"Proud mum, Chrysanthemum delivered the newborn nag at 08.30pm on 11th January 2014, with her thrilled owners agreeing that he has his father's looks," a statement from Great British Racing said on Wednesday of the happy day at the Coolmore Stud in Ireland.
Frankel, who was unbeaten in his 14-race career before being retired to stud in 2012 and is valued at 125 million pounds, had the owners of 130 mares and fillies queuing up although at 125,000 pounds ($205,800)his "services" did not come cheap.
Should the Coolmore stable, the new foal's owners, decide to sell Frankel's first offspring they would make a healthy profit with a record figure of 6 million pounds already being suggested for the colt, who will not race for two years.
Conceived on Valentines Day, the new arrival's genes will be second to none with Chrysanthemum, a dual Group winner, the daughter of champion sire Danehill Dancer.
Thoroughbred Frankel earned over 4 million pounds in prize money and his six-length victory at the Classic 2000 Guineas in 2011 was the largest winning margin since 1947.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Mitch Phillips.)
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