Fresh off a Group 1 Royal Ascot treble, Frankel (GB) is hot property worldwide. Australia cannot get enough of the undefeated champion, who has a record thirty-one Australian-born foals in 2022.
That's good news for the sales companies, whose appetites were wetted when two Frankel (GB) colts topped the recent Magic Millions National Weanling Sale.
The sale-topper was Cornerstone Stud's colt from the unraced Muhaarar (GB) mare Upside (IRE), a $925,000 purchase for Yulong Investments.
Upside was a 170,000 gns Tattersalls October yearling. She is a half-sister to the South African Group 1 winner Europa Point (Rock Of Gibraltar) and the Group II Richmond Stakes winner Harbour Watch (Acclamation), the sire of the admirable Pyledriver.
Yulong also had the final say at $725,000 for Coolmore Stud's colt out of the Zoffany (IRE) mare Walk This Way (IRE).
A half-sister to Listed winner and Group 1 Epsom Oaks third Alluringly, Walk This Way (IRE) did not distinguish herself on the track finishing seventh in a 19-runner maiden at Nass at her only start. Still, she is a descendant of the great racemare and breed-shaping broodmare, Urban Sea.
Yulong indicated the two colts would likely carry the green and white silks, and the Victorian showpiece also houses quite a few of the rising yearlings.
Still, there will be no shortage of Frankel's heading to the yearling sales in 2024. Let's have a sneak peek.
Filly x Alsephina (IRE) (Sea The Stars x Pabouche by Dubawi)
Purchased by First Light Racing / Paul Willetts Bloodstock for a modest 22,000gns at Tattersalls, Alsephina (IRE) started twice, finishing second on debut at Kempton and fourth at Newcastle.
Alsephina's first three dams are stakes-winners, and she looks well bought.
Colt x Aubade (GB) (Invincible Spirit x Aricia by Nashwan)
The win of Auguste Rodin (IRE) in the Epsom Derby ensured the family of Cassandra Go (IRE) remains as hot as any in the world. Aubade (GB) is a half-sister to three stakes-winners, and her dam Aricia is a half-sister to Cassandra Go (IRE) and Verglas (IRE).
Colt x Bawaady (GB) (Dubawi x Rifqah by Elusive Quality)
The winner of one of three starts, Bawaady (GB), was a 110,000 gns Tattersalls purchase.
A half-sister to Group 11 winner and Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas third Mustajeeb (Nayef), Bawaady's granddam is a half-sister to French Derby winner Anabaa Blue from the family of blue hen Allegretta (GB).
Filly x Boujie Girl (USA) (Flashback x Super Girlie by Closing Argument)
While her breeding is a touch obscure, Boujie Girl (USA) could run.
The daughter of the Tapit stallion Flashback was a winner at two and placed in the Gr 1 Del Mar Debutante Stakes, Gr II Sorrento Stakes and Listed Desi Arnaz Stakes.
A $175,000 Fasig-Tipton November purchase, Boujie Girl comes from a family of runners. Her dam won seven and great-granddam was a stakes-winner of 24 races.
Filly x Cercle D'Or (IRE) (Acclamation x Fleche D'Or by Dubai Destination)
A winner at Lingfield in three starts, Cercle D'Or (IRE) has an honest Kingman 3yo colt Laser Guided that has won one and placed in three of his five starts for Simon and Ed Crisford.
Cercle D'Or (IRE) is a half-sister to the 4-time Group 1 winning champion Golden Horn and the stakes winner and multiple Group placed Eastern Princess.
Filly x Dice Game (GB) (Shamardal x Scatter Dice by Manduro)
A 9,000 gns Tattersalls purchase for De Burgh Equine / Mark Pilkington Management in 2019, Dice Game (GB) had a Zoustar filly sell to Karl & Kelly Burke for 325,000gns at last year's Tattersalls October Sale.
Dice Game's imported Group III-placed son Boonie (IRE) (Brazen Beau) finished second at Flemington on June 17 for Ben and JD Hayes.
Filly x Divided Sky (IRE) (Society Rock x Naqrah by Haatef)
A $650,000 purchase for Team Lucky Vega at the 2022 Chairman's Sale when carrying the Frankel filly, Divided Sky (IRE) is a winning half-sister to the Gr 1 American Oaks heroine Lady Prancealot (Sir Prancealot).
Naqrah is an unraced half-sister to Gr II winner, and Gr1 placed Baqah the dam of Gr 1 winner Almanaar (Dubawi).
Colt x Elvic (GB) (Siyouni x Magical Romance by Barathea).
A $700,000 purchase for the Tagaloa Syndicate at the 2022 National Broodmare Sale when carrying the Frankel colt, Elvic (GB) is a winning half-sister to the Listed Warrnambool Cup and Listed Werribee Cup winner and Gr II Zipping Classic runner-up Tall Ship (Sea The Stars), and to the dam of the Group 1 French Oaks winner Channel (Nathaniel).
