Frankel to command joint-record stud fee of £350k next year

Frankel will command a joint-record stud fee of £350,000 in 2024 following another successful campaign for his progeny this season.

The 15-year-old, who stands at Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket, enjoyed more Classic success in 2023, with 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean and Oaks heroine Soul Sister featuring among 11 individual Group One victors.

Juddmonte International star Mostahdaf and Ascot Gold Cup ace Courage Mon Ami were also on that list, alongside Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf scorer Inspiral.

Frankel was again a big hit at this year’s leading auctions, siring the top two lots at Tattersalls’ October Yearling Sale, worth 2,000,000 and 1,600,000 guineas respectively, as well as the most expensive purchase at the Goffs Orby Sale in Ireland on €1.85 million.

Following a spectacular racing career which yielded 14 straight wins for Sir Henry Cecil, Frankel’s opening stud fee in 2013 was £125,000 and stayed at that level until a £50,000 rise in 2018.

That was upped again to £200,000 in 2022 and £275,000 last year, before joining 20-year-old Dubawi on his new mark for next term.

Having usurped his own sire Galileo to be the leading stallion in Great Britain and Ireland for 2021, he will regain that crown from Dubawi this year.

Juddmonte UK general manager Simon Mockridge said: "I think it’s fair to say that when he retired as the world’s highest-rated horse, with an unblemished record, he was always going to attract the very best mares.

"However, it is how he has used that opportunity that has been incredible – he’s elevated himself from an elite-level racehorse to a world-class stallion, and that doesn’t always happen.

"His success has been wonderful for racing and for British breeding; it is testament to owners