Harzand has been retired and will stand next season alongside his sire at Gilltown Stud in Ireland. G1 winner Territories has been retired to Godolphin's Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket.
Darley have set their fees for 2017, the headline being DUBAWI going up to £250,000: DARLEY EUROPEAN FEES 2017 (2016 fees in brackets) Dalham Hall Stud Dubawi £250,000 (£225,000 in 2016) Golden Horn £60,000 (£60,000) New Approach £30,000 (£60,000) Iffraaj £27,500 (£22,500) Sepoy £15,000 (£15,000) Territories £12,000 (NEW) Brazen Beau £10,000 (£10,000) Helmet £10,000 (£8,000) Charming Thought £8,000 (NEW) Farhh £8,000 (£8,000) Poet's Voice £8,000 (£12,000) Casamento £5,000 (£5,000) Outstrip £5,000 (£5,000) Toormore £5,000 (NEW - Darley Club) Kildangan Stud Shamardal Private (Private) Exceed And Excel €50,000 (€40,000) Teofilo €40,000 (€50,000) Dawn Approach €30,000 (€35,000) Night Of Thunder €25,000 (€30,000) Slade Power €20,000 (€20,000) Belardo €15,000 (NEW) Raven's Pass €12,000 (€15,000) The Last Lion €12,000 (NEW) Epaulette €7,000 (€7,000) Fast Company €7,000 (NEW) Hallowed Crown €7,000 (€7,000) Buratino €5,000 (NEW - Darley Club) French Navy €4,000 (€4,000 - Darley Club) Fulbright €4,000 (€4,000 - Darley Club) Haras du Logis Authorized €10,000 (€10,000) Manduro €7,000 (€7,000) Exosphere €6,000 (NEW) Rio De La Plata €5,500 (€5,500) Bow Creek €4,000 (NEW - Darley Club) Hunter's Light €4,000 (€4,000 - Darley Club) Sidestep €4,000 (€4,000) Slickly €4,000 (€4,000) Masterstroke €3,000 (€3,000)
The 2016 Return of Mares cataloging all mares covered by British and Irish based stallions has been released. If anyone wants to know who certain mares have visited or how many mares a particular stallion has covered just let me know.
Juddmonte Stallion fees for 2017: Juddmonte unveils 2017 fee for freshman Frankel BY JAMES THOMAS 1:05PM 11 NOV 2016 KHALID ABDULLAH'S Juddmonte Farms operation has released 2017 covering fees for its stallions at Banstead Manor Stud, a roster headed by the mighty Frankel, whose fee remains unchanged at £125,000. The dual world champion and ten-time Group 1-winning son of Galileo has made a blistering start with his first crop of runners, having already supplied five Group winners, including Queen Kindly, Fair Eva and Toulifaut, as well as 18 individual winners worldwide. On the back of his on-course successes his sons and daughters have proved extremely popular in the sales ring, with three of the top-ten prices at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale being achieved by Frankel colts. Having retired to stud in 2013, next year will be the fifth consecutive breeding season that Frankel has stood at £125,000. Also remaining unchanged is four-time Group 1 winner Kingman, who will stand his third covering season at Banstead Manor at £55,000. His first offspring were on the ground earlier in 2016 and will come up for auction for the first time at the upcoming foal sales. Dansili, a son of Danehill and blue hen Hasili who has sired the likes of Harbinger, The Fugue and Zoffany among a lengthy list of talented sons and daughters, has had his fee reduced to £65,000 (from £85,000). Oasis Dream, a 16-year-old son of Green Desert who has supplied the likes of champion sprinter Muhaarar, Midday and promising sire son Power, has had his fee moved down from £75,000 to £50,000. First-season sire Bated Breath, who has made a good start with his first crop of two-year-olds - including siring a trio of Group performers in Al Johrah, Take A Deep Breath and Unabated, has had his fee reduced to £8,000. On the announcement stud director Simon Mockridge commented: "Few horses have made such a global impact as Frankel. His sublime racing career, physique and pedigree provided the catalyst for the outstanding worldwide support he received since retirement." Commenting on Oasis Dream's significant fee reduction, he added: "[He] continues to be one of the most consistent sources of speed, of black-type winners and of Group winners at the highest level. "Both he and Dansili feature prominently on the all-time leading sires lists, with over 215 stakes winners and 35 Group/Grade 1 winners between them. Their fees for 2017 will offer breeders a more affordable opportunity of supporting two of the most accomplished and influential stallions in the stud book. BANSTEAD MANOR STUD 2017 COVERING FEES (2016 fee in brackets) Frankel £125,000 (£125,000) Kingman £55,000 (£55,000) Dansili £65,000 (£85,000) Oasis Dream £50,000 (£75,000) Bated Breath £8,000 (£10,000)
Just to note, Champs Elysees is not on the list as he has been sold to Coolmore as a National Hunt sire. Cacique was retired a few months ago due to the reemergence of his fertility woes.
