2000 Guineas memories - Racing TV

[@aledjones951]

Eddie Freemantle tipped Cockney Rebel in the Observer a week before the 2007 Guineas.I was at a music festival in Killkenny,Ireland the following Saturday,and mentioned the article to seven others.Five minutes before the off,we found a bookie and lumped on at 28/1.The rest of the weekend was a bit of a blur.

[@reynoldgibbings3349]

Thank you RACING UK

[@uhegbu]

Great memories there. 2000 Guineas winners in the past decade, Sea The Stars and Frankel most notably have gone on to further Group 1 glory. I wonder if the 2014 winner of today's race will follow suit.

[@noemiangeles9452]

¡BEAUTIFUL! ¡THANK YOU VERY MUCH! ¡GREETINGS FROM MEXICO 🇲🇽!

[@gordonfaulkner1586]

Frankel Truely Amazing trained by a late great magician.

[@jasonfox4857]

Cecil was a magician alright...he made Frankel disappear from all the big 1m4f group 1 races for two seasons!!!

[@stephenmcwilliams5842]

Yes, because the horse didn't stay 🎈

[@elgransenor1472]

El Gran Senor for me. What a race.

[@johnnicholson5314]

Agree

[@Nautilus1972]

Frankel's performance puts the rest in perspective. By far the best ever over a mile.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Did any of his competitors in the guineas win a GR1? He'd never get near Sea The Stars at a mile.

[@simonsmith7490]

🤣🤣🤣. Sea the Stars was a stayer. Frankel was a true miler. If it was over 1 mile 2, I think STS would win. If you watch Frankel's performance in the Queen Anne, that is easily the best performance over a mile I will ever see

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@simonsmith7490 did Frankel ever post a quicker time over 1m our 1m2 than sea the stars no

[@robertdelacy3434]

@@signoresantinoburnett1169 Roderick o'connor won the Irish 2000 guineas

[@tonymahon5025]

Sea the Stars ran a faster Guineas than Frankel,and won the better races throughout Europe.

[@Grudeman408]

Amazing video! Just like the juddmonte memories video, FRANKEL is in a league of his own

[@frankschlanker]

He beat a Listed winner from the all weather by 5 lengths!!

[@austinmerrigan3404]

Sea the stars faster time in the guineas

[@matnettleton3565]

George washington n Frankel looked most impressive i remember watching sea the stars who looked to be cantering n went on to prove what a superstar he was imo 2000 gns is hardest of classics to win. Frankel was immense.

[@chatscindy6602]

George Washington looked impressive and everyone seemed to be hailing a champ at the time but, looking back, he beat nothing (the 2nd was a bad Derby winner running over the wrong trip and the 3rd only ever won a maiden) and only won poor running of the QE2 thereafter. Real champs don't lose more than they win, as George did. IMHO he was the best of a bad bunch.

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@chatscindy6602 a bit like frankels then

[@stephenmcwilliams5842]

No horse is "a bit like" the greatest ever, Frankel.

[@andijw79]

Cockney Rebel my favourite. Won me a lot £££

[@Eddie36144]

Sea the Stars best horse this century, from the Guineas to the Derby to Arc.

[@carlcooper1128]

He's 15 lengths clear!

[@sethjacob8813]

Gourgeous George

[@barneyveld6730]

Have always loved Night Of Thunder's finish in 2014, brilliant Fallon

[@mrvillan6951]

Frankel easily the most impressive winner.

[@joshallpress]

This is so cool! i love horses!! NEJJJJJJJJ I AM A HORSE!!! NEJJJJJJJ!!!! yeah i love horses :)

[@protarget1]

@MrSmid888 A year is a long time to reply to any comments, even though they are ill informed. It's silly to compare times for the same race, especially in the UK. Example STS 2000gns time compared to Frankel's. Fact is that STS ran on a nice still day, slight wind, Frankel in front was running into a 45mph headwind. Think about it

[@stilllaughing3959]

Frankel the wonder horse

[@MrSmid888]

Sea The Stars winning time was faster than Frankels.For years I've looked for the full footage of George Washington,one of my favourite horses.

[@bowlchamps37]

Two different races, two different horse and most of all, two different strategies. Abdullah wanted Frankel to destroy everything, so he was ridden till the tank was empty. Sea The Stars was ridden effeciently, cause he had the setback in March that year and was a bit on a count. So Kinane and Oxx opted to ride him just enough.

