CUNCO looks a brute of a horse. Although all the official talk has been that Frankel hasn't been stamping his stock, I have heard a lot of people say they are big units!
I was reading that he might not have 'stamped' his stock but there were so many reminders of Frankel just then in that run, that big bullish front end and powerful stride. Lovely start. I'm excited to see these as 3 year olds and how they get in upped in trip!
I'll give that a whoooosh Princess - nice turn of foot and did really well to win after expending a lot of energy in the preliminaries.
What a start! Took a bit of time to pick up but accelerated like a potentially very good horse! Most enjoyable to watch!
I remember the Dam..used to run in Tabor silks for Wachman. Useful tool she was too..kept in training as a 4-y-o.
I know everyone likes to point out that great rachorses rarely make great sires, but wouldn't it be wonderful if, as with his racing career, Frankel just kept on proving them wrong.
I've just been reminded, via the Juddmonte Twitter feed, that as well as being the first Frankel foal born, Cunco was born on what would have been Sir Henry's birthday. The stars were aligned!
That's why I posted the ironic comment about the market earlier. Oceanus went from 9/2 - 15/8 and Cunco drifted out to sea, yet won! The old adage " the horse doesn't realise what price he is" springs to mind!
I'm not quite sure who Frankel proved to be wrong Princess. He was odds on favourite for all thirteen of his starts after his debut win (also fav) and won as expected.
In proving people wrong I meant that many people said things like he was too headstrong to stick at a mile - several commentators said he should be dropped back to sprinting after his Guineas win. People also said he wouldn't win over a mile and a quarter or that he couldn't remain unbeaten. Yes I'm talking with my hear rather than my head, but it's the story that keeps on giving. As an aside, the person writing the in running commentary on the Racing Post site was clearly enjoying him/her self:
