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He coped with "bad conditions". Normally one is referring to the "going" it was good to soft; are you referring to the bumping at the start? Glor na Mara was the other horse bumped and he ran like Frankel to be third. The rest did not have to cope with anything like "bad conditions"that I could see.
Frankel won because he coped with bad conditions better than the others. Simples! That’s why he succeeded. Let’s face it … the going was shite and horses were bound to get tired in it!
Frankels best performances have been at a mile. Should he improve come the 2011 flat season, I reckon he’ll lay waste to all in the 2000 Guineas.
the going wasn’t that bad – it looked bad but the race time doesn’t suggest desperate ground by any means – we suffer the watered ground syndrome – it flies off very easily when moist – overwatering has trashed most courses – its like layers of carpet sat on top.
Frankel was one of the very few to finish a race from off the pace as well.
His best performance was here, not at a mile, both are enough to win any guineas from the last 10 years though
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