The farm's stud fee of $65,000 (AU$98,000) is slightly less than the $75,000 (AU$110,000) he commanded last year on Southern Hemisphere covers. They are hoping to attract anywhere between 20 and 40 Southern Hemisphere mares this spring.

“The goal is to make him appealing,” Cauthen said. “He's consistently bred to Southern Hemisphere time, but last year and this year, we've really tried to open him up more. He's bred a solid book in the past without it being a big book, because we're not looking for a big book. We're looking for quality.”

The American Horse of the Year produced six individual Grade I winners from his first book of 127 foals en route to Champion Northern American first-crop sire honors. He was also the leading sire of 3-year-olds in 2022, which included Echo Zulu, Gunite, Cyberknife and Early Voting.

“He's been spectacular, and everyone here is feeling blessed to have him at Three Chimneys,” Cauthen said. “But we think the potential to continue this, and build on it, is right there in front of him. Who he's as good as, we'll find out in five or 10 years' time, but he's certainly been exceptional so far.”

The AU$500,000 bonus to any progeny of Gun Runner that wins the Golden Slipper S. is also on the table.

“Like the Kentucky Derby or any of these great races, just getting runners in the field is the hardest part,” Cauthen said. “Time will tell but we think it's a legitimate possibility for Gun Runner to get horses into the Slipper, therefore we should offer a legitimate bonus.”

Emirates Park bred its Golden Slipper winner Estijaab (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) to Gun Runner on SH time last year. She's currently heading back Down Under safely in foal to the stallion.

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Set to stand for €50,000 at Kildangan Stud in Ireland, the son of Dubawi (Ire) sired his first international Group 1 winner with Kukeracha (NZ) from his only Australasian-bred crop. Former shuttler Palace Pier (GB) leads the way at Dalham Hall Stud at £25,000; and roster veteran and fellow former shuttle stallion Iffraaj (GB), who has accounted for 11 Group 1 winners in the Southern Hemisphere, will stand for £10,000.

The septet and their fees are as follows:

Dalham Hall Stud:
Palace Pier (GB) – £25,000
Cracksman (GB) – £17,500
Masar (Ire) – £12,500
Iffraaj (GB) – £10,000

Kildangan Stud:
Night Of Thunder (Ire) –  €50,000
Space Blues (Ire) – €15,000
Naval Crown (GB) – €10,000

Sam Bullard, Darley's Director of Stallions, said, “We are pleased to be able to offer Southern Hemisphere breeders a great range, from top international proven stallions to younger commercial options. Night Of Thunder is doing as phenomenally well in Australia as he is here, and Palace Pier's first Australian crop is so well-bred, it's a near certainty that his second crop will be in great demand at the sales. As ever, our stallions are available to view by appointment, and we very much welcome visitors during the July Sales.”

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“I had it confirmed to me only this morning [Wednesday] that there are only two stallions in history who have sired a 2-year-old Group 1 winner in Australia having never stood there,” Shane Horan, Juddmonte's stallion nominations manager, told the publication. “Frankel is one and Kingman is the other, and the fact that they're at the same farm at the same time is phenomenal.”

Besides siring G1 J.J. Atkins S. winner King Colorado (Aus) on the weekend, Kingman was also represented by Group 3 winner Sinawann (Ire) taking an Australian listed event during the same timeframe. Of his 23 runners in Australasia,15 are winners. Besides the aforementioned stakes winners, the son of Invincible Spirit (Ire) also has Group 3 winner Emissary (GB) and the Group 3-placed Tass (Aus).

“From a marketing point of view, his big selling point to an Aussie market is that he was a brilliant miler with a high cruising speed and a killer turn of foot,” Horan said. “He passes that on to his progeny. He is also the highest-rated son of Invincible Spirit, who is, of course, the sire of I Am Invincible (Aus), and I Am Invincible has been a revelation in Australia.

“He typically gets them looking like himself,” Horan added. “He's an elegant stallion. He's lightly made and light on his feet. His progeny tend to race with a high head-carriage and he's passing on that great acceleration. It seems like he's ideally suited to those mares with lots of substance, and he will add in all the quality you could ask for.”

“It's hard to predict what sort of numbers we'll expect for him [Kingman] this September,” he said. “I'll know a lot more by the Tattersalls July Sale up here when many of the Australian breeders and agents will be in attendance.”

Frankel's Australasian stats are no less remarkable. The sire of 121 stakes winners worldwide, the 15-year-old has 16 winners from 40 runners Down Under. All 16 of those winners have struck at stakes level, with his 12 group winners led by Group 1 winners Hungry Heart (Aus), Mirage Dancer (GB), and Converge (Aus). The last-named also won the G1 J.J. Atkins.

“Frankel, physically, is a bull of a stallion,” Horan said. “There's probably a lot of Danehill coming through in him. His mother was a very typical Danehill mare, and he's probably more suited by the elegant type of mare. Kingman is probably less fussy on the size of mare sent, but a mare with substance and plenty of bone is recommended.”

Both stallions will stand to Southern Hemisphere time on Special Live Foal (SLF) terms. The fee is payable 45 days from the last service date (when the mare is confirmed in-foal) and should anything happen to the foal within 48 hours of birth in Australia, a full refund on the service fee will be provided. Juddmonte is also supplying a £10,000 travel allowance for mares travelling up from the Southern Hemisphere, which is useful when it comes to a £40,000) service fee for Kingman.

“Kingman is often overshadowed by Frankel, which is understandable,” Horan said. “Frankel has tied with Danehill as the fastest stallion to 100 worldwide stakes winners in terms of numbers of days taken to achieve it, and in terms of getting to 50 stakes winners by number of days, Frankel was also the fastest, beating Dubawi (Ire) who beat Galileo (Ire). But in the meanwhile, Kingman didn't reach 50 as fast as Frankel, but he was quicker to do it than Dubawi and Galileo. So that gives you a perspective on where this horse sits.”

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Standing for €7,000 in 2021, the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. hero  was bred by Rabbah Bloodstock and raced in the silks of Ali Abdulla Saeed. For trainer Richard Hannon, the bay ran second in the 2019 G1 2000 Guineas, and captured the Listed Fortune S. one start prior to his score in the Queen Elizabeth II S. King of Change is a half-brother to MGSW and G1SP Century Dream (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). His second dam is G3 Prix Fille de l'Air winner Neptune's Bride (Bering {GB}).

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In 2021, Siyouni is the sire of G1 French 2000 Guineas hero St Mark's Basilica (Fr) who also won the G1 Darley Dewhurst S. at two. Last year, Siyouni's 2019 G1 Prix du Jockey Club victor Sottsass (Fr) captured the G1 Qatar Prix l'Arc de Triomphe. The bay has also sired G1 French 1000 Guineas winners Dream And Do (Ire) and Ervedya (Fr), the latter successful three times at the highest level. He is also responsible for six-time Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr), who won the G1 Prix de Diane.

From only six runners in the Southern Hemisphere, the 14-year-old has four black-type performers, including listed winner See You In Spring (Aus), while he also has had yearlings sell for up to A$550,000 in Australia.

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