DUAL classic winner Hurricane Lane (by Frankel) will stand under the Coolmore National Hunt banner next season, having been purchased from Godolphin this week.

Bred at Philippa Cooper’s Normandie Stud and born and raised at Coolmore, Hurricane Lane hails from Frankel’s fifth crop of foals and is out of listed winner Gale Force, a close relative of dual Derby winner Harzand. Hurricane Lane was bought for 200,000gns by Godolphin at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Trained by Charlie Appleby at Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket, Hurricane Lane won his only race as a two-year-old in Newmarket and went on to win six of his first seven starts, the only defeat coming in the Derby at Epsom where he ran third despite losing both front shoes.

As a three-year-old, Hurricane Lane established himself as one of the best middle-distance horses of his year.

He won the Group 2 Dante Stakes over a mile and two furlongs before going on to win three Group 1s in succession - the Irish Derby, the Grand Prix de Paris (by six lengths) and the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster.

His final start at three saw him beaten by only three quarters of a length in a strong renewal of the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe while earlier in the season he notched up his fifth Group race success in the Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket.

“Hurricane Lane is a very good-looking son of Frankel with plenty of scope and a good action,” said his trainer Charlie Appleby. “He showed a great constitution throughout his career and was a wonderful racehorse who gave us many great days.”

“We are delighted to get Hurricane Lane,” said Coolmore’s Cathal Murphy. “He’s a fine big, good-moving horse with a pedigree and race record to match. He’s one of the best sons of Frankel to date and comes from a leading Aga Khan family.

His dam, by Shirocco, won a listed race at Saint-Cloud and her half-sister Seal of Approval won a Group 1 on British Champions Day.”