Royal rewards
Aisling Crowe reviews Royal Ascot, which saw winners for global breeding operations, commercial stud farms and owner-breeders
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Photography by Debbie Burt and PA Images | Stats from Global Stallions App OYAL WATCHERS were thrilled by the first appearance of Meghan Markle, the new Duchess of Sussex in the Royal procession preceding the opening day of Royal Ascot, but it was the kings of Juddmonte Farm who reigned supreme on Tuesday. A black-type double for Frankel, including a Group 1 success in the St James’s Palace Stakes, complemented a first Group win as a sire for Kingman in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes while recently retired Dansili was the grandsire of the surprise Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes hero Accidental Agent. Both Frankel and Kingman etched their names on the St James’s Palace roll of honour so it was fitting that both
Juddmonte home-breds produced their first Royal winners on Tuesday. Without Parole, a colt from Frankel’s second crop, completed a dream two months for owners John and Tanya Gunther as the Canadian father-daughter team not only bred and own Without
Parole, they also bred Triple Crown hero Justify and the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes winner Vino Rosso. Bred at Newsells Park Stud, Without Parole is out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Without You Babe, a half-sister to Grade 1 Travers Stakes and Cigar Mile Handicap winner Stay Thirsty by Bernardini. She is also a half-sister to the Fusaichi Pegasus colts Stay Thirsty, who was second to Afleet Alex in the Belmont Stakes, and Superfly, third behind First Samurai and Henny Hughes in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes over a mile at Belmont Park. Without You Babe is a grand-daughter of Kingmambo, who has clicked particularly well with Frankel. All four runners bred on the Frankel-Kingmambo cross have won and a grand-daughter of Kingmambo has provided him with his fourth Group 1 winner. Without Parole is the second Group / Grade 1 winner produced by Without You Babe, who is already the dam of 2016 Accidental Agent: the son of Delegator has a big summer ahead after his Queen Anne win
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