FRANKEL EB
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FRANKEL EB

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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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Information

Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780008307073
eBook ISBN
9780008307059
Subtopic
Zoology

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. 1 Genetic alchemy
  8. 2 A certain kindness
  9. 3 Creation day
  10. 4 Day 343
  11. 5 More Irish than English
  12. 6 The Pick
  13. 7 In training for training
  14. 8 A horse by a very special name
  15. 9 Warren Place
  16. 10 Getting into his head
  17. 11 The 6.35 at Newmarket
  18. 12 Intensive training
  19. 13 Economical with the actualité
  20. 14 Winter dreaming
  21. 15 Leading from the front
  22. 16 Arise Sir Henry
  23. 17 Duel on the Downs
  24. 18 The high-stakes gamble
  25. 19 Hidden dips
  26. 20 Flying the standard
  27. 21 Always summer
  28. 22 The end of days
  29. Epilogue
  30. The Newmarket 11
  31. Keeneland to fenland
  32. A six-figure loss
  33. Last man standing
  34. The worst Derby runner ever?
  35. Up in the air
  36. A 99 per cent write-down
  37. The cruellest cut
  38. All-weather man
  39. Pinhooked
  40. Scandal
  41. Shadow man
  42. Acknowledgements
  43. The Frankel File
  44. Pedigree
  45. Race record
  46. Timeline
  47. Awards
  48. Frankel by numbers
  49. Picture Section
  50. Bibliography
  51. Index
  52. About the Author
  53. About the Publisher