Frankel could step up in trip

FRANKEL could step up in trip to 10 furlongs on the inaugural Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot in October after connections described a crack at York’s Juddmonte International as “probably unlikely”.

Henry Cecil’s brilliant three-year-old is gearing up for a mouthwatering clash with Canford Cliffs, generally regarded as the best older miler in training, in the Sussex Stakes at the upcoming Glorious Goodwood meeting.

While Frankel’s owner Khalid Abdullah would dearly love to win the York race he sponsors through his Juddmonte breeding operation, his racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe believes Ascot could provide a better option to whether the colt stays at a mile or moves up in distance.