(CNN) There's alpha males and then there's super studs. This stallion has so much X factor a date with him has doubled in price.
Star race horse Kingman now commands a hefty $192,000 a time for breeders looking to mate their mares, twice as much as his debut fee after a prolific start to stud life.
In his racing career, Kingman won a host of big titles including the Irish 2000 Guineas as well as being the world's top-rated three-year-old colt in 2014.
But after winning just under $1 million on the track, it is his potential as a stallion which has prompted his Banstead Manor Stud owner Juddmonte to slap the bumper price tag on his conjugal services.
Kingman's first crop bred 2019 French Classic winner Persian King as well as impressive Royal Ascot champion Calyx, plus a number of other high-profile winners.
But if the cost of a brief liaison appears steep, consider that at the recent Tattersalls yearling sales, progeny from Kingman averaged more than $400,000 for 59 sold, including colts sold for $2.8 million and $2.2 million.
"In 2019 the only sire in Europe to have had more three-year-old stakes winners than Kingman was Galileo," said a Juddmonte statement, referring to the legendary stallion whose stud fee is undisclosed but reported to be as much as $700,000, making him the most expensive sire in the world.
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Like father, like son
Kingman, whose father was leading Irish sire Invincible Spirit, is now second in the Juddmonte stud line-up to wonder horse Frankel, whose fee remains at about $225,000 for 2020, making him the sixth most expensive stallion in the world.
Frankel, the most notable of Galileo's many offspring, won 14 straight races in a blistering career under the tutelage of trainer Henry Cecil. In his four years as a stallion, Frankel has sired 10 Group 1 victors with five in 2019, including Classic winners in Anapurna and Logician.
At October's Tattersalls sales, his yearlings averaged $560,000 for 37 sold, including a record $3.8 million for one of his colts.
"Frankel offers breeders the greatest chance of producing a Group winner of any other sire in the Northern Hemisphere," added Simon Mockridge, stud director of Juddmonte, the breeding operation of Saudi royal Khalid bin Abdullah.
"He is second only to his own sire Galileo in terms of Group winners from crops foaled between 2014 and 2017, and is Galileo's most successful son despite only having four crops of racing age."
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Some of the world's top chefs are doing battle in horse racing's gastronomic Derby as tracks bid to offer the ultimate in fine-dining experiences.
Royal Ascot has assembled a stellar line-up of chefs with nine Michelin stars between them for 2020.
Top French chef Raymond Blanc has become a fixture at Royal Ascot.
Blanc, owner of the two Michelin-starred
Le Manor aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire, will oversee the showpiece Panoramic Restaurant in the Royal Enclosure.
Among Blanc's treats are scorched mackerel, horseradish tartare and pickled vegetables.
Ollie Dabbous, the founder of the Michelin-starred
HIDE in Mayfair, London, made his debut at Royal Ascot's The Balmoral restaurant in 2019 and will return to launch Holyroodhouse in the Royal Enclosure.
Some of the world's top chefs are doing battle in horse racing's gastronomic Derby as tracks bid to offer the ultimate in fine-dining experiences.
Simon Rogan, an owner of four stars across his dining empire, will be back for a third year with a pop-up restaurant in the Royal Enclosure Gardens.
Rogan will also curate the menu for the Green Yard restaurant, also in the Royal Enclosure.
Royal Ascot is a highlight of the British sporting and social calendar.
A new name to Royal Ascot's culinary stakes is Samoan-born, New Zealand native Monica Galetti, who will take up residence of The Balmoral in the Royal Enclosure.
Galetti is chef proprietor of
Mere in London.
Galetti's venison tartare.
Brett Graham, the winner of two Michelin stars as head chef at
The Ledbury, also in London, will also make his Royal Ascot debut in the airy
ON 5 restaurant on the fifth floor of the grandstand in the Queen Anne Enclosure.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is a fixture at Royal Ascot and opens each day of the famous meeting with the Royal Procession.
