Re: Would Frankel Have Won The Derby?

Yep he’d have won on sheer class. Ability wise he had so much in hand he’d have won comfortably.

He reminds me a little bit of El Gran Senor who came so close to winning on class alone in 1984, only Frankel had even more class.

If there was a direct link between class and stamina, every dominant 2000 Guineas winner would go on to win the Derby. Frankel never did anything that suggested anything other than a mile was his best trip, and in the race that tested his stamina most he looked ordinary by his own imperious standards.

I suspect that if Henry Cecil sat down and told Khalid Abdullah that they were going to take Frankel to Epsom because he thought "sheer class will get him through it" then he would no longer be the trainer by Monday morning of the next week.

Please give Sir Henry a little bit of credit for knowing what was best for the horse. This carry on about hosing the race makes as much sense as Big Mac giving Twiggy tips on weight loss.