Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs North in Aurora, Ontario has released the advertised 2015 stud fees for its nine-horse stallion roster.
Three stallions will command the co-highest fee: Milwaukee Brew, Sligo Bay, and Silent Name, who will each stand for $6,612 ($7,500 Canadian).
Milwaukee Brew, a 17-year-old son of Wild Again, will see no change in his advertised fee. His runners are led in 2014 by Prince of Wales Stakes winner Coltimus Prime.
Grade 3 winner Laugh Track will debut at stud in 2015 at Double LL Farms in Bosque, N.M., after being purchased at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
The 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor will stand for a private treaty as property of Mike Abraham, who bought Laugh Track out of the horses of racing age portion of the Keeneland November sale for $125,000.
Grade 2 winner Balance the Books will begin his stallion career in 2015 for Mammad Huseynov’s Royal Pegasus Farm in Azerbaijan after being purchased at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Royal Pegasus, which has farms in Baku, Azerbaijan and Lexington, Ky., bought the 4-year-old son of Lemon Drop Kid as a stallion prospect for $20,000. He will soon enter pre-export quarantine to be shipped overseas in December.
Grade 2 winner and sire Strong Contender has relocated to stand at R Star Stallions at RichWine in Anderson, Ind., for the 2015 breeding season. His introductory fee at R Star will be $3,000.
The 11-year-old Maria's Mon horse, who entered stud in 2007, most recently stood at Hallmarc Stallions in Ocala, Fla., where his fee was also $3,000.
“We believe this stallion will do well in Indiana,” R Star Stallions’ Leigh Ann Hopper said. “[His progeny] are proven winners amongst great company.”
Grade 2 winner Rookie Sensation has been retired from racing and will make his debut at stud at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs North in Aurora, Ontario for an advertised fee of $4,422 ($5,000 Canadian) in 2015.
The 4-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song finished his career with three wins in 10 starts for earnings of $232,900. His resume is highlighted by a victory in the Grade 2 Twilight Derby and a third in the Grade 3 Last Tycoon Stakes, both at Santa Anita.
Bred in Kentucky by Adena Springs and campaigned by that outfit, Rookie Sensation was trained by John Shirreffs.
Unusual Heat, a perennial leading sire in California, will stand for an advertised fee of $20,000 during the 2015 breeding season at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif.
The 24-year-old son of Nureyev’s fee will remain unchanged from 2014 as he enters his fifth season standing at Harris Farms. He will be available to approved mares only.
Grade 3 winner Fort Loudon has been retired from racing and will make his stallion debut at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., during the 2015 breeding season for an advertised fee of $4,000.
The 5-year-old son of Awesome of Course finished his career with 8 wins in 30 starts for earnings of $931,973. He earned Grade 3 wins in the Carry Back Stakes and the Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship Stakes, and he became one of 12 horses to sweep his division of the three-race Florida Stallion Stakes series at Calder Race Course in the 31-year history of the program.
Forestry, a Grade 1 winner and sire, has been purchased by Haras Sao Jose da Serra in Brazil, and will not return to the Northern Hemisphere for the 2015 breeding season.
The 18-year-old son of Storm Cat previously stood at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., which confirmed the transaction on Monday. He was advertised for a fee of $8,000 during the most recent breeding season.
Forestry had previously shuttled to Argentina and Peru for Southern Hemisphere seasons, and shipped to Haras Sao Jose da Serra for the first time in 2014.
The Irish foal crop grew 6 percent in 2014, while the foal population in Great Britain declined, Racing Post reports.
Through Sept. 30, a total of 7,440 foals were registered in Ireland from the most recent foaling season. It was the second straight year of growth for the country, after finishing at 7,051 in 2013, and 6,884 in 2012 at the same point in those respective years.
"There's definitely optimism coming back into the market,” Weatherbys Ireland chief executive Ronan Murphy told Racing Post, “but the figures need to be reviewed against the high of 2007."
Grade 1 winner and millionaire Sweet Return will relocate to J. Michael O’Farrell’s Ocala Stud in Ocala, Fla., for the 2015 breeding season. The 14-year-old Elmaaul horse, who most recently stood at nearby Journeyman Stud, will stand for an advertised fee of $3,500.
