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Frankel keeps father Galileo at bay with a third Royal Ascot winner

Banstead Manor Stud stallion leading the way at the meeting

Frankel: sire of Royal Ascot winners Without Parole, Monarchs Glen and Baghdad
Frankel: sire of Royal Ascot winners Without Parole, Monarchs Glen and BaghdadCredit: Juddmonte

Frankel notched another winner on the third day of Royal Ascot on Thursday – Baghdad in the King George V Stakes – to repel his father Galileo and maintain his lead in the meeting sire standings.

His earlier winners this week were Without Parole in the St James's Palace Stakes and Monarchs Glen in the Wolferton Stakes.

The unbeaten dual world champion also gained two more place-getters in Ribblesdale Stakes third Sun Maiden and unlucky-in-running King George V third First Eleven.

First Eleven is a half-brother to Kingman, who stands alongside Frankel at Banstead Manor Stud and supplied Tuesday's emphatic Coventry Stakes winner Calyx from his debut crop of two-year-olds.

Away from the action at Royal Ascot, Frankel was responsible for a 26th black-type winner on Thursday when three-year-old filly Frankel Light – a half-sister to Via Serendipity, who won a valuable Sandown handicap for Stuart Williams on Saturday – took the Listed Prix la Sorellina at La Teste de Buch in France.


ROYAL ASCOT SIRE STANDINGS AFTER DAY THREE

THREE WINNERS

Frankel (Without Parole-G1, Monarchs Glen-LR, Baghdad-H'cap, also one second and three thirds)

TWO WINNERS

Galileo (Kew Gardens-G2, Magic Wand-G2, also two seconds)
Shamardal
(Blue Point-G1, Aljazzi-G2)

ONE WINNER

Delegator (Accidental Agent-G1)
Poet's Voice (Poet's Word-G1)
Sea The Stars (Stradivarius-G1)
Camacho (Signora Cabello-G2)
Kingman
(Calyx-G2)
Shanghai Bobby (Shang Shang Shang-G2)
Acclamation (Expert Eye-G3)
Camelot (Hunting Horn-G3)
Footstepsinthesand (Lagostovegas-H'cap)
New Approach (Ostilio-H'cap)
Rio De La Plata (Settle For Bay-H'cap)


For his part, Galileo is in a strong second position in the Royal Ascot league table with another winner on Thursday – Magic Wand in the Ribblesdale – to go with Kew Gardens in the Queen's Vase on Wednesday.

Shamardal also has two winners for the week, but Galileo holds the important advantage of two runners-up in Gustav Klimt and Southern France.

Galileo's presence was felt in two other Royal Ascot winners on Thursday.

His half-brother Sea The Stars was on the mark with Gold Cup hero Stradivarius and his son New Approach provided runaway Britannia Handicap winner Ostilio.

Galileo's studmate Camelot conjured a Royal Ascot winner from his debut crop of three-year-olds on Thursday when Hunting Horn breezed to victory in the Hampton Court Stakes.

Hunting Horn is a half-brother to Beresford Stakes winner David Livingston out of Mora Bai, an Indian Ridge half-sister to the late, great High Chaparral – the sire of Britannia Stakes runner-up Curiosity, and whose son So You Think was represented by King George V second Corgi.

Camelot: a first Royal Ascot winner as sire in Hunting Horn
Camelot: a first Royal Ascot winner as sire in Hunting HornCredit: Coolmore

The other sire on the scoresheet on Thursday was Shanghai Bobby, whose daughter Shang Shang Shang became his first Group winner in the northern hemisphere in the Norfolk Stakes.

Spare a thought for Dansili, who now has three podium finishers but no winners so far at Royal Ascot 2018, with son Crossed Baton finding only Hunting Horn too good in the Hampton Court Stakes.

The retired Banstead Manor Stud resident is perhaps the unsung breeding hero of the meeting, with late sire son Delegator getting Tuesday's Queen Anne Stakes winner Accidental Agent and his daughters having produced Wednesday's Jersey Stakes scorer Expert Eye and Thursday's Ribblesdale winner Magic Wand.


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Published on 21 June 2018inBritain

Last updated 18:36, 22 June 2018

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