For Vinery Kentucky, they are:
- BRAHMS — $8,500 (down from $10,000 in 2006)
- GILDED TIME — $10,000 (down from $12,500 in 2006)
- LIMEHOUSE — $17,500
- MORE THAN READY — $40,000 (up from $30,000 in 2006)
- POSSE — $12,500 (up from $10,000 in 2006)
- PURE PRIZE — $8,500 (up from $7,500 in 2006)
- PURGE — $20,000
- RUNAWAY GROOM — $12,500
- SILVER TRAIN — $25,000
- THE CLIFF’S EDGE — $15,000 (down from $20,000 in 2006)
- YONAGUSKA — $10,000
Final score: 3 stud fees UP, 3 stud fees DOWN, and 2 stud fees remain the same.
Considering that More Than Ready is the currently America’s second-leading sire of unrestricted SWs with 12, only one behind Distorted Humor and Giant’s Causeway, Vinery’s modest raise in his stud fee to $40,000 is good news for breeders.
If you’re breeding to race, Gilded Time at $10,000 is hard to beat. His lifetime progeny stats include 75% starters, 57% winners to foals, 20% 2yo winners, and a very credible 6% SWs, including 3 G1 winners. You won’t find many stallions with these kinds of numbers standing for $10,000.
Freshman sire Pure Prize is off to a very good start with 8 juvenile winners from 77 foals. Even more impressive is his 3 SWs and 5 stakes-placed runners, making his negligible $1,000 rise in his stud fee more good news for breeders.