You Sexy thing! Amo give cheeky name to their 2.5 million guineas daughter of Frankel

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Amo Racing have handed a cheeky name to one of their expensive two-year-olds before the new turf season starts on Saturday, with a sister to 2,000 Guineas winner Chaldean registered by the name Sexy.

The daughter of Frankel cost 2.5 million guineas when purchased as a foal at the Tattersalls December Sales in 2024 and is in training with Kevin Philippart de Foy, who took the reins at the historic Freemason Lodge yard last July.

The Frankel sister to Chaldean who sold for 2.5m gns has been named Sexy by Amo RacingCredit: Laura Green

According to the Racing Post’s soon-to-be-published Horses In Training 2026, Amo have assembled a team of two-year-olds at their main power base in Newmarket that cost in excess of a cool £20 million.

Some of Kia Joorabchian’s expensive collection, of which 31 are listed, have recently received names, so who else should we be looking out for in the coming weeks and months?

St John's Wood

An eye-catching second top lot from Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale.

The Frankel colt out of Aljazzi has been named St John's Wood

A Frankel colt out of a Group 2 Royal Ascot winner in Aljazzi, St John's Wood cost 3.6 million guineas and is named after the district of London that is perhaps best known for being home to Lord's cricket ground.

St John's Wood is a brother to unraced three-year-old and stablemate Partying, who has an entry for the 1,000 Guineas. She was not cheap either, costing 4.4 million guineas as a yearling.

Hertfordshire

A foal purchase, who is another Frankel colt. James Fanshawe’s Breeders' Cup winner Audarya is the dam, and that attractive pedigree saw Amo go to 850,000gns at Tattersalls for him.

Audarya's owner Alison Swinburn is based in Hertfordshire and the family gained a recent boost when the three-year-old half-sister Estissa (by Dubawi) scored at Wolverhampton on Monday for Fanshawe.

Ambience

Yet another Frankel foal purchase out of Auria is a filly who cost the same amount (850,000gns) at the Tattersalls December Sales in 2024.

She is the first foal of a mare who won the Listed Coral Distaff in 2021 for Andrew Balding.

And the youngsters who still haven't been named...

Plenty of Amo's youngsters are still to be named.

Among those are a Wootton Bassett - Luna Mare colt who ticketed at 2.2 million guineas at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales, plus a Night Of Thunder - Model Guest chestnut colt who was knocked down to Amo for 1.7 million guineas.

The operation were also busy over in Deauville at the Arqana Sales last summer where they picked up a Night Of Thunder - Prudenzia filly for €3m, smashing the record price at the August Yearling Sale.

When might we see Amo's two-year-olds?

The first two-year-old race of the season in Ireland featured Force Noir and Bull Shark, two Amo-owned colts. They had to settle for second and third behind Ruler's Control in a race Amo won in 2023 and 2024 with Bucanero Fuerte and Arizona Blaze.

They also have three entered for the traditional curtain-raiser to the British Flat turf season at Doncaster on Saturday. Amo have won the Brocklesby Stakes in two of the last four years with Persian Force (2022) and Norman's Cay (2025) and could be represented this time by Blixen Force (Persian Force - Baroness Blixen), Ocean Club (Persian Force - Love Message) and Salt Lake (Persian Force - Lady Aria, owned with Valmont).

The Amo Racing two-year-olds

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