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Diego Velazquez

Diego Velazquez

Frankel (GB) x Sweepstake (IRE) (Acclamation (IRE))

Bay · 2021

2026 Service Fee $27,500 inc GST

Overview

A Group 1-winning son of the great Frankel

Diego Velazquez was one of the most expensive Frankel yearlings ever sold, and he proved worth every guinea. Trained by Aidan O’Brien, he won at the highest level as a four-year-old and was crowned Champion Older Miler in France and Ireland in 2025. He stands his first season at Swettenham in 2026.

By the great Frankel

A son of the unbeaten champion and three-time European Champion Sire Frankel, himself the sire of 181 stakes winners.

A genuine Group 1 miler

Winner of the Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois and a Group 2 winner at two, three and four. Fast, tough and precocious.

An elite black-type family

A half-brother to Group 1 winner Broome and dual Group 2 winner Point Lonsdale, from a deep Coolmore family.

Race record

Champion older miler in France and Ireland

6 wins 2 at 2 €932,515 in earnings Trained by Aidan O'Brien
1st Gr.1 Prix Jacques le Marois 1600m · Deauville Held off Notable Speech and Queen Anne winner Docklands at four.
1st Gr.2 Solonaway Stakes 1600m · Leopardstown
1st Gr.2 Champions Juvenile Stakes 1600m · Leopardstown A high-class two-year-old performance.
1st Gr.2 Minstrel Stakes 1400m · Curragh
1st Gr.3 Meld Stakes 1800m · Leopardstown
4th Gr.1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains 1600m · ParisLongchamp The French 2000 Guineas.

Pedigree

By the unbeaten champion Frankel

Diego Velazquez
Sire Frankel (GB)
Dam Sweepstake (IRE)
Galileo (IRE)
Kind (IRE)
Acclamation (GB)
Dust Flicker (GB)
Sadler's Wells (USA)
Urban Sea (USA)
Danehill (USA)
Rainbow Lake (GB)
Royal Applause (GB)
Princess Athena (IRE)
Suave Dancer (USA)
Galaxie Dust (USA)
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Family

A half-brother to top-class Group horses

Gr.1 Broome half-brother Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2400m)
Gr.2 Point Lonsdale half-brother Dual Gr.2 winner, Group 1-placed
L Sweepstake dam Listed winner, Group 3-placed

Diego Velazquez is a half-brother to these Group horses, out of the stakes-winning mare Sweepstake. He stands his first season at Swettenham in 2026.

2026 Service fee

$27,500 inc GST

  • A Group 1-winning son of Frankel, the outstanding sire of our era
  • One of the most expensive Frankel yearlings ever sold (2,400,000gns)
  • Standing his first season in 2026. Contact the stud to discuss terms and mare suitability

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Inspections are welcome at the stud at any time. Contact us to arrange a visit.

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