An interesting take on current bloodstock matters: Letter: Champs Elysees sale is a stark warning Peter Stanley, manager of New England and Stanley House Studs in Newmarket, writes on the subject of stamina breeding THE sale of Champs Elysees, sire of 17 stakes performers so far this year, is another indictment on our breeding industry. This follows on from the loss of Mount Nelson, who is currently the sixth leading sire by percentage of stakes winners to foals. Both horses have departed to Ireland to embark on new careers as dual-purpose horses. What a depressing thought that these two worthwhile stallions have suffered from a lack of support. Breeders are all looking for proven horses who upgrade their mares and yet we have turned our backs on two proven stallions who have achieved exactly that. We should be under no illusion that this underlines the grave crisis in our breeding industry and the future of the breed itself. As commercial breeders we are all guilty of following this terrible need for speed the markets dictate, but it will come at a terrible price in the long term. Those of us who enjoy the splendour of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting must understand that in years to come we will be watching a bunch of jumpers competing not just in the Queen Alexandra, but also the mile and a half races as well. What a shame our Derby winners get forced to compete over a mile and a quarter immediately after victory to prove they are not purely stayers. If action is not taken very soon we will find ourselves in the Australian situation where their most prestigious race has had only one homebred runner each year for the last five years. It is the reality of the commercial market that forces us breeders to send our mares to ever more precocious stallions. It is therefore a commercial approach that will be needed to cure this travesty. If owners are to be encouraged to buy middle-distance horses we must make the rewards for those races significantly greater. If our levy hopes are realised and there finally is more money then that is where it must be directed, not just in the prestige races but all the way down to the lower levels. Dramatically higher prize-money and owners' premiums for seven furlong and mile two-year-old races, as well as for mile and a quarter and mile and a half races for the Classic generation is the way forward. We need to act before more proven stallions are sold abroad. The recent trend of retiring two-year-olds to stud is another tragedy for the whole industry. We must move to protect the magnificent diversity of British and Irish racing - there must be no subsidies, just incentives for owners to race middle-distance and later-maturing horses. When owners want to buy them, breeders will surely respond by producing them and we will create a virtuous circle of greater soundness, stamina and a continuation of the wonderful variety of races contested at different distances at our festival meetings. The sale of these stallions is a warning to us all of just how far we have gone with the need for speed. How frightening it is that this year's Brocklesby winner should be standing for only marginally less than this year's Derby winner.
Tide and time waits for no man. Incentives only for owners to race middle distance and later maturing horses is to take two steps back into the past. Speed is the future. And just as an aside, if I had a sensational 2 yo that ended up being syndicated for tens of millions, there is no way I'd risk him setting foot on a race track again. If Peter Stanley can't read the writing on the wall and adjust to it, he deserves to go the same way as black and white televisions, and shandies for the ladies.
Looks like he covered 57 mares in 2016 but about 5 seemed not to get in foal and were subsequently sent to other sires. Of course more than just these 5 may not have got into foal. About 21 of the mares covered by Al Kazeem were owned by his owners, Mr and Mrs Deere. That's a lot. What surprised me was that the Queen sent 2 and probably 3 mares to Al Kazeem. It seems they didn't get into foal as they were subsequently sent to other sires.
The Queen was one of the original shareholders when Al Kazeem was syndicated so she may have retained her breeding rights instead of taking the insurance payout.
