Frankel wins 14th and final race
Owner Prince Khalid Abdulla confirmed that Frankel had run his finally race after the four-year-old made it xiv wins from equally many starts inwards the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.
The four-year-old appeared non to relish the testing underfoot weather condition but soundless held off finally year’s winner Cirrus Des Aigles to score yesteryear a length as well as three-quarters. He was ridden equally green by Tom Queally, 28. He said: “I am simply proud to live on associated with him – I am fortunate, privileged. My theatre unit of measurement are hither as well as it’s prissy for them too. Everyone at Warren Place is similar a large theatre unit of measurement that pulls together as well as everyone gets a boot out of it.”
Owner Abdulla – who prefers to live on known equally Mr K Abdulla on the racecard – said he idea Frankel may direct maintain finished further inwards front end of the other horses if it hadn’t been for the ground. In 2d identify was finally year’s winner, Cirrus des Aigles, as well as 3rd was Nathaniel.
“That is the halt of it as well as he volition retire to stud now. Today was of import because it was his finally race,” said Abdulla, who is a showtime cousin to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. He owns extensive racing as well as breeding interests inwards America, Britain, French Republic as well as Ireland. He is a semi-retired human being of affairs who, along with his 4 sons, presides over a huge conglomerate, the Mawarid Group, inwards Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as beyond.
Trainer Sir Henry Cecil said Frankel was non happy on the ground, but was relaxed throughout. “I direct maintain in all probability got him also relaxed – it used to live on the other way. In the end, he had enough inwards hand. I cannot believe inwards the history of racing that at that topographic point has e'er been a improve racehorse.
“I direct maintain enjoyed every minute of grooming him, although it has been slightly stressful at times. He’s the best that I direct maintain e'er had as well as the best that I e'er seen,” Cecil said.
Frankel:
4 b c (b. 11 Feb, 2008); Galileo (IRE) – Kind (IRE) (Danehill (USA))
Form: 1111/11111-11111 for £2,998,302
Owner: Khalid Abdulla
Trainer: Sir Henry Cecil
Jockey: Tom Queally
Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Ltd
Frankel was named for legendary the States trainer Bobby Frankel, who provided Khalid Abdulla with a host of big-race victories until his decease from cancer at the historic menstruum of 68 inwards November, 2009. The home-bred boy of Galileo is a three-parts blood brother to 2010 Lingfield Derby Trial winner Bullet Train, a five-year-old who acts equally his pacemaker these days, as well as a full-brother to three-year-old Noble Mission, winner of the Group Three Gordon Stakes at Glorious Goodwood inwards 2012.
Frankel volition instantly live on prepared for a stud career at Abdulla’s Banstead Manor Stud inwards Cheveley, close Newmarket. Abdulla’s racing managing director Teddy Grimthorpe said: “I won’t miss him because he’ll live on 200 yards from my office! He’ll allow downwardly showtime dorsum at Warren Place Stables as well as come upwards to Banstead Manor when he’s ready. He’s been on high octane fuel thence it’s a gradual letting-down procedure as well as when everyone is happy he’ll come upwards to the stud.
“Interest inwards him equally a stallion has been worldwide as well as I hateful from every constituent of the world. The adjacent procedure is to create upwards one's hear on a stud fee which Prince Khalid as well as (the stud’s full general manager) Philip Mitchell volition do. People wanting to breed to the Equus caballus volition post their mares’ CVs inwards as well as Prince Khalid volition post his best mares that suit. They volition also create upwards one's hear how many exterior mares volition become to him. It would live on skillful to instruct a skillful breadth of mares inwards damage of size, reach as well as pedigree as well as that is an ongoing process.”
Grimthorpe added that Frankel had brought a whole novel generation of people as well as a wider audience to the sport. “He’s the ultimate equine athlete. He’s been of import because he has brought the sport from the dorsum pages of the papers to the front end pages. Hopefully a novel generation of involvement he has spawned volition live on a fantastic legacy,” he said.
“Prince Khalid has said that he has run his finally race as well as I intend that’s the right determination inwards every way. He was a champion at two, 3 as well as 4 as well as if y'all haven’t made your hear upwards nearly him instantly as well as thence y'all never will.”
