Europe

Frankel

History maker, record breaker

  • 2008 b h Galileo - Kind (Danehill)
  • 16.1hh (1.65m) To stud 2013
  • 2026 fee: £350,000 1st Oct SLF

Summary

  • The most successful active sire of Northern Hemisphere Classic winners (12) including [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/suE_fuii3aY?si=xrO3Of8o5VD-xy71" link-text="Lake Victoria" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""] Irish 1000 Guineas winner in 2025, [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/MTT9KrUNfRo?si=fOoHf0Uy5kd5EkLs" link-text="Minnie Hauk" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""] Oaks winner in 2025, [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/13MvzBroR-c" link-text="Chaldean" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""] 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,
  • 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
  • Champion Sire in 2021 and 2023 and also Leading Sire in Europe by prize money in 2021, 2022 and 2023
  • Sire of 40 Gr.1 winners, including 12 Classic winners as well as dual European Champion Cracksman, Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe winner [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/YFD-mnPIKD8?si=lIDM7nPRuu5Iljka" link-text="Alpinista" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""], Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/UL3pYATf92Q?si=5ik1IQYNzS1yPLZm" link-text="Inspiral" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""],  Underwood Stakes and Turnbull Stakes-winner [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/Ix8D9bSMsgw?si=2x-JnPVorefba4af" link-text="Sir Delius" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""] and 2YO Gr.1 winners Ylang Ylang and Quadrilateral
  • Sire of 25 individual stakes winners in 2025 of which 13 are Group winners
  • For the third year in a row, the leading Tattersalls October Book 1 sire by cumulative sales and by average
  • Three seven-figure yearlings at Tattersalls October Book 1 in 2025 - a colt out of Aljazzi for 3.6 million guineas, a colt out of Innevera for 2.2 million guineas and the highest-priced filly in the sale out of Ville De Grace for 1.5 million guineas
  • Broodmare sire of Group 1 winners Sparkling Plenty (Kingman), Lead Artist (Dubawi) and Zarigana (Siyouni)

Key metrics

Group 1 Winners

40

Classic winners (NH)

12

Group 1 Performers

72

Group Winners (NH)

105

Stakes Winners (SH)

11

Blacktype Performers (NH)

253

Blacktype Performers (SH)

19

Group Winners To Runners (NH)

12%

Blacktype Winners to runners (NH)

18%

Blacktype Performers To Runners (SH)

20%

Blacktype Performers To Runners (NH)

27%

Average winning distance of progeny

9.4f