One thing that should concern anyone thinking of backing Frankel for next yrs guineas is the amount of top class 2yrs that Cecil has trained over the yrs and to my mind only Reference Point and Bosra Sham where the only 2 that seemed to train on. We’ve seen it before with horses like Arazi,Celtic Swing even Johannesburg all expectational 2yr olds who in all there races put up outstanding performances Yet 7 months down the line they didn’t make as much improvement so there dominance was no longer there.
You forgot Roussalka, Wollow, Kris, Oh So Sharp, Diminuendo, Chimes of Freedom, Rafha, Kings Theatre and Reams of Verse.
All Group winners at 2 went on to win G1 or what are now G1 at 3. Not to mention many others that won in similar grade at 3. Admittedly HRAC has had a few that didn’t reproduce G1 form at 3. He’s had 12 G1 winning 2 year olds that failed to win at highest level a 3. Four of them won at G2 Approval, Hello Gorgeous, Tenby and Lanfranco. 3 others won at G3 Armiger, Cajun and Passage of Time and 3 retired early due to injury Diesis, Be My Chief and Take Your Place, that leaves Peter Davies who was hopeless and Dunbeath who placed in a couple of good races before being retired.