So, you want to breed a Kentucky Derby winner. Well, there’s Storm Cat for $500,000, A.P. Indy for $300,000, or Kingmambo for $250,000. But, it takes more than money. The three highest-priced stallions in North America have yet to sire a Kentucky Derby winner. In fact, the combined stud fees of the sires of the past seven Kentucky Derby winners at the time their dams were bred is $142,500. That’s an average of just $20,357!
2007 — Street Sense — by Street Cry (2003 stud fee – $30,000)
2006 — Barbaro — by Dynaformer (2002 stud fee – $50,000)
2005 — Giacomo — by Holy Bull (2001 stud fee — $25,000)
2004 — Smarty Jones — by Elusive Quality (2000 stud fee — $10,000)
2003 — Funny Cide — by Distorted Humor (1999 stud fee — $12,500)
2002 — War Emblem — by Our Emblem (1998 stud fee — $7,500)
2001 — Monarchos — by Maria’s Mon (1997 stud fee — $7,500)