CLAIBORNE FARM ANNOUNCES 2020 STUD FEES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 16, 2019
Paris, KY – Claiborne Farm announced on Oct. 16 the stud fees for a number of their stallions for the upcoming 2020 breeding season. Leading international sire War Front will remain at $250,000 next year. War Front has sired 21 Grade 1 winners lifetime, including two-time G1-winner Omaha Beach and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War of Will in 2019. In addition to his stellar runners on the track, War Front’s yearlings continued to command top dollar in the sales ring this year, bringing prices up to $2.9 million.
New to Claiborne for 2020 are Demarchelier (GB) and Catholic Boy. Demarchelier (GB) is by world-renowned sire Dubawi (IRE), currently the world’s leading sire by percentage of black- type winners. Dubawi (IRE) is the only British stallion to ever sire 100 Group winners, with 41
G1 winners. A Dubawi colt out of Alina was the world’s highest-priced yearling colt sold in 2019, going for $3.6 million guineas to Godolphin at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Demarchelier (GB) will hold the distinction as being the only son of Dubawi (IRE) standing in Kentucky.
Catholic Boy is a dual-surface star, with Grade 1 wins on both the dirt and turf. A six-time stakes winner so far, he claimed victories in both the Grade 1 Runhappy Travers Stakes and Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational in 2018. By internationally successful sire More Than Ready, who has produced Grade 1 winners in 7 countries, Catholic Boy will be another exciting addition to the Claiborne roster.
See Claiborne’s full stallion roster and 2020 stud fees below:
Algorithms
Bernardini—Ava Knowsthecode, by Cryptoclearance
Fee: $5,000
Blame
Arch—Liable, by Seeking the Gold
Fee: $35,000
Catholic Boy
More Than Ready—Song of Bernadette, by Bernardini
Fee: TBA
Demarchelier (GB)
Dubawi—Loveisallyouneed, by Sadler’s Wells
Fee: $5,000
First Samurai
Giant’s Causeway—Freddie Frisson, by Dixieland Band
Fee: $15,000
Flatter
A.P. Indy—Praise, by Mr. Prospector
Fee: $40,000
Ironicus
Distorted Humor—Meghan’s Joy, by A.P. Indy
Fee: $5,000
Lea
First Samurai—Greenery, by Galileo
Fee: TBA
Mastery
Candy Ride—Steady Course, buy Old Trieste
Fee: $25,000
Orb
Malibu Moon—Lady Liberty, by Unbridled
Fee: $10,000
Runhappy
Super Saver—Bella Jolie, by Broken Vow
Fee: $25,000
War Front
Danzig—Starry Dreamer, by Rubiano
Fee: $250,000
(All stud fee payable Live Foal Stands & Nurses)
Questions? Contact Bernie Sams
859-987-2330