Magical Romance won the Gr 1 Cheveley Park Stakes and is a three-quarter sister to The Epsom Oaks, Irish Oaks, and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Alexandrova.
Filly x Emeralds (Sebring x Doulmera by Mr Greeley)
Gr III Angst Quality Handicap winner Emeralds is a half-sister to Gr II Tea Rose Stakes and Gr II Sweet Embrace Stakes winner Four Moves Ahead. She descends from the Aga Khan's outstanding family of European champions Daylami and Dalakhani.
Colt x Escapement (GB) (Invincible Spirit x Mechanism by Zamindar)
A $220,000 purchase for Team Lucky Vega at the 2022 Chairman's Sale when carrying this colt, Escapement's dam x Mechanism is a sister to Gr 1 Falmouth Stakes winner Timepiece and a half-sister to Gr 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Passage Of Time (dam of Time Test), Gr II winner Father Time, and Listed winner Continuum.
Colt x Excellent Sunset (IRE) (Exceed And Excel x Sunset Avenue by Street Cry)
John Ferguson Bloodstock purchased Excellent Sunset as a 5-start maiden for just 3,500gns at the 2017 Autumn Horses in Training Sale. A half-sister to stakes-placed Path Of Thunder (Night Of Thunder), Excellent Sunset found form on the west coat of the United States where she won two and was 4-times stakes placed.
Put in foal to Frankel, the daughter of Exceed And Excel was another to fall to the Lucky Vega Syndicate when knocked down for $1,050,000 at the 2022 National Broodmare Sale.
Sunset Avenue is a winning half-sister to Listed winner, and multiple Gr II placed True Cause (Storm Cat).
Filly x Fantasy (IRE) (Invincible Spirit x Cassandra Goby Indian Ridge)
Gr III-placed Fantasy (IRE) cost MV Magnier 1,600,000 gns at the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
After foaling a Galileo colt, Fantasy (IRE) was put in foal to southern hemisphere time and shipped to Australia. Consigned by Coolmore to the 2022 National Broodmare Sale, Fantasy (IRE) is another heading to the paddocks at Yulong Stud after the Lucky Vega Syndicate had the final say at $1,700,000.
This is a truly remarkable family, with Fantasy's champion half-sister Halfway To Heaven adding another milestone as the granddam of Epsom Derby winner Auguste Rodin (IRE).
Colt x Key (Exceed And Excel x Vanilla Princess by Lonhro)
A $550,000 Magic Millions yearling, Gr III-placed Key earned a date with Frankel after her 4-time Gr 1 winning granddam Princess Coup produced dual Gr III winner Argentina (Frankel).
Consigned by Willow Park Stud to the 2022 National Broodmare Sale, Key was a $1,100,000 purchase for Bevan Smith Bloodstock/Andrew Williams Bloodstock (FBAA).
Filly x Lucid Dreamer (GB) (Dansili x Sleepy Walk by Oasis Dream)
The Juddmonte-bred Lucid Dreamer won her only two starts at two but failed to flatter in two stakes races at three.
Her 3-time winning dam is a half-sister to the charismatic Champion Stayer Logician and stakes winners Suffused and Collide.
Team Lucky Vega shelled out $400,000 for Lucid Dreamer (GB) when consigned by Twi Hills to the 2022 Inglis Chairman's Sale.
Filly x Lustrale (IRE) (Sea The Star x Light Quest by Quest For Fame)
A €60,000 purchase for Badgers Bloodstock at the 2021 Arqana Summer Sale, the unraced Lustrale (IRE) is a half-sister to Singapore Gold Cup winner Tropaios (Excellent Art) and the French Gr III winner Skia (Motivator), the dam of the top Japanese performer Vin De Garde (Deep Impact) a Gr II winner at home and second in the Gr 1 Dubai Turf.
Filly x Mary's France (FR) (Acclamation x Mary's Precedent by Storming Home)
A €65,000 Arqana yearling, Mary's France (FR) fell short of her $400,000 reserve when offered by Widden Stud at the 2022 National Broodmare Sale.
A stakes-placed winner in France, Mary's France (FR) is the daughter of Listed winner Mary's Precedent from the family of Arc winner Sottsass and multiple Gr 1 winner Sistercharlie.
Filly x Mirai E (JPN) (Deep Impact x Admire Kirameki by Northern Taste)
Another that failed to make her $350,000 reserve at the National Broodmare sale, the Japanese-bred Mirai E has an immediately recognizable pedigree being a sister to the Group 1 VRC Emirates Stakes and Group 1 MRC Toorak Hcp winner Tosen Stardom (JPN).
Colt x Moonquake (USA) (Medaglia d’Oro x Debonnaire by Anabaa)
Moonquake (USA) is a half-sister to 4-time Gr 1 winner and $7.4 million earner Hartnell (GB) (Authorize) and Listed winner and Gr 1 Fillies Mile runner-up Roz (Teofilo).