[@goonervillegonad3662]

The first 8 home in Sea the Stars' race ran a faster time than Frankel's winning time, in that case... What would that mean though?

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

@@goonervillegonad3662 His Guineas was far classier!. Sea The Stars beat how many future GR1 winners in his Guineas?

[@goonervillegonad3662]

@@signoresantinoburnett1169 Are you serious? It was a freak race. Not saying that the horses that Frankel beat in his 2000 were better animals by any stretch, but that was their first races as 3yo's. Frankel went on to beat far more G1 winners if you drew a form line. STS wouldn't see which way Frankel went over a mile.

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@goonervillegonad3662 as a all round horse sea the stars was different league

[@keithbate9405]

In Horse racing you rarely get "a meeting of champions" (as you get in sports such as boxing/tennis say) The 1971 2000 G was a rare exception Brigadier Gerrard, Mill Reef and the 2yo champion My swallow was one such (very rare race).

[@johncahill3903]

Keith Bate it’s called Champions Day at Ascot in October and Ireland have a Champions Weekend too. Your point is invalid¡

[@FORESTDONS]

There will never another Brigadier

[@jewingewing3040]

Galileo best sire in the world

[@simonsmith7490]

What about Henry the navigator beating New approach and Raven's pass

[@keithbate9405]

@@johncahill3903 Not invalid at all " a meeting of such horses as Brigadier Gerrard and Mill Reef plus the two year old champion My Swallow is exactly as described. I have never watched any race on Champions day or Champions weekend that can boast 3 horses of that quality. Two of them of course would go onto be considered all time greats .

[@mrk24107]

The 2000 Guineas has always been my favourite classic, the Derby rarely ever has more than one real class act in it. El Gran Senor, Rock of Gibraltar, Pennekamp and Night of Thunder all won class guineas and I had always thought the most impressive winner was Zafonic, but Frankel was the only one who made me say “what the F**k” by half-way.

[@simonsmith7490]

The Rock was the most over rated horse ever 😂

[@mrk24107]

@@simonsmith7490 - nah.. that would be Sea The Stars

[@tonymahon5025]

Sea the Stars would have eaten Frankel at any distance, his Guineas was faster as well.

[@rowangeraghty2459]

1969 2000 gns

[@soothsayer9216]

Not quite sure he was fifteen lengths clear!

[@johnnicholson5314]

He wasn’t but the commentator is Richard Bartle who has everything 5 lengths more ahead than they actually are

[@jcanyiam8309]

8:40 RUBBISH!!! This o'l Boy (commentator) got a bit carried away- Frankel, was NEVER 15 lengths clear at this stage, more like 8-10!!!!!

[@edkaley1]

I bet you could Mr Piggott a few things about racing and no doubt would have given Frank Sinatra a few tips

[@jasonfox4857]

Everybody gets carried away by Frankel...it was a poor quality race to be fair.

[@moulinyan]

amazing no one ever retained this crown. not evenn frankel!!!

[@johnnicholson5314]

It’s for 3yo only so how can you retain the crown

[@moulinyan]

@@johnnicholson5314 leave u to work that out old boy

[@FORESTDONS]

There will never be another Brigadier Gerard,Frankel would have been swallowed by the great Brigadier if he had run like that against him.The turn of foot from the Brigadier at the dip is one hell of a sight,He switched to turbo mode there and Mill Reef was no match against him.So does the top class My swallow.People can say whatever they want but Brigadier would beat frankel over a mile at HQ on any day.

[@eugenemccloskey511]

I agree frankle is probably the best horse we have seen but his guineas win is definitely not he beat a poor lot in not a fast time and on good to firm ground

[@simonsmith7490]

I agree. But Brigadier wouldn't of came close to Frankel in the Queen Anne

[@mrgirthy2111]

Im too young to remember brigadeer, but im gonna have a look at him after this video. To say he'd have swallowed frankel he must have been a vintage winner. I remember when badcrooks wouldnt lay a bet on george washington, im guessing connections lumped on 😆

[@mrgirthy2111]

Just watched brigadier gerrard. That was a small but high class field, mill reef and najinsky both soundly beaten. One word Whoooosh

[@stephenmcwilliams5842]

?? Nijinsky never raced against Brigadier Gerard.

[@metalboostable]

democratic deficit :D:D