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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:30 am
by erins isle
http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/b ... stocknews/
http://www.sirhenrycecil.com/index.php? ... s&Itemid=2
This week Frankel left Sir Henry's Warren Place Stables to return to Banstead Manor Stud, where he was born in 2008.
Sir Henry's site is worth reading!
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:51 am
by dublino
Gonna stick me neck out a bit here, again.
With Frankel going to stud - whats his fee?
How close is that to Galileos?
Why not Galileo then, hes proven why take the risk?
Frankel is a small unnatractive colt, by all descriptions.
Commentators talked about his long stride, never seen it myself.
What I did see was a horse whos hind legs moved quicker than anyothers.
There was his key, imho.
The horse was headstrong will he pass this on to his offspring ala Montjeu?
I don't think he is worth the risk in the breeding shed, let Juddmonte support him and I guess the Arabs will also, anything not to use Coolmore, and wait 4/5 years to see what he produces.
How many times have we seen a horse like this fail in the breeding shed?
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:54 am
by dublino
Frankels fee set at £125,000 GBP ( $200,000 US )
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:58 pm
by Cryptic Ninja
[quote="dublino"]Gonna stick me neck out a bit here, again.
With Frankel going to stud - whats his fee?
How close is that to Galileos?
Why not Galileo then, hes proven why take the risk?
Frankel is a small unnatractive colt, by all descriptions.
Commentators talked about his long stride, never seen it myself.
What I did see was a horse whos hind legs moved quicker than anyothers.
There was his key, imho.
The horse was headstrong will he pass this on to his offspring ala Montjeu?
I don't think he is worth the risk in the breeding shed, let Juddmonte support him and I guess the Arabs will also, anything not to use Coolmore, and wait 4/5 years to see what he produces.
How many times have we seen a horse like this fail in the breeding shed?[/quote]
I agree with you here, his female line has some black type in there but hardly enough to justify that service fee.