Cairo Prince's stud fee increasing for 2018

Cairo Prince, a breakout star with his first crop of commercial yearlings this season, will see his stud fee rise to $25,000 for 2018, Airdrie Stud has announced.

Cairo Prince, a multiple graded stakes winner by Pioneerof the Nile, most recently stood for an advertised fee of $15,000. This year, he is represented by high-ticket sale yearlings including a colt sold for $900,000 at the bellwether Keeneland September yearling sale; and a colt sold for a record $500,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred yearling sale.

Led by Cairo Prince, Airdrie released the fees for the majority of its young roster on Thursday. Creative Cause, whose first foals are 3-year-olds, will have his fee announced following the Breeders' Cup, where his starters could include Pavel in the Classic.

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“These are very exciting times for us at Airdrie,” the farm’s Brereton Jones said in a release. “We really believe we have enormous potential with our young stallion roster and I don’t believe we’ve ever had a first-year stallion ignite the marketplace the way that Cairo Prince has. We couldn’t be more bullish on our future and we’re proud that we feel we give our breeders as good a chance as anyone to profit both in the sales ring and on the racetrack.”

Grade 3 winner American Freedom, whose Grade 1 placings include a runner-up effort to record-setting Arrogate in the 2016 Travers Stakes, will debut for a fee of $10,000. Airdrie's roster is rounded out by Majecticperfection, Summer Front, and Upstart at $10,000; Include at $7,500; and Mark Valeski for a private fee.