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Old 10-20-2012, 10:14 AM
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Default Frankel !!!

TIME FORM RATING OF 192..THE BEST HORSE TO EVER GROW FEET..
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Old 10-20-2012, 10:17 AM
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TIME FORM RATING OF 192..THE BEST HORSE TO EVER GROW FEET..
Cheers to Frankel!!!!
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Old 10-20-2012, 10:22 AM
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yes congrats..great run..again
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Old 10-20-2012, 10:31 AM
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He's got to be on the short list now. Incredible horse. I watched the Queen Elizabeth before the Champion Stakes and watching the way Excelebration dominated gave me even more appreciation for just how good Frankel is. He's a truly great horse.
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Old 10-20-2012, 10:36 AM
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Talking Not Close To The Best Ever

Zennyatta,Secreteriat,Dr.Fagar,Citation,John Henry,Cigar,Lifes Magic,Many others ran on all types of tracks against better horses
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Old 10-20-2012, 11:02 AM
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Old 10-20-2012, 11:20 AM
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Zennyatta,Secreteriat,Dr.Fagar,Citation,John Henry,Cigar,Lifes Magic,Many others ran on all types of tracks against better horses
You had me at Zenyatta. Thanks for throwing in Life's Magic for me. Helped confirm to me that this was a joke post. Good one.
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Old 10-20-2012, 12:12 PM
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Just tryin to stirr the pot and not smoke it!
King and all forgot more than I'll ever know about the sport I love!
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Old 10-20-2012, 12:53 PM
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Frankel wouldnt even beat Hawk Wing
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Old 10-20-2012, 01:48 PM
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Frankel wouldnt even beat Hawk Wing
Yes he would.
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Old 10-20-2012, 01:51 PM
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Just tryin to stirr the pot and not smoke it!
King and all forgot more than I'll ever know about the sport I love!
I have a hard time believing that you did not smoke it.
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Old 10-20-2012, 03:02 PM
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Old 10-20-2012, 04:19 PM
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Thanks Steve for the great pick. A truly great horse!!!!
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Old 10-20-2012, 04:20 PM
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Old 10-20-2012, 04:40 PM
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Wouldn't it be awesome if they tried something grand and tested his limits?

A 2013 campaign with starts in the Dubai World Cup on synthetic and Breeders Cup Classic on dirt.

Something that could truly stamp him as the horse of the world (like John Hertz tried to do with Reigh Count)

He's clearly established as one of the greatest turf performers of all-time and he has a couple of the great turf performances of all-time.

It's the kind of thing you would do if you had him on a video game. Shame, there are no real good horse racing video games.

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Is it really so hard to make a decent horse racing video game? The NTRA tried one time ... it was legendary how bad that game was.

Now, the NTRA just save their video game efforts into annually making a joke like I'll Have Another beating Spectacular Bid and Zenyatta beating Citation and Affirmed.
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Old 10-20-2012, 04:50 PM
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I love it.

Spectacular name. Spectacular career. Spectacular race. Spectacular photo (thanks, Mr. Byk). The stuff of legends.
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Old 10-20-2012, 07:14 PM
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Fantastic Frankel. How lucky we are to have seen this horse race.

His final Timeform for today's race was a provisional of 139, 8lbs below his best.

Timeform gave Excelebration a provisional 135 (2 lb improvement over his lifetime best) for his dominating performance winning the QEII Stakes earlier (which was another awesome race).
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Old 10-20-2012, 08:28 PM
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Would have been better to see him race over here like Excelebration will do....
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Old 10-20-2012, 08:37 PM
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All I know is that it was a great race to watch - and as a fan - it was fantastic!
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