FRANKEL fever is showing absolutely no signs of abating, and rightly so. He has made a quite sensational start to his new career as a sire and I had the pleasure of seeing him in the flesh on a recent visit to Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket.

Now he has achieved the ultimate one could wish for with a first-season sire, getting the first of what is sure to be many Group 1 winners. The success was gained on Sunday in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in Japan and the winner was the two-year-old filly Soul Stirring. This was a big step up in class for the previous two-time winner and she will now be one of the favourites for next year’s classics.