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FRANKEL HEADS ROYAL ASCOT TUESDAY

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ROYAL ASCOT WEEK STARTS TUESDAY AT 9:30 AM EDT

  • 5 GLORIOUS DAY OF RACING TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
  • AUSTRALIA’S ‘BLACK CAVIAR’-21 FOR 21 FAVORED IN the DIAMOND JUBLIEE STAKES SATURDAY
  • ‘FRANKEL’ goes for 11th straight victory in
    Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes
  • POST TIME 9:30am EDT TUES. thru SATURDAY
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10 RACES THOROUGHBREDS AND QUARTER HORSES WED. AT LES
BOIS PARK

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ROYAL ASCOT NEWS Courtesy of “The Telegraph”

Boiled down, Royal Ascot is five days, 30 races, featuring tests for all ages of horse, and at distances ranging from five furlongs to two and three quarter miles. I see it as Britain’s answer to the Breeders’ Cup in its prime, but spread over five days and with the Queen thrown in for good measure.

Of course, those who follow racing closely know that Her Majesty is never to be regarded as a mere symbolic Royal bonus. She is a genuine racing fan, who never misses a day of the Royal meeting if she can help it.

This year she has a live candidate for success in Carlton House, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, who could easily provide a fitting Diamond Jubilee success.

The colt was unable to justify favouritism in the 2011 Derby at Epsom, even though he was willed on up the home straight by the hopes of a nation, but finished a gallant third.

After a promising reappearance when he landed the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in May, his able trainer will have him cherry ripe for Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes and a Royal victory will be greeted with the biggest cheer of the week. Racing, and racehorses in particular, offer the Queen personal enjoyment and success here would surely have special resonance.

But for the real aficionados, it will be left to Frankel and Black Caviar to provide the ultimate performances. Both are unbeaten, each in a discipline in which their outstanding qualities enable them to totally dominate, yet there will be a frisson of excitement when they line up – Frankel opens proceedings on Tuesday and Black Caviar will run on Saturday. Never mind the odds of 1-6 and 1-3 respectively, enough can go wrong in any race even for long-serving trainers to have their concerns.

 

Royal Ascot 2012: why Australian champion Black Caviar is
a genuine wonder horse

For most of the past 12 months, horse racing fans have been collectively holding their breath, hoping that the great Australian mare Black Caviar would make the journey halfway across the world for Royal Ascot.

 

For some, it had become an obsession; eight days ago it became reality. The champion landed in Britain and is safely ensconced at Newmarket, surrounded by security guards and an entourage befitting a true star.

But what is all the fuss really about? Another brilliant racehorse? Have we not had all that before?

Only three years ago, these
columns were filled with tales of an Irish-trained colt named Sea The Stars,
who won six Group One races in a row as a three-year-old, including the Derby
and the Arc, and retired to stud with a value of more than £60million.

This year, a freakish colt called Frankel remains unbeaten and is regarded by many as the best in decades. Against that backdrop, what is so special about Black Caviar that she has been making headlines nearly every day
since her arrival?