F-T Sale-Topper Stormy Lucy to Frankel

Grade I winner Stormy Lucy, who topped the Fasig-Tipton July selected horses of racing age sale July 11 when she sold for $575,000, will be bred to Frankel on Southern Hemisphere breeding time this year.

The decision to breed the 7-year-old daughter of Stormy Atlantic, who initially went through the ring unsold on a final bid of $650,000 before being bought privately, came about after a half interest in the mare was sold to Bruce Neill’s Cressfield Stud in Australia.

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SF Bloodstock’s Tom Ryan said Stormy Lucy was bought with the intent of breeding her to Newgate Stud’s Capitalist, the Australian champion 2-year-old who won that country’s prestigious Golden Slipper (Aus-I) and will stand at Newgate Stud.

“She’s a beautiful mare who has been racing at the highest level for a long time,” Ryan said of Stormy Lucy. “We have been sourcing high-quality mares from around the world to support Capitalist. After we purchased the mare, the opportunity was presented to partner with Cressfield in Australia, who are incredibly established and fantastic breeders.

“The suggestion was made to breed her to Frankel on Southern Hemisphere time, send her her to Australia, foal the Frankel, and breed her to Capitalist the second time around.”

The European champion older horse, who retired with a spotless record of 14 wins in as many starts, Frankel stands at Banstead Manor Stud Farm in England and is off to a great start at stud, with seven winners from his first crop which are 2-year-olds of 2016.