor, who like Frankel is by Galileo finished last season by winning a Group 1 in France after running second to Frankel in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes. -Native Khan, who won the other important English prep for the Guineas, the Craven Stakes over course and distance at Newmarket. This is a high class renewal of the 2000 Guineas and if Frankel can win, he should go on to becoming a really great racehorse.