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Queally: Frankel one in a million

Image: Tom Queally: Rider of Frankel

Tom Queally admits he is unlikely to partner another horse as talented as Frankel for the rest of his riding career.

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Tom Queally has admitted that he is unlikely to partner another horse as talented as the incredible Frankel for the rest of his riding career. Sir Henry Cecil's four-year-old is unbeaten in 13 career starts and was arguably better than ever when stepped up to a mile and a quarter for the Juddmonte International at York last month. Queally has been ever-present in the saddle and is still amazed at what the world's highest rated racehorse can do during his races. "Frankel is brilliant colt, he's one in a million. We'll never see another horse like him and I'll certainly never ride another one like him," said the jockey. "He's able to do sprinting things in middle-distances - he's able to turn it on at halfway or at any point in the race. "He's able to do those fractions, 11 seconds a furlong, and kill horses off. He's an amazing horse." Following his demolition job at York, there was talk of a potential tilt at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over a mile and a half. However, that idea has now been scrapped and he will instead head for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 20 as the long odds-on favourite. Queally feels there is little point in stepping Frankel up in distance further. He said: "He's an exceptional miler and he's the best there is at a mile and a quarter. "He's thrashing the best, for want of a better word, at those distances so there's no need to do anything else."

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