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Originally Posted by Fager Fan

Maybe. Not bad, but it's a very different breeding game over there. They don't have the pool of stallions that we do.

Since I couldn't find a list just for Europeans, I took the international list from the BH, and here's how Frankel stacks up once I remove the Japanese and Australian sires (for 2017):

In Europe (meaning Ireland and England, and I guess France if only they had any to make the list, which they don't), Frankel is 12th.

Galileo
Fastnet Rock
High Chaparral
Exceed and Excel
Dubawi
Iffradj
Teofilo
Lope de Vega
Dark Angel
Mastercraftsman
Shamardal
Frankel
Choisir
Sea the Stars

He's 12th in Europe, but 65th on the International Sires List. American stallions that rank higher?

Unbridled's Song
Medaglia d'Oro
Street Cry
Candy Ride
Tapit
Kitten's Joy
More Than Ready
Scat Daddy
Hard Spun
Harland's Holiday
Empire Maker
Malibu Moon
Ghostzapper
Curlin
Quality Road
Into Mischief
Street Sense
City Zip
War Front
Street Boss
Uncle Mo
Lookin at Lucky
Giant's Causeway
Speightstown
Bernardini

You can get to almost all these American stallions for less, and many times less than half, the amount you'd pay to go to Frankel.

He's had two crops race. This list is comparing apples to cinderblocks.