Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., has announced the advertised 2015 fees for its seven-horse stallion roster.
Leading the group is Tapit, who established the single-year record for North American progeny earnings in 2014, in addition to maintaining his position as the leading sire by gross and average at the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Graeme Hall and Stratford Hill, a pair of stallions sold as part of the dispersal of Eugene Melnyk's breeding and racing stock, were purchased by Saudi Arabian interests at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale and will stand in the country in 2015, per bloodstock agent Chad Schumer.
Schumer signed the tickets for both stallions, who were consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, as agent for the Melnyk dispersal.
Grade 1 winner Drill has been retired from racing and will make his stallion debut in 2015 at Manuel Andrade’s Get Away Farm in Ocala, Fla., for an advertised fee of $4,500.
The 5-year-old son of Lawyer Ron retires with 4 wins in 28 career starts for earnings of $557,022, highlighted by wins in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity, the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes, and the Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes. He also turned in a runner-up finish in the Grade 1 Norfolk Stakes.
Bob Baffert trained Drill for owners Karl Watson, Michael Pegram, and Paul Weitman.
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.
