colt named Cunco who won on his debut in a Newbury maiden on Friday, 13 May 2016. Cunco had the distinction of also being Frankel's first ever foal, born in Ireland at the Coolmore Stud and was out of Chrysanthemum who was the first mare scanned in foal to Frankel. Frankel's first major winners came in the summer of 2016 as Fair Eva won the Princess Margaret Stakes and Queen Kindly took the Lowther Stakes. In December he had his first winner at the highest level when his daughter Soul Stirring won the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In 2017 Soul Stirring won the Yushun Himba. Frankel sired his first winner of a European Group 1 race when Cracksman won the Champion Stakes in October 2017. As a result, his stud fee rose from the initial £125,000 to £175,000. In 2018 Frankel reached 20 Northern Hemisphere Group winners faster than any other European sire in the history of the Pattern, and was second only to his sire Galileo in terms of Group winners foaled from 2014 to 2016 north of the Equator. His 2018 Group winners included Without Parole, winner of the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot (at which Frankel was the leading sire), and Cracksman, who won a second Champion Stakes to become the first horse since his sire to win at successive British Champions Days. Frankel's percentage of stakes horses to runners was an incredible 27%. Frankel was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 2021, with progeny earnings of over £5.2 million pounds. His leading performers were Adayar and Hurricane Lane, winners of the Epsom and Irish Derbies respectively. In 2022 his daughter - Alpinista won the Prix de I'Arc de Triomphe. For the 2022 season his stallion fee was £200,000, raised to £275,000 for 2023. Notable progeny c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding Pedigree Note: b. = Bay, br. = Brown, ch. = Chestnut Frankel is inbred 3 × 4 to the stallion Northern Dancer, meaning that Northern Dancer appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of his pedigree. Bibliography Andrew Pennington and the Racing Post, Frankel: The Wonder Horse, Racing Post Books, 2012, Frankel – The Official Story [DVD], 2012 See also List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses List of historical horses References External links Official Frankel website, by Juddmonte Farms Career 1-2-3 Colour