Unbeaten Frankel cruises to Ascot success

The Champion Stakes signs off the flat racing season in the United Kingdom with the ultimate test of horse and jockey in the contest at Ascot Racecourse. The race has a prestigious history dating back to 1877 when Springfield became the first horse to triumph. The Champions Stakes is part of the Champions Series that takes place annually in October…

The Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, the opening race of Royal Ascot, features some of the best milers in Europe. Open to four-year-olds and above, it dates back to 1840. A total of 12 runners has been declared to run in this year's renewal, including Lockinge Stakes winner Modern Games, three-times Group 1 winning filly Inspiral, and last season's Irish…

The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes has produced any number of top-class winners over the years, but the 2011 renewal, at the inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot, was won by a horse like no other in Frankel, who put up another scintillating performance to extend his winning sequence to nine on his final three-year-old start. The eight-strong field…

The four-year-old, who is unbeaten in a ten-race career, will retire to stud after he contests the £1.3 million race over 1m2f, ten years after Frankel bowed out with victory in the 2012 QIPCO Champion Stakes with a record of 14 wins out of 14. After today's scratching stage for the QIPCO Champion Stakes, the Shadwell Estate Company-owned Baaeed is…

Out now are the latest Longines World Best Racehorse Rankings with Aussies Nature Strip and James McDonald topping their listings, and US star Flightline the new World Champion. In scoring a run-away 19¼ length victory in the TVG Pacific Classic Stakes to defeat the Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer his was awarded a 139 WTR Ranking, up from…

The Juddmonte International Stakes has helped cement the reputation of many great champions and next week the unbeaten Baaeed will be the headline act as he seeks to keep his flawless record intact. The four-year-old colt will be stepping up to a mile-and-a-quarter for the first time after successive wins in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Lockinge,…

It was a thrilling first day at Royal Ascot which saw Australia's Nature Champ in the King's Stand Stakes, while Coroebus lived up to his billing as the pre-race favourite in the St James' Palace Stakes. Day one has certainly produced the goods, and here is what happened in Berkshire. 2.30 - Queen Anne Stakes The phenomenal Baaeed maintained his…

Australian sprinter Nature Strip surged clear to take the King's Stand Stakes from Twilight Calls after American rival Golden Pal was slowly away. "He's an absolute freak of a horse," said winning jockey James McDonald. Baaeed extended his unbeaten run to eight in the Queen Anne Stakes, while 2000 Guineas winner Coroebus landed the St James's…

Presenter Mike Cattermole gives his verdict on every contender for Royal Ascot's curtain-raiser on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports Racing at 2.30pm. This will be the 15th year that the Queen Anne Stakes has opened the five-day Royal meeting. I don't think there is a racing fan out there who would want it any other way. It is a fabulous race, with a…

Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle discusses her four rides on the opening day of Royal Ascot 2022 on Tuesday, including leading Coventry Stakes contender Bradsell. I have ridden Archie Watson's exciting juvenile Bradsell in all his work and there's no doubt he deserves to take his chance in the Coventry Stakes (3.05) on the opening day of…

Royal Ascot is fast approaching with the highlight of the flat racing season in Britain taking place on Tuesday, June 14 to Saturday, June 18. Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, England, hosts Royal Ascot every year, and this year promises to be even more exciting with 35 races over five days of top-class action. This major social and fashion event…

2022-05-19Top five Lockinge Stakes winners of the 21st Century including Frankel, Ribchester and more The Lockinge, a wonderful spectacle at just about the fairest track in the land, Newbury. Who couldn't love a race down that has delivered some of the greats of the past couple of decades, and perhaps the greatest of them all. The race was…

Poetic Flare, under jockey Kevin Manning, was four and a half lengths clear of runner-up Lucky Vega, with Battleground in third. Now the 7-2 winner may head for a'Duel on the Downs' next month with Palace Pier in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Palace Pier, ridden by Frankie Dettori, earlier won the Queen Anne Stakes. Hollie Doyle, who last year…

THERE was a reminder this week of why we should all make the most of every day as we remembered Sir Henry Cecil on the seventh anniversary of his passing. And, with Royal Ascot just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to go down memory lane with some of the legendary trainer's great moments at the meeting. We must start with the horse…

World famous Ascot Festival began Tuesday Toronado wins Queen Anne Stakes The Wow Signal won the Coventry Stakes Kingman wins St James's Palace Stakes The biggest sporting event on the globe may be taking place in Brazil at the World Cup, but try telling that to Royal Ascot. The Royal Meeting kicked off today in typically grandiose style, amid a…

Sorrow enveloped Warren Place stables in Newmarket on Tuesday after Sir Henry Cecil finally lost his long battle with cancer at the age of 70. But it was matched by a determination from his staff to deliver a winning tribute to their beloved boss at next week's Royal Ascot. They were told that Cecil had died at a private Cambridge hospital after…

ll eyes will be on Ascot tomorrow as the world's best horse Frankel bids to end his incredible career with a 14th straight win. Michael Cooper sends him on his way with 14 facts about his career. lengths is the incredible aggregate distance by which Frankel has won his 13 races. That equates to roughly 600ft or 12 double-decker buses. So, it really…

The world's top-rated racehorse, trained by Sir Henry Cecil, beat Cirrus Des Aigles by a length-and-three-quarters in his final race before being retired to stud. The four-year-old colt lost ground at the start and was slowly out of the stalls under Tom Queally. In the softest ground he has encountered, the 2-11 favourite - considered one of the…

Unbeaten Frankel wins Queen Anne Stakes in opening race of Royal Ascot meeting Henry Cenci's colt wins for the 11th time in succession Frankel starts the race as hot favorite at odds of 1-10 Reasserts claims to be recognized as greatest racehorse of all time Frankel first, the rest nowhere. Astonishing Frankel won the Queen Anne Stakes, the opening…

Frankel has been hailed not just as the best horse in the world but possibly the best ever after his devastating 11-length win in the Queen Anne Stakes. The respected Timeform organisation, which has been rating racehorses for more than 60 years, reacted to the greatest performance in living memory at the royal meeting by crowing Frankel as…

Her own racecourse will be patriotically decked out with four miles of bunting, but the biggest compliment Royal Ascot could ever pay to its treasured patron in Diamond Jubilee year is the unrivalled quality of the equine cast this week. The Queen may have conjured up her dutiful smile when Grace Jones and Wil.I.am received dubious call-ups for the…

Ever since Choisir came and conquered at Royal Ascot in 2003, the Australian invasion has since maintained its strength, and at the 2012 Royal Meeting, it may sending over the greatest sprinters ever known "Down Under" and possibly even the world. The 21-race unbeaten Black Caviar arrives on British shores this week ahead of her Royal engagement,…

Undefeated Frankel confirms his place in racing history at Royal Ascot, interrupting the pageantry and fashion with a seventh successive victory. Keme Nzerem reports from the race. The horse-racing world had been eagerly anticipating a seventh straight victory for Frankel at Ascot - and he confirmed expectations, winning the St James's Palace…