Frankel’s offspring will be making his first performance on the field at Newbury on Friday. This comes four years after Frankel retired at racing and he was one of the best horses to ever take part in horse racing. Frankel made his first racing performance as a stallion at Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor stud where he sired 111 foals. In his racing years he always took the first position and he retired undefeated in his 14 start races. Cunco, who was the first of his offsprings will be the first to make it to the race tracks. The pony is being trained by John Gosden for the Chilean owner of Don Alberto stable will start his racing career in the 2nd division of the Welcome to the Starlight Race Day Maiden Stakes at Newbury.
Canford Cliffs was a previous winner of the £10,000 award. The stallion was able to complete his final start in the second position, shortly after Frankel in a Sussex Stakes challenge that was publicized as the Duel on the Downs. Cunco was sired on January 11, 2014 at Coolmore stud. The mare who sired Cunco was Chrysanthemum who was one of the mares who won the multiple group-winning Danehill dancers. Cunco was presented for sale at Tattersalls October Sales in 2015 but was not bought at 280,000gns. His trainer, Gosden said that Cunco was ready to race. He added that even though Cunco is a small horse he is performing quite remarkably.
He added that the rains were hindering some activities but he was positive that if things were well regulated they would help him out. Frankel has a covering amount of £125,000 but the Don Alberto squad has been major clients of Frankel. They have managed to place him at the center of a drive in order to become international players in the racing and bloodstock world. Don Alberto’s owners, Mr. and Mrs. Solari managed to purchase Vinery Farm in Kentucky which was renamed Haras Don Alberto in the year 2013. They have managed to sire from Frankel ten more mares and they will be going for training in Australia.
Master craftsman, Henry the navigator, Holy Roman Emperor, Dylan Thomas and Rock of Gibraltar during shuttle visits are one of the Coolmore stallions in South America owned by Don Alberto. Cunco’s name was derived from a city in Cautin Province in Araucania region of Chile, and the name means clear water.
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