(Galileo - Kind (Danehill))
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- 2008 Foal, 16.1hh. Owner bred by Khalid Abdulla and trained by Sir Henry Cecil. Named in memory of deceased American trainer Bobby Frankel who trained for Juddmonte. A superstar who won all of his 14 races and by his career close was considered to be at, or very near, the pinnacle of European raced thoroughbreds in history.
- Began his career as a juvenile with victory in an 8f Maiden on August 13th by just half-a-length from Nathaniel (another early starting son of Galileo). Followed that with a facile victory in a minor 7f event and then won the 8f Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes. Dropped back to 7f to take the Group 1 Dewhurst stakes on his final run that season.
- Successful in all 10 runs at 3yo to 4yo, mostly over 8f at Group 1 level including turning the the 2,000 Guineas into a broken race 'sprint'. Had learnt to settle well enough to win his last two career starts as a 4yo over 10f including a win in testing soft ground on his last outing.
- Retired to Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud at a fee of £125,000 and still there in 2015 at the same level. 17 Yearlings sold in 2015, of 31 catalogued, for an Average of 463,308gns and a Median at 332,226gns. First Season Sire in 2016.