The Juddmonte operation has announced its European mating plans for 2024 – and they are supporting their world-leading stallion Frankel with a plethora of high-profile mares.
Juddmonte is committed to investing long term to improve the quality of its broodmare band through the purchase of notable fillies and mares, who can in turn also support Juddmonte’s European-based stallions: Frankel, Kingman, Chaldean, Oasis Dream and Bated Breath.
The legendary Frankel – at a fee of £350,000, the world’s most expensive stallion for 2024 alongside Darley behemoth Dubawi – currently stands well clear as world #1 sire according to Thoroughbred Racing Commentary’s exclusive Global Rankings.
In 2023, the son of Galileo captured his second GB and Ireland sires’ championship in three years, siring 11 G1 winners worldwide, of which seven were new, more than any other Northern Hemisphere-based stallion.
He was also the leading sire in Europe by prize-money for the third consecutive year with earnings just shy of £11m – nearly £5m clear of his nearest rival.
Unsurprisingly, Frankel’s book of mares from Juddmonte includes 27 stakes winners and/or producers. These include G1 winners Announce, Emollient (the dam of Frankel’s stakes-winning daughters Raclette and Ardent), Juliet Foxtrot, Midday, Proviso, Special Duty (the dam of the highly promising Frankel colt Task Force), the newly purchased Teona and Viadera.
The Banstead Manor sire is also covering the G1 producers Bird Flown (dam of Classic winner Siskin); Concentric (Enable’s dam); Portodora (dam of Arlington Million winner Set Piece); and Repose (the dam of multiple G1 winner State Of Rest).
Mares returning to Frankel who have already produced Group winners by him include Time Chaser (tdam of 2023 G3 winner Time Lock), Listed winner Principal Role (dam of G3 winner Flight Leader) and Zatsfine (the dam of G3 winner Delaware).
Other Group winners visiting him include Prix Penelope winner Agave, Rockfel Stakes winner Isabelle Giles, US Graded stakes winners Nay Lady Nay and Grand Jete, Musidora winner Shutter Speed and G2-winning sprinter Soffia.
Frankel’s winning sister Chiasma returns to world #2 sire Dubawi, while his Listed-winning half-sister Joyeuse, the dam of 2023 Mill Reef Stakes winner Array, visits Wootton Bassett.
Kingman’s book full of Group winners and producers
Kingman enjoyed a tremendous 2023 with four new G1 winners and was second only behind Frankel by 3YO stakes winners in the Northern Hemisphere.
His book is packed full of Group winners and producers, which befits his status as one of the world’s leading sires. African Rose and Passage Of Time are both G1 winners who have gone on to produce Group winners, while Scuffle and Nimble Thimble are the dams of G1 winners Logician and Quadrilateral respectively.
Young stakes winners in his book include G2 Prix de Gros-Chene winner Brostaigh, G3 Fred Darling Stakes winner Dandhu, G3 Prix de Lieurey winner Fount, dual G3 winner Pocket Square, Midday’s G3-winning half-sister Sun Maiden and Listed winners Heliac and Petricor.
Helleborine (dam of Calyx and Coppice) and Trojan Queen (dam of Sangarius and Greek Order) are also returning to Kingman.
Chaldean an exciting addition
The roster is further strengthened by the exciting addition of Chaldean for the 2024 season, the first son of Frankel to stand at its European headquarters Banstead Manor Stud.
The new addition was well received by breeders during Tattersalls December Sales and will be strongly supported by Juddmonte in his first season. Of the 17 Juddmonte mares visiting the Dewhurst and 2000 Guineas winner, 12 are black-type performers or producers, and the remaining five are half-sisters to G1 winners or out of G1 winners.
He is being entrusted with three of Juddmonte’s most proven mares – Deliberate, the dam of five black-type performers including G2 winners Projected and Headman; Exemplify, the dam of Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Expert Eye; and Shared Account, the dam of three black-type performers including dual G3 winner Pocket Square.
Expert Eye and Pocket Square were two-year-old Group winners, and the dams of Gimcrack/Champagne Stakes winner Threat (Flare Of Firelight) and Blenheim Stakes winner Straight Answer (Straight Thinking) are also in Chaldean’s first book.
Group winners being covered include Falmouth Stakes winner Timepiece, Nell Gwyn winner Hot Snap, and Prix de Sandringham winner Modern Look, herself the dam of G3 winner Grand Jete.
Other matings for G1-winning mares include Emulous, visiting Camelot to produce a full-sibling to the Classic-placed Bluestocking; Capla Temptress going to Dark Angel, and the peerless Enable returning to Dubawi.
Frankel’s Fillies’ Mile winner Quadrilateral will be going to Wootton Bassett, while Zarak is the chosen cover for Prix Jean Romanet winner Romantica, herself a daughter of Banks Hill.
G1 producer Sacred Shield, the dam of three stakes winners including Matriarch Stakes heroine Viadera, is the first Juddmonte mare to visit Havana Grey.
Matings for notable 2024 maiden mares include G3 Aston Park Stakes winner Haskoy visiting Siyouni, along with her Listed-winning dam Natavia; G3 winner Juliet Sierra, a half-sister to G1 winner Juliet Foxtrot, visiting Too Darn Hot; and multiple Group winner Zarinsk having her first cover to No Nay Never.
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