Today is the best days racing of the year. Yes, it's the second running of Qipco Champions Day at Ascot and all eyes will be on the world's greatest racehorse Frankel, who bids to make it 14 straight wins on, what looks like, being his last race.

The superstar, trained by Sir Henry Cecil, is clearly the best horse in the line-up but some concerns have been voiced this week with the threat of very soft ground.

Due to his battle with cancer, the Warren Place handler did not attend Frankel's rout in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood as he continued to receive treatment. He did, however, make an appearance at York and, despite looking frail, said Frankel's victory had made him feel "20 years better".

"I am so lucky to have been allocated Frankel to train. He has been an inspiration and challenge, which I really needed so badly," said Sir Henry

"Through my illness, I feel that the help from my wife Jane and the determination to be there for Frankel has helped me so much to get through the season."

Cecil has no worries if the ground were to stay as it is, but he would be slightly nervous about how he would perform on anything worse.

"I'm pretty confident he will be fine in soft ground but if it's heavy, we are in no man's land," said Cecil. "He has never encountered it and with his action and turn of foot, I cannot be sure he would appreciate it."

But Cecil added: "I could not be happier with him. He seems full of himself."

Frankel will face just five rivals, headed by last year's winner Cirrus Des Aigles who will love the testing ground.

In the Qipco Sprint at 2.20pm Society Rock, a past winner of the Golden Jubilee Stakes over the course and distance, has a fine chance of supplementing his recent Betfred Haydock Sprint victory providing he doesn't forfeit too much ground at the start.

James Fanshawe's five-year-old blew his chance with a slow break behind Black Caviar here in June (Restiadargent third) and can't afford to do that again with the speedy Wizz Kid, winner of the Prix de l'Abbaye recently, in opposition.

However, the course and ground conditions are certainly in Society Rock's favour and can prove he is the best sprinter in the country.

With no Frankel in opposition, Excelebration has the chance to flaunt his undoubted ability in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at 3.30pm.

The four-year-old, trained by Aidan O'Brien, has been beaten five times by Frankel, including twice this year.

But with Sir Henry Cecil's superstar having successfully stepped up a mile and a quarter, Excelebration has a golden opportunity to prove himself the top miler in Europe in this Group One.

Runner-up to Frankel in this race 12 months ago, when handled by Marco Botti, he showed his class with a smooth victory in the Jacques le Marois at Longchamp.

If Champions Day wasn't enough for racing fans, Cheltenham stage a cracking card over jumps and it will be a surprise if Dodging Bullets doesn't win the four-year-old hurdle at 3.05pm for Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh.

It doesn't get any better than this, bring it on!