Darley keeps Medaglia d'Oro at $200,000 for 2020 breeding season

Medaglia d'Oro will stand for an unchanged fee of $200,000 in 2020, leading the roster at Darley’s Kentucky farm, which announced its advertised stud fees on Tuesday.

Medaglia d'Oro is one of North America's most expensive stallions, as his 2019 fee trailed only War Front, standing for $250,000 at Claiborne Farm, and Tapit, standing for $225,000 at Gainesway. Neither has had his 2020 fee confirmed yet.

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Medaglia d’Oro raised his career total of Grade 1/Group 1 winners to 25 this season, led in the U.S. by multiple Grade 1-winning turf filly Cambier Parc and Pacific Classic winner Higher Power. Higher Power is bound for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, where he could meet Medaglia d’Oro’s daughter Elate, a multiple Grade 1 winner on her career and a multiple Grade 2 winner this season.

Among Darley's other Kentucky stallions, Street Sense will get a notable bump in his fee, to $75,000 from $50,000. Street Sense is the sire of Grade 1 winner and Breeders' Cup Classic candidate McKinzie, as well as Grade 1 winner Maxfield, likely to be among the favorites for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

Bernardini, Frosted, Hard Spun, and Nyquist will all stand for $40,000 next year. Frosted (stood for $50,000 in 2019) and Nyquist ($40,000) are among this year's leading commercial first-crop yearling sires, and will have their first runners in 2020. Bernardini ($50,000) and Hard Spun ($40,000) are established sires.

Australian Group 1 winner Astern ($15,000), who has his first Northern Hemisphere weanlings this year, will again shuttle from his home country, standing for $10,000. Completing the roster are Midshipman ($8,500) and Street Boss ($20,000) with unchanged fees.