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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 ...
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.
Stud fees for stallions that enter breeding can range from $2,500 to $500,000 per mare in the United States, [98] [99] and from £2000 [100] to £75,000 or more in Britain. [101] The record stud fee to date was set in the 1980s, when the stud fee of the late Northern Dancer reached $1 million. [ 102 ]
Silver State: The Gr.I winning son of champion sire Hard Spun commands a stud fee of $20,000. War Front: The world's top sire of turf juveniles and son of Danzig, he commands the highest stud fee at Claiborne Farm- $100,000. War Of Will: Son of War Front, winner of two Gr.I's including The Preakness Stakes in 2019, commands a stud fee of ...
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum purchased the farm for his Darley Stud American division for an undisclosed price estimated to be as high as $15.8 million. [7] It is now the core of Darley America and is known as Darley at Jonabell Farm or Darley's Jonabell Farm. In 2003, the stallion complex was redesigned with the focal point being the grave ...
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 ...
The Illinois State Fair kicks off in Springfield on Thursday showcasing carnival rides, horse races, livestock shows, live music and a perennial favorite, the “Butter Cow.” Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...
Woodburn Stud was an American horse breeding farm located in Woodford County, Kentucky about ten miles (16 km) from the city of Lexington. It was established in the 18th century as an original land grant property of General Hugh Mercer to whom it had been granted for his military services during the American Revolutionary War .