Ashford Releases 2021 Fees

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Ashford Stud, Coolmore’s Kentucky division, has released the 2021 stud fees for its stallion roster. Leading the way is North America’s leading sire by mares bred, Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie0, who will stand for $175,000 in 2021 after being priced at $125,000 for 2020. The Eclipse winner had 19 black-type winner so far this season, led by Mo Forza, Harvest Moon, Yaupon, Bast.

Ashford’s two Triple Crown winners, Justify (Scat Daddy), whose first foals are weanlings, and American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), who leads the second-crop sire list by graded stakes winners, will stand for $125,000 and $100,000, respectively. Justify stood for $150,000 in 2020 and the reduction is in keeping with what many farms are doing for the upcoming breeding season in response to the economy’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. American Pharoah was officially listed as private in 2020.

New sires for the Versailles location include champion and multiple Grade I winner Maximum Security (New Year’s Day), as well as Echo Town (Speightstown), who won the GI H. Allen Jerkens S. this summer at Saratoga. Their fees will be determined upon retirement. In addition, Coolmore announced Thursday that popular Ireland-based Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) will relocate to Kentucky for the upcoming breeding season.

“Our established sires have enjoyed great success on the racetrack this year, but in recognition of the challenging times we find ourselves in, we have reduced the fees of all of our sires yet to have runners with the one exception of Mendelssohn, who we have probably under-priced all along,” said Ashford’s Director of Sales Charlie O’Connor. “We have three exciting new additions to our roster and we look forward to watching Echo Town and Maximum Security continue to show their brilliance on the racecourse before they retire.”

The full 2021 roster for Ashford Stud is as follows:

Stallion (2021 fee)

Air Force Blue ($10,000)

American Pharoah ($100,000)

Caravaggio ($25,000)

Classic Empire ($17,500)

Competitive Edge ($5,000)

Cupid ($5,000)

Echo Town (TBD)

Justify ($125,000)

Lookin At Lucky ($20,000)

Maximum Security (TBD)

Mendelssohn ($35,000)

Mo Town ($7,500)

Munnings ($40,000)

Practical Joke ($22,500)

Tale of the Cat ($12,500)

Uncle Mo ($175,000)

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