What Next? Life After Frankel
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| Frankel |
Frankel’s confirmed retirement from racing marks the end of
an era. Although it is sad to see him go, we are now on the lookout for the
next ‘Frankel’ another horse that will capture the heart of racing fans around
the world.
This year’s 3 year olds held some promise. The leading
contender of course was Camelot. Personally I was not a fan, but I could see
the horse had class and was special, nowhere in the league of Frankel though.
Unbeaten in his 2 races as a 2 year old, his 3 year old campaign started well
winning the 2000 Guineas, then The Derby, followed by the Irish Derby in conditions
that clearly didn’t like, he still showed his class and slogged it out at the
finish.
Camelot became favourite to win the St. Leger and complete
the Triple Crown, which hadn’t been achieved since Nijinsky in 1970. It wasn’t
to be. People criticised Joseph O’Brien for his ride in the race, but at the
end of the day, it was just too far. Pure and Simple, no blame can be placed at
the jockey’s door. He has since been beaten in the Arc but once again, we knew
Camelot didn’t like Heavy going, and in a field where all the horses have showed
just as much class as he, he was never going to win, but he was a gallant 7th.
Although a horse you cannot place in a league with Frankel, he certainly tried.
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| Camelot |
My eyes fall on the 2 year olds coming up. One in particular
has shown that maybe he could already be on course to take Frankel’s place. His
Sire is New Approach who himself was a Derby winner out of Galileo, just like
Frankel. Trained by Jim Bolger in Coolcullen, Ireland this horse has won 6
races as a 2 year old, two of which are Group 1’s, and is currently favourite
for the 2000 Guineas and The Derby. If there is any horse that can become a
champion this horse is half way there. The horse goes by the name of Dawn
Approach.
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| Dawn Approach |
Although I think Dawn Approach is something very special,
there are a few horses that could interfere with his plans. The first is a
horse trained by Aiden O’Brien that goes by the name of Mars; although he has
only had one race and won it well, he is another horse by Galileo, and his Dam
was by Danehill, who also sired Frankel’s Dam. So there are connections there.
And I understand the yard think he could be good. And year after year this yard
produces horses of such high calibre as Yeats, Fame And Glory, Giants Causeway,
Istabraq, Rock Of Gibralter, High Chaparral and Galileo himself.
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| Mars - who looks similar to Dawn Approach |
The next horse is Reckless Abandon who is 5 races unbeaten;
of those races one was a Group 1 and the two were Group 2 races, Reckless
Abandon is slightly different in that I think a mile is the furthest this horse
will go, but that will not take anything away from the possibility he can
become a champion or not. Frankel never went further than 1m 2f. Another
unbeaten colt is Toronado who has potential, but I am not sure if he is as good
as Dawn Approach, only time will tell
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| Reckless Abandon |
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| Toronado |
Onto the fillies now, and there are some very interesting
fillies out there. The first in line has to be Certify, who has proven herself
versatile on ground. She is another horse who I cannot see going over a mile,
but she is unbeaten in 4 races now.
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| Certify |
Rosdhu Queen looks a very interesting filly, and I wasn’t
sure of her to start with, but she has answered every question asked of her.
Unbeaten in 4 races, which include a Group 1 and Group 2, it was her last race
in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes that she made a very good impression, and
it is obvious that there is more to come from here
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| Rosdhu Queen |
Just The Judge is probably the last of the fillies, 3 runs
unbeaten including the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes; she will be one to keep an eye
on too.
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| Just The Judge |
All in all, next year looks to be very exciting; out of all
of those I think Dawn Approach is the horse that could make a very big
impression. Is he as good as Frankel? Time will tell. We might have to wait 40
years before one comes along, a horse
that special is only ever really seen once in a lifetime, so it is me being
hopeful that there could be another who comes along right after him. There
certainly is the potential in the current crop of 2 year olds.
With stallions such as Galileo along with his son New Approach
and now his most famous son Frankel, they could produce another champion along
the road, and maybe our wait will not be a long one after all
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