Frankel

A full-brother to Listed Wolferton S. winner Juan Elcano (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 915) fetched 675,000gns from MV Magnier to move to the top of the leaderboard at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale on Friday. Also a half-brother to the Group 3-winning Nkosikazi (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), the colt was consigned by Furnace Mill Stud and is out of the Daylami (Ire) mare Whatami (GB).   "Woohoo." 🤩 lot 915 sells for 675,000gns at the #TattsDecember Foal Sale. This colt is by Frankel (@JuddmonteFarms) and is an own brother to...

KILDARE, Ireland--There was a palpable energy in the air at Goffs on Wednesday morning with the anticipation of some equine future stars changing hands, and so it proved with a daughter of the new king Frankel (GB) stealing the show when selling to Juddmonte Farms for €550,000. Being the strongest day of the four day foal sale, it was important that the gains made in the first half of the week were built on here and it was encouraging to again see trade maintain the strong pace initiated on day...

A Four Star Sales-consigned Kentucky-bred filly by Juddmonte Farms' Frankel (GB) out of Lady Ederle (English Channel) was knocked down for $800,000 to become the priciest weanling offering a little past the midway stage of the opening session of the Keeneland November Sale Wednesday in Lexington. Midlantic-based conditioner Phil Schoenthal signed the ticket on behalf of his client D. Hatman Thoroughbreds. The May 1 foal, cataloged as hip 144, is a half-sister to MGSW Nay Lady Nay (Ire) (No Nay Never) and GSW & MG1SP Arizona (Ire) (No Nay Never)....

As the bloodstock auction industry rides a wave of resurgence into its final sector of the season, Goffs provides the curtain-raiser in its November Foal and Breeding Stock sales. The action begins next week with four days of foal sales from Nov. 15 to 18, which rolls right into two days of breeding stock on Nov. 19 and 20. The European marketplace provided some welcome upbeat surprises amid the overall tumult of the pre-vaccine pandemic in 2020, but this year has proven an extreme revelation everywhere, and nowhere moreso than...

12.50 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2fT GAUCHER (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is the first foal out of the Wertheimers' G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who was also runner-up in the G1 Prix de Diane. Carlos Laffon-Parias is in charge of the March-foaled chestnut, whose rivals include The Aga Khan's Mirabad (Fr) (Gleneagles {Ire}), a Mikel Delzangles trainee whose listed-winning dam hails from a strong-staying family.

12.40 Newmarket, Novice, £10,000, 2yo, f, 7fT CRYSTAL CAPRICE (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) represents the longstanding De Rothschild--Sir Michael Stoute connection which has fared so well with members of this March-foaled bay's family down the years. The dam Crystal Zvezda (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a talented but perhaps underachieving listed winner, is a half to three heavyweight performers to have raced in these silks in Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Crystal Capella (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Hillstar (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Among her peers is Lady Derby and Lady...

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features a daughter of former racetrack and sales ring star Seta. 1.30 Doncaster, Mdn, £7,000, 2yo, f, 8fT ONE EVENING (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is one of two newcomers from John and Thady Gosden's set-up, which took this race with Lady Bamford's subsequent G1 Prix de Diane heroine...

Progeny of the late champion sire Galileo (Ire) and his heir apparent Frankel (GB) are among the standout offerings in the Goffs November Foal Sale, for which the catalogue was released on Thursday. The Goffs November Foal Sale will take place at Kildare Paddocks from Nov. 15 to 18, with 1015 foals spread across the four days. The format of the sale will be a rising tide of quality from Monday through Wednesday. Trade will return to Monday's more modest levels for Thursday. The three Galileo foals catalogued for Goffs...

Newsells Park Stud has become one of the most steadfast sights of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale-being, as it has, leading vendor at Book 1 for the past three years, and five of the past eight years--and while many of the familiar faces behind the stud remain the same, it has in fact undergone some significant changes this year, with entrepreneur Graham Smith-Bernal having purchased Newsells Park in June from the Jacobs family. Not that Newsells Park is new at all to Smith-Bernal-he had been a client of the stud...

It takes a lot for a European trainer to become the biggest story in North American racing, but that's exactly what Charlie Appleby has accomplished, among many other things, this year. Capturing three of the four Grade I races at Woodbine plus the Jockey Club Derby at Belmont last weekend to follow up several other successful raids of top-level events in the U.S. this summer, Appleby has quite simply taken the racing world by storm at just 46 years old. Wednesday, during a short break from shopping the Goffs Orby...

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features a close relative of the great Frankel. 1.45 Chantilly, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, f, 8fT DARK LUCK (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is the first foal out of the G3 Prix Vanteaux winner Gold Luck (Fr) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}), a half-sister to the world-renowned Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), her...

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features a half to Group 1 winner and standout producer Lillie Langtry. 13.00 Newmarket, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, c/g, 8fT Bjorn Nielsen's MAGISTERIAL (IRE) (Frankel {GB}), who was a 300,000gns vendor buy-back at last year's Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling sale, is kin to three stakes performers including...