Frankel Jumps to £275K on Juddmonte Stallion Roster

Another fine season for Frankel  has led to the brilliant sire's fee being raised to £275,000 ($316,448) after Juddmonte released its star-packed roster for 2023.

The son of Galileo, who stood for £200,000 ($230,144) this year, was a dual world champion on the track and has transferred his brilliance to stud, being crowned British and Irish champion sire and European champion sire last term.

He looks set to successfully defend his European sire title for 2022 after triumphs in France that have included Alpinista  in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1), and Nashwa  in the Prix de Diane Longines (G1). 

Frankel has sired nine individual group 1 winners this year and 12 over the last two years, five of whom were classic winners.

Other top-notch performers this term include runaway Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1) hero Westover , Coronation Stakes (G1) and Prix du Haras de Fresnay Le Buffard Jacques Le Marois (G1) winner Inspiral , Darley Dewhurst Stakes (G1) victor Chaldean , Tattersalls Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) heroine Homeless Songs  and Grand Prix de Paris (G1) winner Onesto .

The 14-year-old was also in huge demand in the sales ring as the sire of the four highest-priced yearlings at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, including the world's highest-priced yearling sold in 2022 at 2,800,000gns ($3,383,117).

The Juddmonte roster also features Kingman , responsible this year for the unbeaten Bet365 Fillies Mile (G1) winner Commissioning  and Qatar Prix de la Foret (G1) and QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (G1) winner Kinross , as well as as the unbeaten Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes (G2) winner Noble Style  and group 1-placed juveniles Nostrum  and Epictetus .

His fee has been clipped to £125,000 ($143,840) from £150,000 ($172,608) in 2022. 

Oasis Dream  will continue to stand for £20,000 ($23,014) after another excellent season that saw his European champion 2-year-old of 2021 Native Trail  land the Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) after a close second in the English equivalent. 

As Europe's leading sire of group 1 speed, he has sired more than 220 stakes horses, including the winners of 30 group 1 races.

As a broodmare sire Oasis Dream is responsible for 150-plus black-type performers, with 45 of his daughters having produced group winners.

Bated Breath  is another whose fee is unchanged, this time at £15,000 ($17,260). The son of former Banstead Manor Stud stalwart Dansili is marketed as the best value sire in Britain by black-type performers over the last three years among stallions standing for less than £25,000.

His Ire-incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Dick Poole Fillies Stakes (G3) winner Juliet Sierra  was one of nine black-type performers for her sire in 2022 and is penciled in for a tilt at the One Thousand Guineas in May.

His yearlings and foals of 2022 are among his strongest books of mares and this was reflected in their sales ring, where the headline act was a filly out of Always A Dream who made 600,000gns ($724,954) to Godolphin at Tattersalls Book 1.

Another six sold for six figures, producing an average of £65,043 ($74,846) and at more than six times their covering fee. 

The Banstead Manor roster is completed by the promising first-season sire Expert Eye , who has been trimmed to £7,500 ($8,630) from £10,000 ($11,507) this term.

The son of Acclamation  has sired 21 individual winners from his first crop, with a strike-rate of 64% of his runners winning or being placed.