The three farms that comprise the European wing of Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum’s Darley operation have announced their stud fees for 2014.

The two horses making the biggest jumps in price for the coming breeding season are based at Darley’s Dalham Hall Stud in Suffolk, England. Dubawi will stand for an advertised fee of $160,613 (100,000 British Pounds) in 2014 after standing for $120,845 (£75,000) during the 2013 season. The 11-year-old son of Dubai Millennium is the sire of Group 1 winners including Monterosso, Makfi, Lucky Nine, and Al Kazeem.

Grade 1 winner Paynter, who captured the racing world’s attention with a remarkable comeback from illness this year, will enter stud in 2014 at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.

The 4-year-old son of Awesome Again, campaigned by Ahmed Zayat’s Zayat Stables, will make his final career start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park, the owner’s son and racing manager Justin confirmed on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. A stud fee will be announced at a later date.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Verrazano, a two-time Grade 1-winning 3-year-old, will make the final start of his career in Friday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita and will stand the 2014 breeding season at Ashford Stud, the American division of Ireland’s Coolmore stud, it was announced Tuesday.

A Lloyds of London underwriter of an insurance policy on the recently deceased shuttle stallion Indygo Shiner has filed suit against Summer Wind Equine, claiming that the $1 million policy should not be paid out because of a breach of agreement. The story was first reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Grade 1 winner Hard Spun will stand the 2014 breeding season at Darley Stud in Hokkaido, Japan.

The 9-year-old son of Danzig began his stallion career in 2008, and has stood his entire Northern Hemisphere career at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky. He has sired three crops of racing age, led by Questing, champion 3-year-old filly of 2012. His other notable runners include Grade 1 winner Zo Impressive, Group 2 winners Red Duke and Moviesta, and Grade 3 winners Easter Gift, Hard Not to Like and Hierro.

B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farms announced the 2014 stud fees for its 21-stallion roster spanning five states and provinces, with the most notable change coming for the operation’s marquee sire, Malibu Moon.

Martin O’Dowd, general manager of Runnymede Farm in Paris, Ky. will open a new bloodstock management venture while continuing to oversee the farm’s international breeding and racing operations.

O’Dowd will work for clients, including Runnymede, at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale and the Tattersalls December breeding stock sale. Day-to-day operations at Runnymede will now be overseen on an interim basis by James Profit.

Alphabet Soup and Touch Gold have returned to Adena Springs Kentucky in Paris, Ky., to stand the 2014 breeding season for fees yet to be announced.

The two stallions stood the past three seasons at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Grade 1 winner Any Given Saturday will relocate to Pin Oak Lane in New Freedom, Pa., for the 2014 breeding season to stand for an advertised fee of $5,000.

The 9-year-old son of Distorted Humor retired to stud in 2008, standing his entire career thus far at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky. Pin Oak Lane also partnered with Darley to stand Offlee Wild.

Close Hatches will have her own piece of history on her side as she faces two-time defending winner Royal Delta and championship contender Princess of Sylmar in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

The Juddmonte Farms homebred, the winner of the Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes and Cotillion Stakes by open lengths, hails from one of the most influential families in the three-decade history of the Breeders’ Cup, via her fourth dam, Best in Show. The prolific mare already has been represented by five descendants who have won or placed in Breeders’ Cup races.