Angus Gold had the honour of purchasing the first progeny of Frankel at auction in Australia when he paid $610,000 for a chestnut filly out of Gr1-winning South African mare Chocolicious (Kahal)
The Champion Stakes was first run in 1877, when it was won by top class performer, Springfield.
“The key to all valuations in the horse business is that the breeding side is worth about 10 times the racing side,” said Bill Oppenheim, an independent thoroughbred market analyst. “He who has the best stallion is king.”
“The story of Frankel and Sir Henry Cecil is a story of obsession, redemption and ultimately hope. It’s certainly one of the greatest sporting stories ever told.” Watch it tonight at 8pm.
Of four Frankel foals listed for sale, one was withdrawn and the other three failed to reach their reserve price. While the potential is obvious, the stallion has yet to pass the ultimate test – that of seeing his offspring succeed on the racetrack.
A filly foal of racing legend Frankel has sold for an Irish record of 1.8 million euros
Noble Mission emulated his illustrious full brother Frankel when landing an emotional victory in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday
First snaps of a royal baby! Avontuur Estate is happy to announce the delivery on Tuesday morning of a healthy, strong filly by one of the world’s top-ranked race horses and super star sire Frankel, out of Avontuur owned mare and SA champion sprint filly, Val de Ra
Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Chocolicious, bred by Backworth Stud, attracted plenty of attention at the Goff’s November Sale due to her Southern Hemisphere covering date by Frankel
When we set out to stage The Goffs London Sale in association with QIPCO we did not dare dream of the sort of results and level of interest that we enjoyed at The Orangery at Kensington Palace last night.
It seems like an awful lot of money to pay for a horse and it’s a bit sad to see the whole package go, as the mare is a sweetheart.
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
