To be Frankel

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My wife and I did something unusual last Saturday. We sat down to watch a horse race on TV. It was the Champion Stakes at Ascot. We had heard people raving on the radio in the morning going on about Frankel and it turned out to be convenient for us to watch the race, which he won pretty easily, despite being last out of the starting gate. That's 14 wins out of 14 starts. There is something wonderful about seeing someone, or on this occasion, some horse ,as good as everyone says he is. My old dad would have enjoyed seeing it. The Queen certainly did.

Just noticed I blogged on Frankel once before here.

Frankel

I heard Sir Henry Cecil, the owner of the racehorse Frankel, which won at Ascot yesterday, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live:

"It was lovely that and I'm very fortunate to be training him. He takes some pulling up too!

"He's telling us he's getting better and it's just a question how he takes the race and we're not going to run him for the sake of it. I'll just feel my way.

"He is a champion, and people can judge for themselves, but he's got a lot of followers and it's like supporting a football team. It's important for people that they have something to get involved in and people not in the racing world have latched on to him and it's like any great sportsman - Tiger Woods or Murray, it's important to have something to watch, admire and support."

Of course, what Sir Henry means is that we will only find fulfilment outside ourselves, whether we merely watch, admire and support creatures or (as we must) know, love and serve the Creator.