Frankel Fever?

A limited number of Southern Hemisphere bred yearlings by unbeaten world champion Frankel will be offered at Australasian sales next year, so it's interesting to take a look at just how his first Northern Hemisphere bred yearlings have been received this year.

Inglis have confirmed five for their Australian Easter Yearling Sale, while the NZB Premier Yearling Sale will feature Lot 445, the Pencarrow Stud bred colt from Our Echezeaux.

With a page that screams potential sale-topper, this colt will be the first to test the market here for Frankel.

Frankel has enjoyed some big sale results this year in Europe as you would expect of a stallion of his profile, but there have also been youngsters that failed to find commercial favour.

This excellent story on Thoroughbred Racing Commentary by Nancy Sexton makes for interesting reading highlighting his sales performance in 2015.

'Take his various sale averages on their own and it's a positive picture. But most present at those sales would probably agree that the market on occasions offered an unforgiving view towards his progeny. Add that to the fact that his yearlings were generally bred by top-end breeders who aren't pressurised to sell their stock and it's easy to see why the performance of his first crop at auction might have been perceived in some quarters - especially to the outside world - as underwhelming.'

Click here to read the story.