Unbeaten champion and standout freshman sire Frankel has recorded his first Group 1 winner, as Soul Stirring won the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in Japan. The stallion will have a chance to put another exclamation point on his stellar season with another daughter chasing Group 1 glory this weekend.

Frankel, who stands at owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket, England, is the sire of 18 individual winners to date, with Soul Stirring leading Group 2 winner Queen Kindly; Group 3 winners Frankuus, Fair Eva, Mi Suerte, and Toulifaut; and stakes-placed Cunco.

In a 14-race career that featured eight wins, four of them in particularly prestigious Grade 1s, Quality Road still managed sometimes to look like something of an underachiever.

Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y., announced its advertised stud fees for the 2017 breeding season, led by Frost Giant at $5,000.

The 13-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway stood the most recent season for $7,500. His top runners of 2016 include stakes winner Frosty Margarita, Loki’s Vengeance, and Miss Freeze.

Normandy Invasion, a 6-year-old son of Tapit whose first foals arrive in 2017, will stand for $4,000, down from $5,000.

Firing Line, a Grade 3 winner and runner-up in the 2015 Kentucky Derby, will enter stud at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2017 breeding season at an advertised fee of $5,000.

The 4-year-old Line of David colt was retired in late November after nagging injuries and illness limited him to one start in 2016.

“He was an extremely talented racehorse,” said Pope McLean Jr., director and business manager of Crestwood Farm. “He had speed that could carry, and I think when people see him and really study him, they’re going to be very impressed with him.”

David Jacobs began dabbling in racing with a one-horse stable a quarter-century ago, and his investments into that modest line delivered with a “marquee” accomplishment last week.

In an improbable result, Marquee Miss edged her older full sister Marquee Cal Gal by a neck to win the $50,000 Holiday Inaugural Stakes on Dec. 3 at Turfway Park. The winner races for owner Joe Ragsdale, while the runner-up races for Jacobs, the breeder of both. Both runners are by Cowboy Cal and out of Jacobs’s graded stakes-placed homebred Marquee Delivery.

Texas Red, the winner of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, has been retired. Stud plans are pending for the son of Afleet Alex.

Hindered throughout his career by various ailments, Texas Red made his final start when fifth in the 2015 Travers Stakes; he was subsequently sidelined by cannon-bone bruising. The colt most recently worked Nov. 26 at Santa Anita.

Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., released its advertised fees for the 2017 breeding season, including newcomer War Dancer.

The 6-year-old son of War Front will stand for a fee of $5,000 and will be offered through the “Share the Upside” program on a limited basis for $7,500.

War Dancer won six of 30 starts over four seasons of racing for earnings of $1,068,925. His most notable victories came in the Grade 2 Virginia Derby and Grade 3 Louisville Handicap, and his seven graded placings include a runner-up effort in the Grade 1 Man o’War Stakes.

Posse, a stalwart among New York’s stallion ranks, will stand permanently at Haras Rapetti in Uruguay and will not shuttle back to the U.S. for the 2017 Northern Hemisphere breeding season.

The 16-year-old son of Silver Deputy was purchased this year by Haras Rapetti while in the midst of his second Southern Hemisphere season. He previously resided at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., where he was advertised in 2016 for $5,000.

Northwest Stud in Ocala, Fla., released the advertised fees for its 2017 stallion roster, headlined by leading Florida juvenile sire Gone Astray at $5,000.

The 10-year-old son of Dixie Union stood the 2016 breeding season for $4,500 and has two crops of racing age.

Gone Astray’s progeny was led this year by four-time stakes-winning juvenile Three Rules and Venezuelan Group 1 winner Pregonera. Other notable runners include Grade 1-placed Pretty Boy Flash, Grade 3-placed Bullet Gone Astray, and Puerto Rican Group 2-placed Noble Quest.

The Korean racing and breeding industry is headed into 2017 with momentum after a year of significant accomplishments.

In the past 12 months, Korea was elevated into Part II of the International Cataloguing Standards Book; sent its first runners to the Breeders’ Cup and the Dubai Carnival; hosted the inaugural Korea Cup meeting in association with Keeneland; found increased purchasing power at major sales; and imported a number of prominent stallions to bolster its stock.