Frankel has been named Cartier Horse Of The Year for the second time at an awards ceremony in London.

Frankel was at his majestic best as he made it a perfect 14 victories in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

As Frankel faces his final race, Brian Viner talks to his trainer, Sir Henry Cecil, and others who know the world's greatest racehorse best.

Pat Smullen re-established a narrow lead (73-72) over Joseph O’Brien in the battle for the Jockeys Championship when completing a double for Dermot Weld on juveniles Bracing Breeze and Mouteab in Dundalk yesterday.

Connections of Frankel have confirmed the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in October as the intended next target for the world’s highest rated racehorse.

Connections of Frankel have confirmed the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in October as the intended next target for the world’s highest rated racehorse.

Frankel demolished perhaps the final obstacle blocking his completion as the blueprint of the perfect thoroughbred racehorse in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York yesterday.

John Gosden’s formidable hand for next month’s Ladbrokes St Leger gained further strength as Thought Worthy confirmed himself a major player with victory in the Neptune Investment Management Great Voltigeur Stakes at York yesterday.

Famous Name will have to beat no less a rival than Born To Sea when he aims to secure his first Group Two win in tomorrow’s Keeneland Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh.

Frankel will attract rather more attention the next time he appears than in this frenetic fortnight of sporting drama, but maintained his standing as the undisputed champion of his own discipline in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Frankel’s younger brother Noble Mission and the admirable mare Chachamaidee combined to give Henry Cecil a Group-race double on the opening afternoon of Glorious Goodwood.

Frankel has long ceased to be a lucrative betting option but very few will be hoping for anything other than another impressive victory for the world’s top racehorse as he lines up in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Royal Ascot opened with what may very well be the meeting’s defining moment as Frankel managed what many felt was his most impressive performance to date in the Queen Anne Stakes.

Dominic Gardiner-Hill believes Frankel is capable of taking his rating to even more astonishing levels after the British Horseracing Authority’s handicapper allotted the colt a mark of 138 for his victory in Saturday’s JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

Take a chance on Exhortation to make it third-time-lucky for Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen in the Irish Stallion Farms Maiden in Dundalk tonight.

A decision on a successor to Richard Hills as retained jockey to owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum is expected to be made soon.

WORKFORCE satisfied connections as he continued his Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe build-up with a workout at Sandown.

Frankel remains in fine health at Henry Cecil's stable ahead of his final run of the season in next month's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot.

IN-FORM John Oxx registered his fourth stakes winner in as many days when Manieree captured the Group 2 thetote.com Blandford Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

HENRY CECIL will give Midday the chance to gain revenge on stablemate Twice Over in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 15.

Prince Khalid Abdullah found the most spectacular way to end a wait to win a race he has sponsored for more than 20 years as Twice Over beat his own Midday in a gripping conclusion to the Juddmonte International Stakes at York.

HENRY Cecil declared Frankel to be the greatest horse he had ever set eyes upon after his colt turned the much-publicised clash with Canford Cliffs into an almost hopeless mis-match in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood yesterday.

Henry Cecil declared Frankel to be the greatest horse he had ever set eyes upon after his colt turned the much-publicised clash with Canford Cliffs into an almost hopeless mis-match in the Qipco Sussex Stakes at Goodwood today.

THE stage is set for the highly-anticipated clash between Frankel and Canford Cliffs after both names featured among four declarations for tomorrow’s Qipco Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

FAMOUS Name, which struggled in Group 1 company last time, bounced back to winning form when coasting to an easy six lengths victory over Jan Vermeer in the featured Group 3 Irish Daily Mail International at the Curragh last night.

ANYTHING less than a perfect replica of the 2000 Guineas was always going to be a disappointment for Frankel fans, but connections issued no cause for alarm as he took his unbeaten record to seven in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Anything less than a perfect replica of the 2000 Guineas was always going to be a disappointment for Frankel fans, but connections issued no cause for alarm as the sport’s shining star took his unbeaten record to seven in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Carlton House kept alive The Queen's hopes of winning the Investec Derby with a battling success in the totesport Dante Stakes at York this afternoon.

TEDDY Grimthorpe has no intention of looking beyond Royal Ascot for superstar colt Frankel.

Teddy Grimthorpe has no intention of looking beyond Royal Ascot for superstar colt Frankel.

THE Aidan O’Brien-trained Recital is a best-priced 7/1 shot for the Investec Derby at Epsom following a less than convincing victory over stable companions Memphis Tennessee and Regent Street in the Group 2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown yesterday.

HENRY CECIL has confirmed Frankel’s next race will be either the Investec Derby at Epsom or Royal Ascot’s St James’s Palace Stakes.

Henry Cecil has confirmed Frankel’s next race will be either the Investec Derby at Epsom or Royal Ascot’s St James’s Palace Stakes.

A not fully-fit Frankel was still far too good for the opposition as Henry Cecil's budding superstar made a more than satisfactory start to his season in the totesport.com Greenham Stakes at Newbury today.

THE BHA have confirmed that no action will be taken against Nicky Henderson following the trainer’s revelation that he’d placed a bet on himself saddling no winners at Cheltenham.

TOM QUEALLY reports Dubai World Cup favourite Twice Over to have made progress since his winning appearance at Meydan on March 3.

Tom Queally reports Dubai World Cup favourite Twice Over to have made progress since his winning appearance at Meydan on March 3.

WORKFORCE will stay in training as a four-year-old after missing the Breeders’ Cup Turf.

Workforce has been given the go-ahead to run in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Churchill Downs in November – as long as conditions are suitable.

A DECISION on whether Workforce runs in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Churchill Downs in two weeks’ time is expected at the weekend.

Dermot Weld’s Emulous continued her excellent run of form with victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Garnet Stakes at Naas.

TOM QUEALLY is hoping the dream continues when he takes the mount on Frankel in the eagerly-awaited clash with Dream Ahead and Saamidd in the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket today.

Tom Queally believes the bookmakers have underestimated the prospects of Twice Over turning the tables on Rip Van Winkle at Leopardstown today.

YORKSHIRE Oaks heroine Midday is on course to bid for further Group One honours in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on Sunday week.