WinStar raises Bodemeister's fee to $40,000

WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., has released the advertised fees for its 2018 stallion roster, with the most dramatic rise in stud fee coming for Bodemeister, who sired Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming from his first crop.

Bodemeister, an 8-year-old son of Empire Maker, will stand for an advertised fee of $40,000 in 2018 after beginning the previous season at $25,000. Other runners of note by Bodemeister include Grade 2 winner American Anthem and stakes winners Kenda and O Dionysus.

Also standing for an increased fee in 2018 is Overanalyze, who climbs to $15,000 from $10,000. The Dixie Union horse’s first foals are 2-year-olds of 2017, and his debut crop has produced stakes winners Analyze This Jet, Analyze the Odds and Suzette, as well as Grade 1-placed Piedi Biancho and Grade 3-placed Psychoanalyze.

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Pioneerof the Nile, sire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will command the highest fee of the WinStar roster at $110,000, unchanged from the 2017 season. Speightstown, sire of Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Tamarkuz, will stay at $100,000.

Seven stallions on the WinStar roster saw their fees lowered for the upcoming season.

Distorted Humor, sire of dual classic winner Funny Cide and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer, will stand for $50,000 after being advertised at $80,000 in 2017. Horse of the Year Tiznow had his fee lowered to $50,000 from $60,000, Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver’s fee will decrease to $35,000 from $50,000, and Congrats dropped to $17,500 from $20,000.

Among WinStar’s younger stallions, Gemologist, whose first foals are 3-year-olds of 2017, will stand for $15,000 after previously being advertised at $25,000. Paynter, whose first foals are juveniles in the current season, saw his fee decreased to $12,500 from $20,000. Revolutionary, represented by his first yearlings in 2017, will stand for $5,000 compared with $7,500 last year.

Following is the complete list of fees for WinStar’s 2018 stallion roster.

Artie Schiller - $10,000
Bodemeister - $40,000
Carpe Diem - $25,000
Commissioner - $7,500
Congrats - $17,500
Constitution - $25,000
Daredevil - $7,500
Distorted Humor - $50,000
Exaggerator – $30,000
Fed Biz - $10,000
Gemologist - $15,000
More Than Ready - $60,000
Outwork - $15,000
Overanalyze - $15,000
Paynter - $12,500
Pioneerof the Nile - $110,000
Revolutionary - $5,000
Speightster - $10,000
Speightstown - $100,000
Super Saver - $35,000
Tiznow - $50,000
Tourist - $12,500