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Frankel (foaled 11 February 2008) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Frankel was unbeaten in his fourteen-race career and was the highest-rated racehorse in the world from May 2011.〔 Retrieved 17 October 2011〕 In 2010 he defeated a field including Nathaniel and Colour Vision on his debut before winning the Royal Lodge Stakes by ten lengths and the Dewhurst Stakes in which he defeated the Middle Park Stakes winner Dream Ahead. As a three-year-old, he won the Classic 2000 Guineas by six lengths, defeated the outstanding older miler Canford Cliffs in the much-anticipated Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Frankel extended his unbeaten record in 2012 by winning the Lockinge Stakes, the Queen Anne Stakes and the Sussex Stakes for a second time. In August he was moved up to a mile and a quarter for the first time and won the International Stakes at York. In October he won the Champion Stakes at Ascot, again over a mile and a quarter, following which his retirement from racing was announced. After his win in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October 2011, Frankel was given a rating of 143 by Timeform, the highest mark awarded by the organisation in over forty years and their fourth highest of all time behind Sea Bird, Brigadier Gerard and Tudor Minstrel.〔(Timeform Increase Frankel Rating ) Retrieved 17 October 2011〕 In June 2012, following his win in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, Timeform raised its provisional rating to 147, making him the highest-rated horse in the organisation's history.〔 In January 2013 Timeform announced that his final rating at the end of his racing career was also 147.〔''Daily Telegraph'', "Sprinter Sacre raring to go for Victor Chandler Chase", 15 January 2013, page S18.〕 The World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings Committee rank Frankel as the best racehorse they have assessed since their ratings were introduced in 1977, by a margin of two points. In January 2013 they announced that their ratings had been recalibrated, since it was believed that in the early years of the scheme horses had been treated more generously than more recently. Frankel's rating was confirmed at 140, but Dancing Brave was reduced from 141 to 138, Alleged from 140 to 134 and Shergar from 140 to 136. Since 1900, of British-bred racehorses only Ribot has won more races and finished his career unbeaten (racing largely in Italy).〔List of undefeated winners〕 Frankel's record of nine consecutive Group 1 wins is unsurpassed and has been equalled only by the U.S.A. filly Zenyatta.〔Successive group / grade one (G1) wins〕 Frankel's performance in the 2000 Guineas has been described as "one of the greatest displays on a British racecourse".〔(Frankel reaches superstar status after 2,000 Guineas win at Newmarket ) Retrieved 17 October 2011〕 British bloodstock agency McKeever Bloodstock and Banstead Manor Stud Manager Philip Mitchell have suggested that Frankel has a valuation of £100 million, an estimate which may be "conservative".〔(British horse dubbed 'Usain Bolt of the racing world' who has won every time becomes first to be valued at 100 Million ) Retrieved 17 October 2011〕 ==Background== Frankel is a bay horse with a large white star, a white snip just above his nose, and four white feet. He was bred by Juddmonte Farms and trained by Henry Cecil, and is owned by Khalid Abdullah. He is named after the renowned and late American trainer Bobby Frankel. Frankel is by champion sire Galileo, out of Listed sprint-winner Kind who is a daughter of champion sire Danehill. Although Galileo won the Epsom Derby, doubts surfaced over whether Frankel's staying power would be sufficient for the mile-and-a-half Classic. Frankel was instead targeted towards a three-year-old campaign over a mile, his first main target being the Classic 2000 Guineas. Frankel's dam, Kind, is a half-sister to Arlington Million winner Powerscourt. Retired to paddocks in 2006, she has thus far foaled three horses to have won Group races: Frankel's three-parts brother Bullet Train – often his work companion and pacemaker – has won the Group 3 Lingfield Derby Trial, while Frankel's full-brother Noble Mission, after winning the Listed Newmarket Stakes and finishing second in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, went on to win the Group 3 Gordon Stakes at Glorious Goodwood; he ultimately went on to win three Group Ones for Sir Henry Cecil's widow, Lady Jane Cecil, the last being the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot, emulating Frankel's last win in the same contest. Kind's fourth foal, Morpheus, made his first racecourse appearance in October 2012. All three relatives were also trained by Sir Henry Cecil and owned by Prince Khalid Abdulla. As a descendant of the broodmare Circassia, Frankel is from the same branch of Thoroughbred family 1-k which also produced the 2000 Guineas winner Don't Forget Me. Frankel is bred on the Galileo-Danehill cross, a notable nick that is also apparent in the pedigrees of Group 1 winners Teofilo, Golden Lilac, Roderic O'Connor, Maybe, Intello and Cima De Triomphe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frankel (horse)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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