FRANKEL EB
About this book
In horse racing greatness is defined by speed. Being the second fastest counts for little. You have to win. And win. And keep winning until every challenger of your generation is put to the sword. Of the twelve horses lined up on Newmarket Heath that 2011 day, one would do just that. And more. To become the greatest racehorse that has ever lived.
Frankel was born on 11 February 2008, with four white socks and a blaze, from impressive equine lines on both his parents' sides. Simon Cooper revisits the whole of the horse's life, giving readers an inside tour of the calm oasis that is life a stud farm, where a foal will live with his mother for the first year of his life. Next, the atmosphere of heady possibility that marks the early days of training. Roadwork. Gallops. Trials. Turning raw potential into something more. Frankel begins to set himself apart.
A detailed and fast-paced narrative breathlessly recounts the racing career of the horse who, by his retirement to stud at the age of 4, would be rated the greatest of all time. Cooper weaves the horse's tale with those of his trainer, battling cancer, the stablehands who coped with his explosive nature, the work rider who tamed him, the the jockey who rode in all fourteen of his races, and the owner who saw his potential from the very beginning. The result is a rich and multifaceted tale of modern horse racing, the lives of everyone involved, human and equine, and the unadulterated glory of winning. And winning everything.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1 Genetic alchemy
- 2 A certain kindness
- 3 Creation day
- 4 Day 343
- 5 More Irish than English
- 6 The Pick
- 7 In training for training
- 8 A horse by a very special name
- 9 Warren Place
- 10 Getting into his head
- 11 The 6.35 at Newmarket
- 12 Intensive training
- 13 Economical with the actualité
- 14 Winter dreaming
- 15 Leading from the front
- 16 Arise Sir Henry
- 17 Duel on the Downs
- 18 The high-stakes gamble
- 19 Hidden dips
- 20 Flying the standard
- 21 Always summer
- 22 The end of days
- Epilogue
- The Newmarket 11
- Keeneland to fenland
- A six-figure loss
- Last man standing
- The worst Derby runner ever?
- Up in the air
- A 99 per cent write-down
- The cruellest cut
- All-weather man
- Pinhooked
- Scandal
- Shadow man
- Acknowledgements
- The Frankel File
- Pedigree
- Race record
- Timeline
- Awards
- Frankel by numbers
- Picture Section
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- About the Publisher
