Frankel Frankel Frankel

www.britishchampionsseries.com/races/oct...abeth-ii-stakes.html

ok so I won tickets to Ascot on Saturday for the Qipco Champion Series...lucky me!! (text competition London's weekly circular magazine Sport).

other than excited to see Frankel again, who should I be watching?

Frankel will have a race on his hands,im expecting excelebration to go close.Any other year Excelebration would be a champion

snow fairy?

Think a lit of the runners might be gone,could be some nice priced winners

I see timeform is out with the adjusted weights and put Frankel in at 152

Wow, it's almost impossible to believe that a horse can be so good. 152 for a miler must be the highest we haver ever seen?

Jack wait until Barry complains to timeform that he has a better miler (

The opposition to Frankel, the hot favourite, in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot's Champions Day on Saturday started to take shape on Monday as a total of 10 possible runners were left in the £1m race at the five-day stage.

Henry Cecil's miler is unbeaten in eight starts to date, and well clear of his field on the official ratings, which suggest that Excelebration, who took the Group One Prix du Moulin last month, and Immortal Verse, who beat Goldikova in the Prix Jacques le Marois last time out, are his most significant opponents.

"We're aware of the difficulty of the task, but that's racing," Marco Botti, Excelebration's trainer, said. "In another era without Frankel he could be the best miler in Europe, but it's nice to have a chance to run against a horse who's considered to be the best in the world."

Entries for the QEII also include Bullet Train, Frankel's half-brother and his normal lead horse on the gallops.

There are 17 remaining entries for the Qipco Champion Stakes, which will be the richest race ever staged in Britain with a value of £1.3m. Possible runners include So You Think, fourth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe earlier this month, and Henry Cecil's multiple Group One winners Twice Over and Midday.

Cecil's attempt to eat into Richard Hannon's big lead in the trainers' championship on Saturday could also be aided by Vita Nova, who is now expected to line up for the Champions Fillies' & Mares' Stakes, having been a doubtful runner for the last fortnight. A definite absentee on Saturday, though, is Hoof It, co-owned by the golfer Lee Westwood and his agent Chubby Chandler, who was not declared for the Sprint event after suffering from a foot problem.

So You Think is no 7/4 shot for the Champion Stakes

Immortal Verse? any comments?

Got to respect any horse that beat a 14 time group 1 winner...

ok so how about Snow Fairy, Nathaniel and Twice Over?