First Stakes-Winner for Frankel

Tara Madgwick - Sunday July 24
Unbeaten superstar Frankel broke through for his first stakes-winner in the UK overnight when his daughter Fair Eva captured the Group III Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot beating Sepoy filly Kilmah.

A homebred for Juddmonte Farms, who bred and raced Frankel, Fair Eva was the first runner by the champion for Juddmonte so it is most fitting she should also be his first stakes-winner.

FrankelTrained by Roger Charlton, Fair Eva won her debut at Haydock in June and raced right away to win this six furlong sprint by four lengths as a hot favourite with Frankie Dettori in the saddle.

"Fair Eva has done everything really professionally and looks very good," said Charlton.

"She has a wonderful action and, like most Frankels, takes a bit of pulling up after the winning post, which is a good sign. She could clearly go another furlong and let´s hope next year she might go a mile. She is in the Moyglare, a race Frankie mentioned when he got off. I wouldn´t really want to run her on soft ground because she has such a good action."

One of seven winners for Frankel, Fair Eva is the second winner for Group I winning sprinter African Rose, a close relation to Group I winner Distant View by Observatory.

Frankel has a handful of rising Southern Hemisphere time bred two year-olds here in Australia and their progress will be keenly monitored.

Five of them were sold at Australasian sales for up to $1.6 million, click here to see them, while one that was retained to race is the first foal of champion mare More Joyous, a filly that has been named Woman.

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