Frankel in a world of his own

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.

The decision to raise him 2lb from last season’s 136 makes Frankel officially the highest-rated horse in the world for 25 years.

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s unbeaten and 10-time winner can only be trumped by the same owner’s Dancing Brave (141 in 1986), although the World Thoroughbred Rankings scale has been lowered slightly since that time.