One hundred percent on the racetrack. And now 100 percent at stud. Those are currently the astonishing statistics of Frankel — the remarkable three-quarter brother-in-blood to Bowness Stud shuttle sire Bullet Train (GB).

The world’s thoroughbred industry is presently being greatly heartened by the initial representatives of Frankel’s first-crop. When Seven Heavens ran out a hugely impressive winner of a 6-furlong contest at Ascot late last week, it took the Juddmonte legend’s stud record in GB/Ire to six individual runners for six individual winners — five of those on debut.

Following arguably the greatest racetrack career in thoroughbred history, when Frankel went unbeaten in 14 starts over three seasons, thoroughbred enthusiasts the world over are now quite possibly witnessing the formative stages of an equally exceptional stud career.

Frankel’s startling impact in Britain’s freshman sire division has prompted Racing Post correspondent Martin Stevens to draw some scary comparisons with other elite racetrack-stud prospects of recent time, including Frankel’s own incredible sire Galileo. One of the most surprising points made in his article reveals that at the same stage of his own record-breaking career, Galileo was still waiting on his very first son or daughter to salute.

Stevens observed: "Frankel's fast start measures up well against other superstar horses in their first season with progeny. At this stage of the season, Sea The Stars had not even been represented by his breakthrough winner — that arrived when Stars Over The Sea scored at Ayr on July 22 three years ago.”

He continued: "Neither had Frankel's own exceptional sire Galileo… got off the mark at stud at this stage of the year. Galileo's first winner came when Heliostatic broke his maiden over 7f at the Curragh on July 17, 2005, although he already had a stakes performer on his record as Global Genius had finished second in the Chesham Stakes, run that year at York.”

Stevens went on to conclude: "It is too early to draw firm conclusions about Frankel's future as a sire, but he could hardly have got off to a better start.”

Of course, these significant developments augur particularly well for Bullet Train (GB). Himself the winner of his only start as a 2-year-old, the Bowness Stud stallion is due to arrive back in Australia for his fourth domestic stud season following a successful Australasian yearling sales series that saw his first crop filter in to the hands of champion trainers Chris Waller, Gai Waterhouse, Darren Weir, Neville Parnham and others.

If the events of the current British juvenile racing season are anything to go by, the first 2-year-old runners of Bullet Train (GB) will be making an impression sooner than even the stallion’s most ardent admirers expect.