Flightline will stand for $200,000 at Lane's End

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Flightline, the undefeated Breeders’ Cup Classic winner who is sure to be named Horse of the Year, will have a $200,000 fee in his first year at stud, according to an announcement by Lane’s End Farm, where the 4-year-old colt will stand next year.

The $200,000 fee will be the highest since 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh went to stud in 2016.

Flightline was retired a day after he won the Classic by 8 1/4 lengths. He won his six starts, including three other Grade 1 races, by a combined margin of 71 lengths and dominated in nearly every race he ran in. He recently received a 139 rating on the World’s Best Racehorse ranking, the highest rating ever assigned to a dirt horse.

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Flightline is by Tapit, a sire of sires, and he is out of the Indian Charlie mare Feathered.

Flightline is owned by a partnership that includes Summer Wind Farm, Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Woodford Racing. At the time Flightline was retired, the owners formed a breeding syndicate with 40 shares in the horse.

On Monday, West Point offered one of its seven shares in the syndicate at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, and the 2.5 percent stake sold for $4.6 million to an undisclosed buyer.

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