LONDON - Champion colt Frankel opened the Royal Ascot meeting in England in emphatic style on Tuesday, the 2011 Horse of the Year powering to an 11-length victory in the Queen Anne Stakes. The opposition were no match for the unbeaten four-year-old, dubbed the Usain Bolt of horse racing, as he pulled away from the pack to stroll to his 11th win in 11 races. Frankel, a 1-10 favourite ridden by Tom Queally, finished ahead of Excelebration (5-1). Side Glance (33-1) was third. "I'm not surprised Frankel won but I am relieved as no horse is a certainty," trainer Henry Cecil told the BBC. "He's a great, great horse. He did exactly what I thought but he is still improving. "We will leave our options open now. He will tell me what to do, I don't tell him. Will he go abroad? It's very unlikely," added Cecil.
