Darby Dan Trio To Stand For $10K in 2026

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Darby Dan Farm has set 2026 stud fees for its roster of 11 stallions that will stand the upcoming breeding season, led by Blazing Sevens, Flameaway, and Dialed In, who will each stand for $10,000 S&N.

Blazing Sevens, winner of the stallion-making GI Champagne Stakes at two and runner-up by just a head to subsequent Eclipse Award-winning champion older male National Treasure (Quality Road) in the GI Preakness Stakes, hails from the first crop of leading sire Good Magic.

Blazing Sevens broke his maiden at Saratoga in his career bow, winning by 6 1/4 lengths and earning 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard status. Also at two, he finished a rallying third in the GI Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga and overcame a troubled start in the Champagne, covering ground on the far turn before drawing off to win by 3 1/4 lengths for trainer Chad Brown. Demand for Blazing Sevens was strong in his debut season at stud. He displayed excellent fertility, breeding 139 mares and his first foals will arrive in 2026.

Flameaway is making a major impact as a stallion and is a leading cumulative third-crop sire this year. A multiple graded stakes-winning son of the prolific Scat Daddy and his only son at stud to win stakes at two, three, and four, Flameaway is represented by Bear River, victorious in the $2-million GII Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes and a candidate for next weekend's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. In his “Win and You're In” Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes score, Bear River set all the pace and defeated a contentious international field while sizzling six furlongs in a swift 1:07.71.

Flameaway is also represented this year by 2-year-old filly Amada Mila (Chi), a Group 1 winner in her native Chile; and Dark Saffron, who became the first 3-year-old in history to defeat elders in the $2-million G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse. Among the horses Dark Saffron vanquished in that lucrative fixture was champion sprinter and last year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Dialed In has been a leading sire since earning the title of champion freshman of 2016. He continues to sire top-tier runners, highlighted in 2025 by Whatchatalkinabout, who showed his grit with a determined victory in the GIII John A. Nerud Stakes during the Belmont at the Big A ahead of a third in the GII Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland. Overall, Dialed In is the sire of 76 black-type horses, 29 stakes winners and more than $57 million in progeny earnings in his career.

Modernist, a son of the late Uncle Mo and a graded stakes winner at three and four, including the Risen Star Stakes (G2) as a sophomore, is represented eight winners from his first-crop runners in 2025. Among them are Trendsetter, an impressive debut maiden special weight winner; multiple stakes-placed Grazie, designated a 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard off a 4 1/2-length maiden special weight victory on debut at Saratoga and third in both the Joseph A. Gimma Stakes and Seeking the Ante Stakes; and Last Candy, third in the Illinois Debutante Stakes. In the auction ring, first 2-year-olds by Modernist caught the eye, commanding up to $310,000 (Grazie), and $300,000 (Embry Show).

DARBY DAN FARM — 2026 STUD FEES
Bee Jersey (Jersey Town), $5,000
Blazing Sevens (Good Magic), $10,000
Country House (Lookin At Lucky), $5,000
Dialed In (Mineshaft), $10,000
Flameaway (Scat Daddy), $10,000
Gufo (Declaration of War), $5,000
Modernist (Uncle Mo), $5,000
Shirl's Speight (Speightstown), $5,000
Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat), $5,000
Tale of Silence (Tale of the Cat), $2,500
Title Ready (More Than Ready), $2,500

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