Tattersalls December Foal Sale has got underway today with a typically low key start. First crop sires represented include: Gr.1 winners Australia (10 lots), Charm Spirit (28), Dunaden (7), Garswood (24), Kingman (8), the US-based Magician (1), Mukhadram (29), No Nay Never (5), Olympic Glory (7), Ruler Of The World (3), Sea The Moon (21), Slade Power (16), Toronado (41) and War Command (24). As well as, Alhebayeb (9), Battle of Marengo (5), Coach House (22), Gregorian (23), Morpheus (5). The big money horses usually sell on the Friday of the sale and this year the following lots feature: Lot 822, a Kingman half-sister to the Gr.1-placed Gr.2 winner Pearl Secret, Lot 846, a New Approach half-brother to the multiple Graded winner and Gr.1-placed Spice Route, Lot 865, a Myboycharlie full-sister to the Gr.1 Beverly D Stakes winner Euro Charline, Lot 870, a Tamayuz three-parts-brother to Gr.2 winner Sir Prancealot, Lot 879, a Toronado colt out of a half-sister to Gr.1 winner Redwood (by Toronado’s sire High Chaparral), Lot 895, a Dark Angel half-brother to Gr.1 winner Tie Black, Lot 907, a Dawn Approach half-brother to the Gr.1 Irish Derby winner Trading Leather, Lot 911, an Australia half-brother to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 Classic runner-up Golden Sword, Lot 914, a Sea The Stars half-sister to Canadian Gr.1 winner Cannock Chase and dual Group winner Pisco Sour, Lot 928, a Sea The Stars half-brother to Gr.1 winner Rajeem, Lot 937, a Dark Angel half-brother to Gr.1 winner Temida, Lot 954, an Authorized half-brother to the Gr.1-winning juvenile Lumiere, Lot 976, an Invincible Spirit half-sister to the Classic-placed Gr.3 winner Gale Force Ten, Lot 993, a Frankel half-brother to the Gr.1 Preis der Diana winner Penelopa, Lot 1009, a Frankel colt out of a half-sister to multiple Gr.1 winner Mastercraftsman, Lot 1014, a Sea The Moon half-sister to the Gr.3-winning dam of multiple Gr.1 winner Novellist and to the Classic-placed Night Tango, Lot 1017, a Dubawi half-brother to Gr.2 winner Ol’ Man River out of the triple Gr.1 winner Finsceal Beo, Lot 1020, a Shamardal colt, the second foal out of the dual Gr.1 winner La Collina,
Coolmore not impressed with SO YOU THINK's first season European runners - it's been confirmed that he will not return to Ireland for 2017, remaining in Australia. From 22 runners in Europe he managed 2 winners, both in France. He has had better results in Oz though, managing to sire a G1 winner in his first crop.
I found this article an interesting insight to the world of NH sires and "big money" purchases (actually quite paltry sums when compared to some of the more regally-bred flat animals). Germany would seem to be a NH sire whose progreny deserve a second look: https://beta.racingpost.com/profile/horse/88168/germany
First American Pharoah foal reported on the ground in the USA. This colt is the first foal out of Kakadu, a half-sister to several Stakes winners. please log in to view this image
Sweet picture tweeted by Juddmonte today of 2014 US Champion 3yo Filly UNTAPABLE with Frankel prior to their mating.
First season sires that have had their first mares scanned in foal in recent days incluide: Twilight Son Kodi Bear Ajaya New Bay Scissor Kick Protectionist Gokun Strath Burn Cannock Chase In related news, Darley have pulled G1 winner TOORMORE from stud duties after he failed to attract a decent sized-book of mares. No news on plans for him yet but I suspect he will end up sold abroad. Sad that a G1 winner can't find a place at stud when so many lesser lights seem to be able to attract mares.
US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will shuttle to Australia this summer where he will stand for a fee of AUS$66,000 (equivalent to £41,000 - his US stud fee is $200,000). I have to say I am surprised, it's a big risk to shuttle such a valuable horse and the insurance cover must be astronomical. I have heard on the grapevine that Coolmore are trying to recoup their investment in him as he didn't get as many paying mares as they would have liked in his first season, and presumably has a disappointing number of bookings for this year. They did a lot of deals for breeder's using him last year such as "buy one get one half price" on nominations and heavy discounts for proven mares.
