Juddmonte Farms have announce the 2018 nomination fees for its five European stallions standing at Banstead Manor Stud near Newmarket.

After a season where he sired a first Group 1 winner with the outstanding Cracksman, Frankel's fee is £175,000, up £50,000 from last year.

Stallion 2018 Fee

Bated Breath £10,000 SLF

Dansili £65,000 SLF

Frankel £175,000 SLF

Kingman £55,000 SLF

Oasis Dream £30,000 SLF

Stud Director Simon Mockridge commented: “Frankel has had a sensational start with his first two crops, and 2017 has seen him described as being one of the most elite sires in the northern hemisphere. His strike rate of 12% group winners to foals is remarkable, and his 2014 crop has produced 13 group winners so far, a number matched only by Galileo in the northern hemisphere. A quarter of Frankel’s runners to date have won blacktype - with his tally of blacktype performers currently standing at 30. His 2017 season began with a classic winner in Japanese Oaks winner Soul Stirring, and closes with the stunning performance of Cracksman – officially now the highest rated horse in Europe – in the Group 1 Champion Stakes.

“Champion miler Kingman’s first crop of yearlings was extremely well-received at the sales, and the list of buyers proved they had great international appeal. They sold for an average of over £244,000 (37 sold) and a top price of £1.7 million guineas – making Kingman the leading first crop sire in Europe and North America. He has covered extremely high-class books of mares since retiring to stud and we are looking forward with confidence to his first two-year-olds hitting the track in 2018.

“Bated Breath continues to outperform his sire Dansili by group performers and blacktype winners at a comparable stage in their career. In 2017 Bated Breath has sired over 50 winners of 75 races to date, with seven individual blacktype performers highlighted by exciting two-year-olds Beckford (Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed), Landshark (Group 3 winner) and Gavota (group-placed). This success has been echoed at the yearling sales, where Bated Breath has achieved an average of almost five times his fee for 53 sold, with a colt out of Night Sphere topping the Goffs UK Premier Sale at £270,000.

“Oasis Dream has produced more Group 1 winners, Group winners and blacktype winners than any other stallion from the Green Desert line (including Green Desert himself). However, in this extremely competitive market we have adjusted his fee to £30,000 for 2018, which we believe offers tremendous value for a proven sire at the highest level.

“Dansili remains one of the most accomplished stallions in the studbook. He has sired Group 1 winning two-year-olds, a classic miler, an Arc winner and two Breeders’ Cup winners, and has been leading sire at Royal Ascot on three occasions. He will be available at £65,000 to a restricted book in 2018.