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Operation will be using 33 stallions in Europe this year with Frankel and Kingman strongly supported
On Wednesday, Juddmonte announced their 2023 mating plans, with 33 European stallions being used.
As expected, resident sires Frankel (Galileo) and Kingman (Invincible Spirit) will be strongly supported. Frankel's book includes 25 stakes winners or producers including Group 1 winners Emollient, Emulous, Juliet Foxtrot and Viadera as well as Group 1 producers Bird Flown, Nimble Thimble and Repose.
Kingman was represented by four juvenile Group winners in 2022 and his 2023 book of mares comprises some notable two-year-old winners/producers, including Group 1 winner Passage Of Time (dam of Group winners Time Test and Tempus); Group 1-winning sprinter African Rose (dam of Group 3 winner Fair Eva); Group 3 winner and Famous Name's sister Big Break (the dam of Listed winner Georgeville); Group 3 winner Helleborine (dam of Coventry Stakes winner Calyx) and Group 3 winner Pocket Square. He will also be covering Group 1 winners Proviso and Romantica as well as Group 1 producer Scuffle (the dam of Logician), and dual Group 2 producer Deliberate (dam of Headman).
One of Bated Breath's best prospects for 2023 is the Group 3-winning filly Juliet Sierra – and her dam Kilo Alpha will be returning to him this year. Incidentally, she produced the Group 1 winner Juliet Foxtrot to Bated Breath's sire Dansili.
Juddmonte's youngest stallion Expert Eye, the sire of 25 winners to date from his first crop, will be enjoying continued support in 2023, with Group 1 winner Timepiece and the Group producer Photographic amongst his book.
Visiting one of the most proven active sires Oasis Dream, whose progeny have won over 2800 races - Listed winner Vesela, a half-sister to Oasis Dream's top stallion son Showcasing, and Bonne Idee, a winning half-sister to the very promising Kingman colt Nostrum, are amongst his Juddmonte mares this season.
Juddmonte homebreds New Bay and Showcasing will be receiving several mares. Intercontinental's daughter Continental Drift, the dam of Group 3 winner/Group 1-placed Masen will be visiting New Bay, along with Group 3 winners Dandhu and Gaining. Showcasing's book includes Group producer Lilyfire and dual Group 2-winning Lucky Kristale.
Other notable matings are Logician's winning half-sister Monsoon Moon visiting Baaeed; Group-winning Sacred Bridge visiting Dark Angel; Enable and her dam Concentric visiting Dubawi, along with Fillies' Mile Winner Quadrilateral and Frankel's sister Chiasma. Midday and her Listed-winning daughter Mori are both due to be covered by Lope De Vega, while Expert Eye's dam Exemplify will be going to Mehmas. Frankel's Listed-winning half-sister Joyeuse is to be covered by No Nay Never, while Group 3-winning maiden mare Agave will go to Sea The Stars. The Listed-winning maidens Elegant Verse (a daughter of Special Duty) and Noon Star (a daughter of Midday) will be visiting Siyouni.
