New York’s leading freshman sire, Frost Giant, will relocate from Vinery New York to Keane Stud in Amenia, N.Y. He’ll also get a fee hike, from $5,000 this year to $7,500 for 2013, according to a Keane Stud announcement. Frost Giant previously stood at Vinery’s Sugar Maple division in Poughquag. Vinery’s owner, Tom Simon, put his entire multi-state U.S. operation on the market privately in late August.Frost Giant, winner of the 2008 Suburban, is the sire of 2012 New York stakes winner West Hills Giant and stakes-placed Zekes Surprise. The 9-year-old Giant’s Causeway horse leads Empire State freshman sires with $416,576 in earnings to date, which also puts him in sixth by earnings nationally among freshman sires. Frost Giant is out of the Gone West mare Takesmybreathaway. He’s a full brother to 2012 stakes-placed Heavy Breathing and a three-quarters-brother to 2011 stakes winner Breathless Storm.