Yushun Himba
Frankel's first runner on a racecourse was a bay colt named Cunco who won on his debut in a Newbury maiden on Friday, 13 May 2016. Cunco had the distinction of also being Frankel's first ever foal, born in Ireland at the Coolmore Stud and was out of Chrysanthemum who was the first mare scanned in foal to Frankel. Frankel's first major winners came in the summer of 2016 as Fair Eva won the Princess Margaret Stakes and Queen Kindly took the Lowther Stakes. In December he had his first winner at the highest level when his daughter Soul Stirring won the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In 2017 Soul Stirring won the Yushun Himba. Frankel sired his first winner of a European Group 1 race when Cracksman won the Champion Stakes in October 2017. As a result, his stud fee rose from the initial £125,000 to £175,000.