- The most successful active sire of Northern Hemisphere Classic winners (14) including 2026 Irish Derby winner [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/xxquBn2zlvY?si=d6_31Pr9vM3pSDg2" link-text="Benvenuto Cellini" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""], 2026 Oaks winner [juddmonte-video-modal-link video-url="https://youtu.be/JpZGYumGN1M?si=SRx-W2odwOv-W5k2" link-text="Thundering On" link-image-height="" link-image-width="" link-image=""]
- Sire of 43 Gr.1 winners to date
- 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 33 individual stakes winners so far in 2026 of which 20 are Group winners
- Sire of eight Group 1-winning two-year-olds, Chaldean, Lake Victoria, Inspiral, Grenadier Guards, Soul Stirring, Quadrilateral and Ylang Ylang. Notable two-year-olds of 2026 include Desert Castle and Noble Exhibit
- For the fourth year in a row, the leading Tattersalls October Book 1 sire by average
- Five seven-figure yearlings at Tattersalls October Book 1 in 2026 - including a colt out of Shambolic for 4 million guineas, a colt out of Crystal Zvezda for 2 million guineas and a colt out of Get Ahead for 1.8 million guineas
- Southern Hemisphere success includes siring Group 1 winners Sir Delius, Converge, Hungry Heart and Mirage Dancer
- Broodmare sire of Group 1 winners Lead Artist (Dubawi), Sparkling Plenty (Kingman), and Zarigana (Siyouni)
Europe
Frankel
History maker, record breaker
- 2008 b h Galileo - Kind (Danehill)
- 16.1hh (1.65m) To stud 2013
Summary
Key metrics
Group 1 Winners
43
Classic winners (NH)
14
Group 1 Performers
84
Group Winners (NH)
123
Stakes Winners (SH)
11
Blacktype Performers (NH)
294
Blacktype Performers (SH)
21
Group Winners To Runners (NH)
12%
Blacktype Winners to runners (NH)
18%
Blacktype Performers To Runners (SH)
21%
Blacktype Performers To Runners (NH)
28%
Average winning distance of progeny
9.5f
