Who cares if he is as good as Frankel - let's just enjoy Baaeed for what he is
Horses like Baaeed do not come around very often. When they do it is only natural to compare them to other greats – after all they have already proved themselves to be comfortably ahead of their contemporaries.
Mishriff or Native Trail may not be able to live with him – we shall see – but what about the greats of yesteryear? What price would you make Baaeed against Giant's Causeway? Or Dahlia?
And if you are an unbeaten, multiple Group 1-winning colt at a mile, rated the best in the world and steppping up two and a half furlongs for the first time as a four-year-old in the Juddmonte International, then you are going to get compared to Frankel.
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