JG has said that Cracksman will not run until October, if the ground remains good or good to firm then there is a chance he will not run again, that's sad news.
I’m sure they can find him something in France or Germany if it’s all about the ground.
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Same with his dad and Sea The Stars. A family full of stamina. Needs loads of precocious speed.frankel NH sire in the making
id go to Kingman or New Approach
look at the top horses Frankel has sired so far
Cracksman, Without Parole, Monarchs Glen, Elarqam, Eminent, Mirage Dancer
all nutters going the wrong way, most of them capable of running shockers, Mirage Dancer coming good now, might end up the best of them over the next few years
Frankel has a load of quite high rated horses but a lot of them have gone at the game or are overrated, considering the unprecedented level of mares, I think you have to say he is a bit disappointing so far and that plenty of sires could have done just as well or better with the same opportunity, he was never going to produce another one of him, he was a genetic freak of nature, hes passing on a lot of his bad qualities that Cecil managed to horses who dont have his freakish ability
perhaps his mares will produce like Secretariats
His first book is his peak, they couldn't make a stronger book I they wanted.Well the facts say different, at this stage of his stallion career he is still ahead of his sire and the others in the top 10, he also produced a classic winner from his first crop (Soul Stirring). While i agree that alot of his offspring are very temperamental it's still early days.
He will never produce another like him but he will still produce good horses, as for NH horses the two that have gone there so far are very mediocre. Most of his offspring will go to stud.
His first book is his peak, they couldn't make a stronger book I they wanted.
I'll put it like this if you had a Oaks winner would you send her to Frankel, Kingman or a sprinter like No Ney Never. If your answer is Frankel you must be desparate to win a stayers hurdle.
Same as Galileo you can't breed to stamina or you'll get Supasundae.

I must be missing something completely here. Franker was a miler. Possibly the best 8f horse we have ever seen. Surely to God the dam has to be a 10f+ horse to produce a Derby/Oaks winner.....
Tends to be a trait in the Saldiers Wells line that Stamina is almost always dominant. The two above that Chaos mentioned are both from that line, Yeats, Order of St George, all those Cup horses tend to be from that line.I must be missing something completely here. Franker was a miler. Possibly the best 8f horse we have ever seen. Surely to God the dam has to be a 10f+ horse to produce a Derby/Oaks winner.....