Frankel

Frankel

The fastest sire to 50 Group winners in history and Champion Sire in 2021

  • 2008 b h Galileo - Kind (Danehill)
  • 16.1hh (1.65m) To stud 2013
  • £275,000 1st Oct SLF

Summary

  • World class, the world over. An incredible 12% Group winners to runners and 17% blacktype winners to runners
  • Already the sire of 19 individual stakes winners in 2023 including 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean, Oaks winner Soul Sister and Gr.1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Jannah Rose
  • Sire of 28 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 Aint-Alary winner Jannah Rose, Falmouth Stakes winner Veracious, St James's Palace Stakes winner Without Parole and 2YO Gr.1 winner Quadrilateral
  • In 2022 sire of nine Gr.1 winners - more than any other stallion in the world -  including Classic winners Westover (Irish Derby), Nashwa (Prix de Diane & Nassau Stakes), Homeless Songs (Irish 1000 Guineas), as well as Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alpinista (her sixth Gr.1 win), Coronation Stakes & Prix Jacques Le Marois winner Inspiral, 2YO Chaldean (Dewhurst Stakes), Belmont Oaks winner McKulick, Grand Prix de Paris winner Onesto and Randwick Guineas winner Converge
  • Sire of the top four highest-priced yearlings at Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale in 2022 who sold for 2.8 million gns, 2.4 million gns, 2 million gns and 1.9 millions gns
  • The joint fastest sire to reach 100 stakes winners (in 2402 days) with Danehill and quicker than Dubawi and Galileo
  • Champion sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 2021 - The first time a British-based sire has been crowned Champion sire since Mill Reef 34 years ago

Key metrics

05/06/2023

Group 1 Winners

28

Classic winners (NH)

10

Group 1 Performers

52

Group Winners (NH)

76

Stakes Winners (SH)

11

Blacktype Performers (NH)

170

Blacktype Performers (SH)

16

Group Winners To Runners (NH)

12%

Blacktype Performers To Runners (SH)

23%

Blacktype Performers To Runners (NH)

27%

Average winning distance of progeny

9.4f

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