No Irish Champion date for Frankel

Henry Cecil feels the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes does not fit into Frankel’s schedule after taking the world-beating colt out of the Leopardstown Group One.

No Irish Champion date for Frankel
Fri, 25 May, 2012 - 01:00
Tom Peacock

The four-year-old son of Galileo stretched his unbeaten record to 10 races with a devastating performance in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

Frankel will not, however, take up an assignment in Ireland on September 8, for which stablemate Twice Over is still one of 50 entries.

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CourtsRacingPlace: NewburyPlace: IrelandPlace: GoodwoodPlace: JuddmontePlace: YorkPlace: HaydockPlace: DubaiPlace: CurraghPlace: PontefractPlace: KemptonPlace: NewmarketPerson: Frankel HENRY CecilPerson: FrankelPerson: GalileoPerson: CecilPerson: Sole PowerPerson: Paul HanaganPerson: Eddie LynamPerson: Roger CharltonPerson: Robert CowellPerson: Jim CrowleyPerson: Monsieur JoePerson: ElusivityPerson: MasamahPerson: Medicean ManPerson: Swiss DreamPerson: Kevin RyanPerson: Richard HannonPerson: Marco BottiPerson: Joseph O’BrienEvent: Red Mills Irish Champion StakesEvent: JLT Lockinge StakesEvent: Sussex StakesEvent: Temple StakesEvent: Nunthorpe StakesEvent: Prix de L’AbbayeEvent: TRI Equestrian StakesEvent: Snowdrop StakesEvent: Dahlia StakesOrganisation: Quartz
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