Frankel

Statistics

Calculated on the record loaded in Turfdex.

Races: 14
Wins: 14
Win rate: 100%
Place rate: 100%

Show rate: 100% · Seconds: 0 · Thirds: 0

Official career record

Career record reported by the official source — may not match the record loaded above.

Starts: 14
Wins: 14
2nd: 0
3rd: 0
Earnings: £2,998,302

Awards & honors

11 awards earned during the career.

Other distinctions(11)

2023
Leading Sire in Great Britain and Ireland
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2021
British Champions Series Hall of Fame
Inaugural inductee
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2021
Leading Sire in Great Britain and Ireland
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2021
World Sire of the Year
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2012
European Champion Older Horse
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2012
European Horse of the Year
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2012
World Thoroughbred Rankings Leader
Rating 140 — el más alto del ranking desde su creación en 1977
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2011
European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt
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2011
European Horse of the Year
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2011
World Thoroughbred Rankings Leader
Rating 136
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2010
European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
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Full record

14 races

2012

5 races

1°
Champion Stakes(draft)G1
Ascot Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Oct 20
1°
International Stakes(draft)G1
York Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Aug 22
1°
Sussex Stakes(draft)G1
Goodwood Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Aug 1
1°
Queen Anne Stakes(draft)G1
Ascot Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Jun 19
1°
Lockinge Stakes(draft)G1
Newbury Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
May 19

2011

5 races

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Queen Elizabeth II Stakes(draft)G1
Ascot Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Oct 15
1°
Sussex Stakes(draft)G1
Goodwood Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Jul 27
1°
St James's Palace Stakes(draft)G1
Ascot Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Jun 14
1°
2000 Guineas(draft)G1
Newmarket Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Apr 30
1°
Greenham Stakes(draft)G3
Newbury Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Apr 16

2010

4 races

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Dewhurst Stakes(draft)G1
Newmarket Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Oct 16
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Royal Lodge Stakes(draft)G2
Ascot Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Sep 25
1°
Frank Whittle Conditions Stakes (Doncaster)(draft)
Doncaster Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Sep 10
1°
EBF Maiden Stakes (Newmarket)(draft)
Newmarket Racecourse(draft) · Jockey: Tom Queally(draft)
Aug 13

History

Frankel made his debut in August 2010 over a mile at Newmarket. His second start, at Doncaster, was won by thirteen lengths. In the Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot he beat Klammer by ten, and closed his juvenile season by winning the Dewhurst Stakes —his first Group 1—, billed at the time as "the two-year-old race of the century".

His breakthrough came in April 2011 in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Sent off favourite, he led from the gate and had opened a fifteen-length lead at halfway. He won by six lengths, the widest margin in the race since Tudor Minstrel in 1947. The performance was described by Racing Post as "barely believable" and earned him the top spot in the world rankings.

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Stamina doubts kept him out of the Epsom Derby. Instead, he extended his unbeaten record in the St James's Palace Stakes, and then faced Canford Cliffs in what was billed as "The Duel on the Downs" at Goodwood: Frankel beat the world's top-rated older miler by five lengths. He closed the year with the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot.

As a four-year-old he ran five races, all Group 1, and won them all. The Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot —won by eleven lengths— was described by The Guardian as "possibly the greatest performance in the history of Thoroughbred racing". Timeform responded by raising his rating to 147, two pounds above Sea-Bird's previous all-time peak from 1965. The Juddmonte International Stakes at York, his first attempt over ten furlongs, was his eighth consecutive Group 1 victory, breaking the European record set by Rock of Gibraltar.

The final race of his career was the Champion Stakes at Ascot, won on soft going by a length and three quarters from Cirrus des Aigles. His trainer Sir Henry Cecil, in the midst of chemotherapy, sent him off with: "He's the best I've ever seen." Frankel retired to Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud in 2013 at an initial fee of £125,000; by 2024 he covers at £350,000.

As a sire, as of October 2026, he is responsible for 43 Group 1 winners and 14 Classic winners in the Northern Hemisphere, among them Cracksman (Champion Stakes x2), Adayar (Derby + King George), Hurricane Lane (Irish Derby + St Leger), Alpinista (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2022) and Inspiral (Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf). He was Leading Sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 2021 and 2023, and World Sire of the Year in 2021.

Pedigree

3 generations — sire/dam and grandparents

Frankel

2008

Sire

Galileo

1998

Profile not published

Dam

Kind

2001

Profile not published

Sadler's Wells

1981

Profile not published

Urban Sea

1989

Profile not published

Danehill

1986

Profile not published

Rainbow Lake

Profile not published

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Sources

Citations backing the data on this profile. Each row links to the original source.

Whole profileJuddmonte — Frankel stallion page — stallions.juddmonte.com (October 18, 2026)
Whole profileRacing Post — Frankel profile — racingpost.com
Whole profileWikipedia EN — Frankel (horse) — en.wikipedia.org
AWARDSWikipedia EN — World's Best Racehorse Rankings — en.wikipedia.org (October 18, 2026)
PALMARESWikipedia EN — Frankel (horse) — en.wikipedia.org (October 18, 2026)
PROPIETARIO ACTUALJuddmonte — Frankel stallion page — stallions.juddmonte.com (October 18, 2026)