Frankel in all his glory at the Banstead Manor Stud
As Frankel was the centre of attention when on the race tracks, he is no less when he got to his stud at Banstead Manor Stud. The way in the field the opponents knew that trying to collar Frankel was impossible, in the same way the other stallions in the
stud now know that who is the Alpha there.
“When I went to see Frankel at Sir Henry Cecil’s yard, he was the alpha male in that domain — you could tell,” Mockridge explained. “He was the one in charge, everyone else buckled down to him.”
“Dansili is the old pro, he didn’t take any notice of Frankel,” he said. “He thought, 'Obviously there’s a new arrival. We’ll see how he gets on.’ Oasis Dream was in a sulk for about two days. They’re very intelligent, they have their pecking order. Frankel
suddenly realised that he was the new kid on the block.”
The way he ruled the tracks for the fourteen unbeaten starts, in the same manner, the hierarchy is set at the stud too.
The question that probably every horse racing enthusiast has in the mind are the breeding options of Frankel and the champion sprinter mare, Black Caviar, if the two will become the source for the superstar crop or not.
Despite an almost agonizing stud fee, there are already bookings from nearly all the corners of the world. If Galileo’s four-year-old will be able to pass down the charisma and the grandeur that he had when racing just cannot be guaranteed as yet.
Last year’s Arc winner, Danedream, is on the list to be paired against the glistening glory. Alongside them, multiple Group One winners, Alexander Goldrun and Stacelita, are also lined up for Frankel’s duty.
As mentioned that there are bookings from around the globe, Japanese champion Vodka and the US mare, Oatsee, are also the prospects for the top rated miler of the world.
For now, he is being treated no less than royalty, rest, perfect diet and then some more rest is what he is getting. The connections made money when he raced and are likely to make way more than that now that their super star has retired.
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