Juddmonte Farms and Aga Khan Studs are home to a couple of the best stallions in Europe in Frankel and Sea the Stars, both of whom have enjoyed considerable G1 success in Australia.
The flagship sire at Juddmonte Farms UK base of Banstead Manor, Frankel remains at £350,000, while his Champion son Chaldean, currently at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand is priced at £20,000, down marginally on £25,000.
Chaldean covered 323 mares in his first two books in the UK, which included more Group winners, stakes winners and black-type performers than any other first-season sire in Britain or Ireland in his debut year, and maintained that momentum in 2025 with a book featuring 14 Group winners, 28 stakes winners and 52 black-type performers.
|
Stallion |
2026 Stud Fee |
|
Bated Breath |
£5,000 |
|
Chaldean |
£20,000 |
|
Frankel |
£350,000 |
|
Kingman |
£125,000 |
|
Lead Artist (NEW, G1 son of Dubawi) |
£12,500 |
|
Oasis Dream |
£15,000 |
Aga Khan Studs have given an increase to Sea the Stars following a year in which he sired Daryz to win the Group I Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe along with Group I winners Sosie and Aventure.
This success also extended to the sales ring, where his colt out of Crystal Zvezda sold for 3.7 million guineas, a world record price for a yearling in 2025.
Turning 20 next year, Sea the Stars rises from €250,000 to €300,000.
Champion French sire Siyouni, whose champion son St Mark’s Basilica became a G1 producing sire this year, drops from €200,000 to €150,000, while Zarak remains at €80,000.
Their younger sires Vadeni (Churchill) and Erevann (Dubawi) stand at €15,000 and €8,000.
