Not so long ago, it was possible to become California-bred horse of the year on the strength of a solitary victory in a Grade 1 or Grade 2 race with a few lesser stakes thrown in.

Those days are over.

This year, Lava Man and Nashoba's Key have each won two Grade 1 races, one more than fellow statebreds Bilo, Idiot Proof, and River's Prayer. Those five proved the leading California-breds of 2007 could race against the best in the nation.

NEW YORK - After two disappointing efforts which puzzled everyone, including his trainer, Jimmy Jerkens, Corinthian emphatically stamped himself as the country's best dirt miler with a dazzling 6 1/2-length victory in last Friday's inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

B. Wayne Hughes's Spendthrift Farm, which recently moved Hughes's stallions Malibu Moon and champion Action This Day to Spendthrift from nearby Castleton Lyons, will stand the horses in 2008 for $40,000 and $10,000, respectively. The fees are the same as the horses' 2007 fees.

Malibu Moon is the sire of the 2004 champion juvenile, Declan's Moon, and Malibu Mint, a Grade 1 winner in 2006.

Spendthrift also will stand Teton Forest for $5,000 and Don't Get Mad for $3,000, the same as in 2007.

Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., has released its 2008 stud fees, and Indian Charlie will top the list at $50,000.

Airdrie also introduces the 2005 juvenile champion, Stevie Wonderboy, at $17,500 and Grade 1 winner Flashy Bull at $10,000.

Indian Charlie's runners this year included Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Frizette winner Indian Blessing. His fee last year was listed as private and was reported in SireAverages.com as $40,000.

Frank Stronach's Adena Springs will keep Awesome Again's fee at $150,000 for 2008, the same fee he carried in 2007.

Awesome Again's standout runners this year include Ginger Punch, winner of the Breeders' Cup Distaff, and Awesome Gem, third in the BC Classic.

Two Vinery stallions who have had exceptional years in 2007 have gotten significant fee hikes for 2008.

More Than Ready, whose juvenile son Ready's Image won the Grade 2 Sanford and the Tremont, will rise from $40,000 to $60,000. And Posse, currently the nation's leading freshman sire with such runners as Kodiak Kowboy, third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and a Grade 2 winner, and Lantana Mob, a Grade 3 winner, will go from $12,500 to $30,000.

Owner B. Wayne Hughes will move Malibu Moon and Action This Day from Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky., to his own Spendthrift Farm nearby, doubling Spendthrift's 2008 stallion roster.

Malibu Moon - whose runners include the 2004 juvenile champion, Declan's Moon, and Grade 1 winner Malibu Mint - and Action This Day, the 2003 champion juvenile, will join Teton Forest and Don't Get Mad at Spendthrift. Their fees will be announced later.

Spendthrift also announced the hiring of former Stonewall manager Ken Wilkins as stallion director.

Macho Uno, whose first crop of 2-year-olds this year included Grade 1 winner Wicked Style, will relocate from Frank Stronach's Adena Springs South in Florida to Stronach's Adena Springs Kentucky division.

Macho Uno, currently ranked sixth among first-crop stallions in North America, also will get a fee hike from the $12,500 he stood for in 2007 to $20,000 in the coming breeding season.

Like numerous other major Kentucky nurseries, Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Lexington will keep its 2008 stud fees level with last year's.

Hill 'n' Dale's most expensive sire remains Vindication, who will stand again for $60,000. Vindication is the sire of Grade 2 winner More Happy and Grade 1-placed Maimonides.

Two stallions on the roster will get fee changes in 2008. Stormy Atlantic, currently ranked 14th by progeny earnings with such runners as graded winner Icy Atlantic, will rise from $30,000 to $45,000, while Mutakddim will decrease from $15,000 to $12,500.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Breeders' Cup results gave Lane's End stallion Smart Strike a new accolade: a single-season progeny earnings record of $13,830,841.

A hefty portion of that total has come courtesy of Curlin, whose BC Classic victory brought his 2007 earnings to $5,102,800. English Channel, the BC Turf winner who retired to stud Monday at Lexington's Hurricane Hall, also poured money in Smart Strike's coffers this year with his season total of $2,640,000.