FRANKEL HOLDS AT £350,000 AS FIELD OF GOLD JOINS JUDDMONTE ROSTER AT £20,000

Frankel will once again command £350,000 in 2027 after Juddmonte kept the fee of its flagship stallion unchanged for a fourth successive year, while dual Group 1 winner Field Of Gold will begin his stud career at Banstead Manor for £20,000.

The Newmarket operation confirmed its full European roster on Monday, with every one of its six stallions standing at Banstead Manor. Frankel's price tag means he again shares the title of the world's most expensive publicly advertised fee with Dubawi.

Frankel's remarkable record rolls on

There was little reason to tinker. Frankel has now sired 14 northern hemisphere Classic winners, a tally boosted in 2026 by Thundering On in the Oaks at Epsom and Benvenuto Cellini in the Irish Derby. He has more than 200 stakes winners and 45 individual Group 1 winners worldwide, and his reach extended to Flemington last week when Point Of Law took the Melbourne Cup.

He was also the leading sire by average at Tattersalls October Book 1 for the fourth year in a row, with five of his yearlings selling for seven figures.

Kingman, increasingly recognised as a sire of sires, stays at £125,000 for a fifth straight season. His yearlings averaged £283,197 this year, headed by a €1.4 million colt at the Arqana August Sale and a 1,100,000gns lot at Book 1.

Classic-winning newcomer

Field Of Gold, a son of Kingman, retires as a European champion after landing the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes. He had earlier won the Group 3 Solario Stakes at two and finished second in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, and he made one start at four before being retired. He will stand on special live foal terms.

Elsewhere on the roster, Chaldean remains at £20,000 ahead of his first runners in 2027, having covered more than 180 mares this year after his first yearlings sold for up to €650,000. Lead Artist stays at £12,500 for his second season, and the reliable Bated Breath, sire of Group 2 Hungerford Stakes winner Coppull this year, is unchanged at £5,000.