Frankel

Frankel

History maker, record breaker

  • 2008 b h Galileo - Kind (Danehill)
  • 16.1hh (1.65m) To stud 2013
  • 2025 fee: £350,000 1st Oct SLF

Summary

  • Sired 100 Group/Graded winners in a record time of 3144 days, ahead of Danehill, Deep Impact, Galileo and Dubawi.
  • World class, the world over. An incredible 12% Group winners to runners and 18% blacktype winners to runners
  • Sire of 24 individual stakes winners in 2024 of which 15 are Group winners, including Lake Victoria, Timeform's highest-rated 2YO filly
  • Champion Sire in 2021 and 2023 and also Leading Sire in Europe by prize money in 2021, 2022 and 2023
  • Sire of 35 Gr.1 winners, including Classic winners Chaldean 2000 Guineas winner in 2023,  2023 Oaks winner Soul Sister, 2021 Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth winner Adayar, 2021 Irish Derby, Grand Prix de Paris and St Leger winner Hurricane Lane, 2021 Australian Oaks winner Hungry HeartSoul Stirring, and Anapurna, as well as dual European Champion Cracksman, Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe winner Alpinista, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Inspiral and 2YO Gr.1 winners Lake Victoria, Ylang Ylang and Quadrilateral
  • Sire of the highest-priced yearling in the Northern Hemisphere in 2024, a filly out of Aljazzi who sold for 4.4 million guineas at Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale.  He also had the two highest-priced yearlings at this year's Goffs Orby Sale, a colt out of Loch Lein who sold for €2 million, and a filly out of Seychelloise who made €1 million
  • His 2024 yearling average is £760,240 for 30 sold

Key metrics

Last updated 12/10/2024

Group 1 Winners

35

Classic winners (NH)

10

Group 1 Performers

67

Group Winners (NH)

95

Stakes Winners (SH)

11

Blacktype Performers (NH)

219

Blacktype Performers (SH)

17

Group Winners To Runners (NH)

12%

Blacktype Performers To Runners (SH)

22%

Blacktype Performers To Runners (NH)

27%

Average winning distance of progeny

9.4f

NH = Northern Hemisphere-bred.  SH = Southern Hemisphere-bred.