Frankel the stallion: The story so far

Jess Stafford talks to Simon Mockridge, general manager at Juddmonte, about the star performer's early years as a stallion.
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[@accountformelyknownasarsen3072]

7:55 - 8:26 Awesome power. I`ve never seen the race from that angle before but it really captures just how special this horse was. The two horses in behind weren`t selling platers either, they were both multiple Gr1 winners. Incredible animal.

[@OlivierZaman-xy1bh]

Best of the best , nobody is better than frankel ,with thanks 4 the trainer. Jockey, end onwer,end all the People Who takes cate about Frankel, thanks 4 the beautifull moments ❤❤❤

[@grudeman]

the most perfectly proportioned beautiful thoroughbred the world has ever seen! the king.

[@navienmarwah4150]

The 2 greatest horses in my living days are / were Secretariat in USA and Frankel in UK. Both GOAT.

[@stu3232]

Wow. Ive watched that Juddmonte a million times but never seen it from that angle either. I still can't get over how easily he went away from SNA and Farhh that day. Will consider myself very lucky if l ever get to see a horse better than him in my lifetime.

[@meduseon7943]

Fate is kind, here, because he’s turned out to be a really good stud. Cannily, Cecil never took him abroad.

[@accountformelyknownasarsen3072]

Brilliant to see him looking so well. Easily the best horse that I`ve ever seen and will ever see. I seriously doubt that there has ever been better and its great to see him making into a top class stallion.

[@accountformelyknownasarsen3072]

@blair white knicker sniffer Ah. Dubai Millennium, what a horse. How good a stallion would he have a made? Dubawi came from his first crop. On the track, DM would probably make my top 5 or 6 of all time but he was still well short of Frankel.

[@kingkonho]

He looks like he could still win a race in decent company now 😂

[@patricksmith3432]

The son of the now departed galileo has now taken up the mantel of greatest value stallion ever

[@BruceWayne-bn9pl]

Frankel seems to be on the way to be an amazing sire. Just look at his projenies how good they are doing... 😎

[@patricksmith3432]

@@BruceWayne-bn9pl So true he taken over from his dad

[@seadrifter8975]

Considering he had great acceleration and speed! he seems to produce some great middle distance progeny interesting he produced 2 Derby winners this season hes taken over as the number one stallion after galileos passing.

[@mrforevernever517]

More often than not great racehorses become average stallions. Frankel is on course to become a great stallion.

[@engscorp7699]

ACE IMPACT MAKING HIS GRAND-PA PROUD! :D

[@nodarzaldastanishvili8910]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rexsahadeo766]

Thats the gallelio in them

[@richardwalker1895]

He is now at 25+ grade ones now

[@michaelgreatsongcory1710]

What about pharlap of Australia

[@haroldkreye8770]

…and then there was Secretariat.

[@aileen694]

haroldkreye8770, yes, then there Was Secretariat and always will be.

[@ig2d]

The million dollar question was - did he retire too early

[@OfficialMuffiin]

At least we got another year with him, most champions are shipped to the breeding shed at the end of three year old season

[@turkeechannel1150]

No. He retired for the stud duties and he is getting more fees as a stallion than group 1 wining price. It's all about money. Commercially his value is more as a stallion so he has proved himself on a track and proving now as a stallion too.

[@ig2d]

@@turkeechannel1150 cant you do both?

[@turkeechannel1150]

@@ig2dno bro once a horse retired for the stud duties whether its stallion or mare they are not able to compete in the racing.

[@OfficialMuffiin]

@@turkeechannel1150 some fillies have been in foal and returned to racing or even raced while in foal. A few studs have also returned to racing after proving to be infertile, Al Kazeem is an example. Very rare to see though, but it happens.

[@extraordinarily1980]

Do jockeys get paid after the horse is retired for stud fees

[@edwardclarke4520]

The greatest.cant believe Tom queally is riding winners on all weather.waste of his talent

[@liamoconnor9966]

No way is he actually?

[@123macks]

A do love Frankel but never broke a single record go check a horse called Kelso only horse the history to win horse of the year 5 times was still breaking record at 7 that the greatest horse ever

[@seadrifter8975]

Kelso was a magnificent colt I agree with you with an unbelievable race record. BTW European turf races are not run like US dirt racing most of the records on turf are held by mediocre horses so its hard to compare race times as an accurate gauge of the horses talent.

[@123macks]

@@seadrifter8975 correct plus he had the same jockey most of the time who was sometimes given up all most 2 stones unheard of today

[@mrforevernever517]

We concentrate on the authority a horse wins a race, and the quality of the opposition. We don't race horses around bland racetracks, always going anticlockwise. European racing has more to offer than that.

[@unitedrealtalk5087]

How did coolmore let this son of GALILEO slip through gheir fingers 🤔

[@mrforevernever517]

There was no"slip through their fingers ". Frankel was bred by Juddmonte Farms, Frankel's dam (Kind) was owned by Khalled Abdullah. P.S. Kind sadly died this year.

[@user-cn3dr5md8m]

I think they had a deal with juddmonte,if it's a male (from galileo)then juddmonte will take it.if it's a female then it will belong to coolmore.

[@mrforevernever517]

@@user-cn3dr5md8m No deal!. Juddmonte/Khahed Abdullah paid Coolmore a substantial fee to cover Kind (Frankel's mother).

[@OfficialMuffiin]

@@user-cn3dr5md8m that's not true

[@robertdelacy3434]

@@user-cn3dr5md8m that's so wrong

[@tomlondon3237]

Noses sham was better

[@blairfoley7404]

Galileo the best stallion after saddlers wells frankel will never be as good plain and simple

[@nightowl7459]

Rubbish, Frankel has every chance of matching him if he is at stud long enough and stays sound.