The trainer and the racehorse

It was so moving. Tears here as well.

What a great pair they made.

very sad

Very sad, but what a wonderful horse! I love the way that the really good ones always know they're something special. I wonder if any of his foals will turn out to be as good?

I missed the very beginning as I was babysitting but will catch it on catchup. I had a problem with Frankel as he came soon after my beloved Sea the Stars and I couldn't see what all the fuss was about at the time. I also wasn't Henry Cecils greatest fan either. But when we were at Newmarket last year the guy who drove us round the gallops stopped outside Warren Place and said that, when Sir Henry was alive, if he'd've seen us parked outside he would have shouted to us to come in and look at his roses [whereas a lot of the stables were like Fort Knox]. Towards the end of Frankels career it really got to me, seeing how ill Henry looked and, possibly for that reason I didn't enjoy watching Frankels races. When we were at Newmarket, the people in the next room left me a copy of the brochure from the Stud as they'd been to see Frankel that day; we later spoke to a lady breeder from Germany who'd also been to see him...the stud do regular 'open days' to see him. Frankel had quite a few relatives running at the same time..his brother, Bullet Train often used to be his pacemaker..his sister, Joyeuse is possibly still in training [or may have gone to the paddocks].Noble Mission, Frankels 'hoodie' brother [Sir Henry ran a lot of his horses in hoods, something that has really caught on over here] was a late developer but won for Lady Jane last year on what was a very emotional day for everyone. I must watch the beginning and, yes, I was in tears at the end.

frankel.juddmonte.com/.../welcome-to-the-frankel-news-page.aspx

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frankel.juddmonte.com/news/2013/welcome-to-the-frankel-news-page.aspx

Try this one.

Managed to watch the beginning. A lot of stuff about Godolphin missed out and have just heard that Warren Place is probably going to be sold and the likely purchaser will be Sheikh Mohammed who was quite instrumental in the downturn in Henrys training career . I wish his rose garden could become a memorial to Sir Henry and that the public could go there. Godolphin turn their training establishments into fortresses.