Colt x Mrs Danvers (GB) (Hellvelyn x Rebecca De Winter by Kyllachy)
Trained by Jonathan Portman Mrs Danvers (GB) was unbeaten in five starts at two culminating in the Listed St Hughes stakes at Newbury. She extended her winning run to six when successful in the Group III Cornwallis Stakes at Newmarket at her only start at three before bringing down the curtain on her career with two unsuccessful runs at four.
A half-sister to stakes-winner Izzthatright, Mrs Danvers (GB) had three foals by Galileo before arriving in Australia carrying the Frankel colt. Mrs Danvers (GB) sold Darby Bloodstock for $350,000 at the 2023 Inglis Chairman's Sale when in foal to Home Affairs.
Filly x Obey (GB) (Lope De Vega x Discipline by Dansili)
The unraced Obey (GB) is out of a stakes-winning sister to Gr II winner and 6-time Gr 1 -placed Famous Name, multiple Gr III winner Big Break, and a half-sister to Gr III winner Renown and Listed winner Zaminast.
It's the family of champion Makybe Diva.
Colt x Passagio (USA) (Speightstown x Fair Lady by Medaglia d’Oro)
The unraced Passagio (USA) was a $450,000 National BroodmareSale purchase for Yulong's Tagaloa Syndicate when carrying this colt.
Her dam Fair Lady is a half-sister to four stakes-winners highlighted by the Gr 1 winner First Defense (Unbridled's Song) out of the Gr 1 winner Honest Lady (Seattle Slew), a half-sister to Empire Maker, Chester House and Chiselling.
Colt x Philonikia (GB) (Kingman x Colmina by Authorized)
A winner of one of seven starts in England for Ralph Beckett, Philonikia is a half-sister to Chris Waller's dual Gr III-winning millionaire Brimham Rocks (GB) (Fastnet Rock), who was runner-up in the Gr 1 Metropolitan, and the Listed winner Chamade (GB) (Sepoy),
Colt x Saaryaa (IRE) (Dubawi x Red Dune by Red Ransom)
This colt is a three-quarter brother to multiple stakes-placed winner Red Mist (Frankel). Dam is a 50,000 gns Tattersalls July Sale purchase. She is a half-sister to stakes-placed Feedyah (Street Cry) from the family of Fiorente (IRE), Tom Melbourne (IRE) and Hellenic.
Colt x Salsa Bella (FR) (Siyouni x Katsya by Sindaar)
Salsa Bella (FR) made six trips to the sales ring in seven years, the most recent of which was the 2021 Tattersalls December Mare Sale, where she was knocked down to the Freedman Brothers for 200,000 gns when carrying this Frankel colt.
A winner in France and Gr III placed in America for Chad Brown.
The daughter of Siyouni descends from the family of Group 1 winners Morandi and Glitters and the Group II winner, and multiple Group 1 placed Ana Marie.
Colt x Tosen Proud (JPN) (Tosen Phantom x Tosen Smash by Tokai Teio)
Tosen Proud (JPN) is a lightly raced sister to Yarraman Park Stud's Gr 1 MRC Futurity Stakes and Gr 1 MVRC Manikato Stakes hero Brave Smash.
Tosen Proud (JPN) left a colt and a filly by Lord Kanaloa in Japan before being bought by Ozzie Kheir.
Colt x Totally Hip Hop (GB) (Pivotal x Hippy Hippy Shake by Danehill Dancer)
The unraced Totally Hip Hop is a half-sister to Helena Springfield's talented Kingman filly Twist 'N' Shake a Listed winner at Deauville and fourth in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Ascot.
Filly x Under Wraps (GB) (Kingman x Confidential Lady by Singspiel)
A $700,000 purchase for the Tagaloa Syndicate when consigned by Arrowfield Stud to the National Broodmare Sale when carrying this filly, Under Wraps (GB) is a half-sister to stakes-winner Red Box (Exceed And Excel) and Group II Saint-Cloud Prix Greffulhe runner-up Untold Secret (Shamardal).
Her dam Confidential Lady won the Gr 1 Prix de Diane in 2006 in the colours of Cehevely Park Stud.
Vedema (FR) (Invincible Spirit x Vedouma by Dalakhani)
Vedema is an unraced daughter of the Listed Prix Isonomy Stakes winner and dual Gr III placed Vedouma, a sister to the Gr II Prix du Conseil de Paris winner and Group 1 placed Vadamar. Vedouma is also a half-sister to Gr III winner and Group 1 placed The Pentagon (Galileo) and to the dam of the Aga Khan's star Churchill colt Vadeni, the French Derby and Eclipse Stakes winner.
Filly x Yesterjoy (More Than Ready x Tuesday Joy by Carnegie)
No bigger fan of Frankel (GB) than John Singleton.
This filly is a half-sister to the Gr III NJC Spring Stakes and Gr III BRC Grand Prix Stakes winner, The Elanora (Redoute's Choice).
A daughter of 4-time Gr 1 winner Tuesday Joy, Yesterjoy was covered by Dundeel after foaling the Frankel (GB) filly and was consigned to the National Broodmare Sale, where Baramul Stud's Gerry Harvey had the final say at $575,000.