Abdulla is an honorary fellow member of the British Jockey Club as well as his fille was married to the slow Prince Fahd Salman, possessor of 1991 Derby victor Generous. His notable horses direct maintain included the swell Dancing Brave, narrowly beaten inwards the 1986 Derby but successful inwards the 2000 Guineas, Eclipse, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes as well as Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Rainbow Quest, Warning, Danehill, Reams Of Verse, Rail Link, Zafonic, Oasis Dream, Chester House, Observatory, Xaar, All At Sea, Commander In Chief, Sanglamore, Ryafan, Exbourne, Marquetry, Raintrap, Lord's Day Shack, Aptitude, Senure, Tates Creek, Cacique, Ventura as well as Proviso. Abdulla has over 300 broodmares as well as a similar expose of horses inwards training. Lord Grimthorpe is his racing managing director inwards Europe as well as Dr John Chandler oversees his the States interests. He has won 10 Eclipse Awards inwards America equally good equally enough of Cartier Racing Awards inwards Europe including the Award of Merit inwards 2002.
Of the QIPCO Champion Stakes, senior BHA handicapper Phil Smith said that while Frankel did non annihilate his rivals, his functioning was that of a Equus caballus who consistently runs to a real high mark.
He could non state Frankel’s finally rating volition live on the highest of all fourth dimension – the figure volition live on decided at a conference afterwards this twelvemonth – but inwards damage of stellar performances Smith said he had never known a Equus caballus who could attain top-class marks every fourth dimension he ran.
“He’s won nine Group One races, is the showtime Equus caballus to hit 2 140 performances – inwards the Queen Anne Stakes as well as Juddmonte International at 2 different distances – as well as his consistency is the chemical constituent that handicappers dearest to see.
“He has been metronomic, giving functioning of 130-plus over as well as over again. The weather condition were non helpful today but he has position upwards some other 130-plus effort. The basis concerned us all, as well as I intend dorsum to swell horses of yesteryear, Brigadier Gerard beingness the obvious one, who were all out to win on this type of basis against significantly inferior horses. Frankel sure wasn’t running against significantly inferior horses today – they were some of the best he has faced as well as yet he soundless went yesteryear them looking similar a champion.
“Five years ago, inwards 2007, at that topographic point was non a unmarried 130-plus functioning inwards the world, yet this Equus caballus does it fourth dimension as well as again. Last twelvemonth at that topographic point were 2 horses inwards the basis rated 130-plus, namely Frankel as well as Black Caviar, as well as Frankel has done it over again this year. I’ve never seen a Equus caballus who is thence consistent. He never throws inwards a below-par performance.
“His finally rating is non purely a BHA decision, but an international handicappers’ decision, which volition live on discussed at the halt of the twelvemonth inwards Hong Kong alongside twenty handicappers. After today his 140-rating won’t change, all the same it could become up, it could conceivably become downwardly at that conference, although that is unlikely.”
The World Thoroughbred Rankings for 2011 handed Frankel a rating of 136, 4lb clear of the outstanding Australian sprinter Black Caviar, making him officially the best Equus caballus inwards the world. He was Cartier Horse Of The Year as well as Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt inwards 2011.
Statistics provided yesteryear TurfTRax present Frankel’s overstep speed inwards the race was 37.5mph as well as the fastest unmarried furlong he ran was from the 3f to 2f mark – he covered that distance inwards 12 seconds dead.
Frankel, who won at odds of 2/11, has been sent off favourite every fourth dimension he has been to the racecourse.
The exclusively fourth dimension he was sent off odds against was when he vanquish Nathaniel on his debut at odds of 7/4 at Newmarket inwards August 2010, but bookmakers direct maintain been surprisingly thankful for his resounding contribution to racing.
Paddy Power said: “Frankel has toll us nearly £5 i chiliad one thousand over the class of his career which averages out at approximately £360,000 per run.
“But it’s been coin real good spent equally he has increased the profile of the Sport of Kings immeasurably as well as hopefully attracted many novel fans to our amazing game.”
David Williams of Ladbrokes said: “We roared him habitation with all the punters. It scarcely matters a jot that he’s emptied our satchels i time again.
“He’s the best thing we’ve had to promote our sport to a whole novel audience as well as we’re thence grateful for that. Frankel volition live on remembered fondly yesteryear the bookies.”
A sell-out crowd of 32,348 was at Ascot to scout the race, compared with 26,749 finally year.
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