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In 2008 Fastnet Rock covered 248 mares at a fee of $82,500. [4] In 2012 his fee was increased to $220,000 making him the most expensive stallion standing at stud in Australia. In 2013 Fastnet Rock's fee rose again to $275,000 which made him $100,000 dearer than the second most expensive stallion in Australia, Redoute's Choice.
A stud fee is a price paid by the owner of a female animal, such as a horse or a dog, to the owner of a male animal for the right to breed to it.Service fees can range from a small amount for a local male animal of unknown breeding to several hundred thousand dollars for the right to breed a champion Thoroughbred race horse such as Storm Cat, who has earned stud fees of up to US $500,000.
Although McIngvale had paid $1 million to purchase a slot in the inaugural running of the Pegasus World Cup in January 2017, after the Breeders' Cup, he decided to retire Runhappy, who was sent to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm with an initial stud fee of $25,000. [31]
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". [1] Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the development of a stud book. Male animals made ...
In the 1980s, Northern Dancer's stud fee reached $1 million, an amount four to five times other stallions and a record that still stands in 2009. [13] The highest price paid at auction for a Thoroughbred was set in 2006 at $16,000,000 for a two-year-old colt named The Green Monkey, [14] who was a descendant of Northern Dancer. Record prices at ...
Live foal guarantee is a common provision in horse breeding contracts.It is a form of a warranty offered to the mare owner by the stallion owner. Basically, it says that if the mare fails to produce a live foal from the breeding, the stallion owner will breed the same mare again without charging another stud fee.
In 2015, I Want Revenge was moved to stand stud at Millennium Farms in Lexington, where his stud fee was dropped down to $5,000. On January 6, 2015, I Want Revenge's first foal was born at Sunny Oak Farm near Paris, Kentucky: a dark bay or brown colt out of the stakes-winning mare, Silver Nithi.
After California Chrome won the 2014 San Felipe Stakes, Lucky Pulpit's stud fee increased from the 2013 fee of $2,500 to $10,000. [14] On February 13, 2017, Lucky Pulpit died at Harris Farms of a heart attack after covering his first mare of the season. His stud fee was $7500 at the time of his death. [3]