dont you think it would be fitting

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

id like to see him run here live..

I'd like to see him run against something alive

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I'd like to see him run against something alive

Handicaps would help.

Like you mention, today was a Group 1 race where he faced three other horses and one of the three was his hapless rabbit in to set the pace for him -- and the other was 5th and 20th in his only two prior starts in Graded Stakes.

If this was the 1930's -- he'd have given those two horses 60lbs each. But, it was weight-for-age, so he gave them nothing.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Handicaps would help.

Like you mention, today was a Group 1 race where he faced three other horses and one of the three was his hapless rabbit in to set the pace for him -- and the other was 5th and 20th in his only two prior starts in Graded Stakes.

If this was the 1930's -- he'd have given those two horses 60lbs each. But, it was weight-for-age, so he gave them nothing.

It was a 400k+ race too. You'd think that some guy with a middling handicapper would take a shot to try to get a piece of the purse behind him.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

to have frankle run in the states sence the person hes named after was a trainer in the usa?

... like how Aragorn shoud have been entered at Mordor?

(You might wanna spell his name right, by the way).

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

today was a Group 1 race where he faced three other horses and one of the three was his hapless rabbit

It's too bad he's wasted though... he looked alright in his first few starts.

While I'm very happy not to have seen Excelebration in that race I do hope to hell that he's the one to beat Frankel when the times comes.