A STUD fee of £125,000 has been set by Juddmonte Farms for the mighty Frankel, who last night was crowned the Cartier Horse of the Year for the second consecutive season.
The four-year-old son of Galileo returned last week to his birthplace Banstead Manor Stud, where he will stand alongside leading sires Dansili and Oasis Dream.
His fee is a figure which reflects a glittering unbeaten career in which he won 14 races for Sir Henry Cecil. Ten of those successes came at the top level, among them the 2,000 Guineas, Dewhurst Stakes, Juddmonte International and Champion Stakes.
He also boasts a top-class pedigree being by Galileo, whose sons at stud include the Group 1-producing pair New Approach and Teofilo, and out of Listed-winning sprinter Kind. By Danehill, Kind is a half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Powerscourt and also the dam of this season's Gordon Stakes winner Noble Mission, also by Galileo, and Lingfield Derby Trial scorer Bullet Train, by Sadler's Wells.
Explaining the decision, Juddmonte Farms' general manager Philip Mitchell said: "The fee for Frankel reflects his merits as being perhaps the greatest racehorse we have ever witnessed. He is by Galileo, who is now recognised as the best sire in the world, and out of Kind, a winner of six races (from five to seven furlongs) and herself a daughter of one of the most influential stallions in the history of thoroughbred breeding, Danehill."