"Ascot is a leading light in sporting venue gastronomy and we have an incredible platform to showcase some of the world's top chefs," said Ascot's Jonathan Parker, director of food and beverage.
Celebrated French chef Albert Roux (left) will team up with granddaughter Emily and son Michel Roux Jr., to offer the Chez Roux dining experience at three of the UK's leading race meetings in 2020.
The trio's talents will be on show at jump racing's Cheltenham Festival, the Guineas meeting at Newmarket and the Epsom Derby.
Michel Roux Jr. is owner of the Michelin-starred Le Gavroche, founded by his father Albert and his brother Michel, in London's Mayfair.
Menus include treats such as duck tourte with roasted parsnips, cranberry and orange compote, and red wine and port jus, or maple-cured loin of Highland venison with ragout, pecan-crusted butternut squash, pommes dauphine and sage.
Paris' historic Longchamp racecourse underwent a $140 million revamp in 2016.
Its signature Panorama restaurant has sweeping view over Paris' business district and the leafy Bois de Boulogne to the east.
Le Panorama overlooks the famous track, with the distant Eiffel Tower visible above the woods.
For 2019, celebrated French chef Thierry Marx signed off the menu in Le Panorama.
"I really like the world of fine dining, and carefully chosen clothes, and the world of horses. It's a world of quality. I only believe in one economy: the economy of quality and racing is definitely part of that," Marx told CNN's Winning Post.
The new ParisLongchamp grandstand was designed by renowned French architect Dominique Perrault.
The overhanging floors were designed to evoke the feeling of a galloping race horse with colors to match the autumnal hues of the Bois de Boulogne.
Marx, a huge horse racing fan, is the brains behind Sur Mesure at the
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Longchamp has other feature eateries such as the Brasserie.
The famous Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington in Australia is another race meeting where the hospitality is as eye-catching as the horses.
In 2018, New Zealand chef Ben Shewry wowed his guests in the Lexus pavilion with a Lamington dessert topped with crushed black ants -- he used 55,000 in all.
The swanky Birdcage VIP enclave is the place to be seen, with brands bidding to outdo each other in the pursuit of the ultimate "experience." Usain Bolt has been a regular visitor.
The Bird Bath Bar is a new addition to the Birdcage marquee area.
Renowned Australian chef Neil Perry of Sydney's
Rockpool is a regular ambassador in the Lexus pavilion.
Australian chefs Matt Stone and Jo Barret of the
Oakridge restaurant in Victoria's Yarra Valley oversee a 90-seater, three-storey restaurant for Lexus.
Kangaroo shoulder with riberry daikon radish is a speciality.
Gin orange parfait is another treat on offer.
Sweets from pastry chef Darren Puchese on offer in the Tabcorp marquee during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Appetizers for guests in the Herald Sun marquee.
'Great theater'
Alongside Frankel and Galileo, who won the Epsom Derby in 2001 and stands at stud for Coolmore in Ireland, is the third member of Europe's "big three" sires -- Dubawi.
Based at Darley's Banstead Manor Stud for Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed, Dubawi commands a stud fee of $320,000 with the aim to get about 140 mares in foal a year. The maths is eye-watering.
Then there's the value in his progeny. An offspring of Dubawi out of the mare Alina, whose father is Galileo, sold to Sheikh Mohammed and his Godolphin racing outfit for about $4,356,000 at the Tattersalls sales.
Godolphin also splashed out $4.1 million on a son of Frankel and a half-brother to Golden Horn, which won the Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2015.
"It is great theater," marketing manager Jimmy George said of the Tattersalls sales last month.
"There are times when it is so extraordinarily compelling in the ring and you can't help but watch it all unfold. That's the beauty of Tattersalls and this sale. It's a little bit special."
After Galileo, the world's second most expensive stallion is Japan's Deep Impact with a fee of $370,000, according to Thoroughbredracing.com.
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