Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, England has released its advertised stud fees for the 2015 breeding season.
Leading the returning stallions will be Leroidesanimaux, the sire of champion Animal Kingdom, who will stand for $22,202 (14,000 British pounds) in 2015. The 14-year-old son of Candy Stripes, a champion turf horse in the U.S., relocated to Lanwades Stud from Stonewall Farm in Florida for the 2014 breeding season, where he debuted for a fee of $27,751 (17,500 pounds).
Grade 3 winner Apriority has been retired from racing and will stand at Michele Rodriguez’s Elite Thoroughbreds in Folsom, La.
The 7-year-old son of Grand Slam finishes his career with 6 wins in 36 starts for earnings of $525,829, highlighted by a victory in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector Stakes at Gulfstream Park. He also turned in runner-up finishes in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap, the Grade 2 Churchill Downs Stakes, and the Grade 3 Count Fleet Handicap. Apriority competed as a Florida homebred for Donald Dizney.
Fed Biz, a three-time Grade 2 winner for Kaleem Shah, has been retired from racing and will start his stud career next year at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. The 5-year-old Fed Biz, a son of Giant’s Causeway, will stand for a $12,500 fee.
Based in California and trained by Bob Baffert, Fed Biz won the El Cajon Stakes at 3, the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes and San Fernando Stakes at 4, and the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at 5. He also finished second to Shared Belief in the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes and second to Goldencents in the Pat O’Brien this year.
In compiling and analyzing pedigrees of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races, the names of successful stallions dominate the statistics. Popular stallions nowadays routinely sire 100 or more foals every year, while broodmares are limited to one foal per year, so that is the norm.
It is standard in contemporary Thoroughbred racing that the Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector male lines divided the spoils more or less evenly at the Breeders’ Cup, with the Icecapade, Hail to Reason, Blushing Groom, and Rough’n Tumble lines in supporting roles.
The Aga Khan’s Gilltown Stud in Ireland and Haras de Bonneval in France have released their advertised fees for the 2015 breeding season.
Leading the group will be European Horse of the Year and popular young stallion Sea The Stars, who stands at the Aga Khan’s Irish base. The 8-year-old son of Cape Cross and brother of all-world sire Galileo will stand for about $155,678 (125,000 euros) during the upcoming breeding season, up from $105,868 (85,000 euros) in 2014.
Grade 2 winner Santiva will relocate to Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for the 2015 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The 5-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway stood at Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind., during the 2014 season. His first foals will be yearlings of 2015.
“We are thrilled to welcome Santiva, who will be a most valuable addition to the Questroyal stallion roster,” said Barry Ostrager, owner of Questroyal North. “New York breeders will now have the opportunity to breed to one of Giant’s Causeway’s most precocious sons.”
Grade 1 winner Mr. Sidney will relocate to Walmac Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2015 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $6,500.
The 10-year-old son of Storm Cat previously stood at Alec Head’s Haras du Quesnay in France, where he was advertised for about $6,200 in 2014 (5,000 Euros). His first crop of foals are 3-year-olds this year.
Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., has released the advertised 2015 fees for its five-horse stallion roster.
The group is led by Eskendereya, whose fee will remain unchanged at $17,500. The 7-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway was represented by his first crop of 2-year-olds in 2014.
Grade 2 winner Old Fashioned will stand for an increased fee of $12,500 after standing the 2014 season for $8,000. An 8-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song, Old Fashioned was represented by Grade 1 winner Fashion Plate this year.
Coolmore’s Ashford Stud has released the advertised stud fees for its 13-horse stallion roster for the 2015 breeding season.
Perennial leading sire Giant’s Causeway once again reigns as the Versailles, Ky., farm’s flagship stallion, with the 17-year-old son of Storm Cat maintaining his fee of $85,000 for a fourth straight year.
