American Pharoah to stand for $200000

Bleacher Report has confirmed reports that the stud fee for American Pharoah will be $200,000 for each live foal. The announcement coming on his fan account Thursday night on Twitter.

After winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland, American Pharoah was retired this week to Ashford Stud, Coolmore America’s breeding facility in the United States.

North America’s leading first-season sire Uncle Mo, whose first crop has yielded triple Grade 1 victor Nyquist and fellow top-level scorer Gomo, has had his fee trebled to $75,000.

American Pharoah is set to make $40 million on stud fees during his first year in retirement.

“With a final quarter-mile dash to the finish even faster than Secretariat’s, American Pharoah ran into Triple Crown history with a dazzling display of speed and endurance in the Belmont Stakes”. Other high-priced stud fees already announced for 2016 are Medaglia D’Oro ($150,000), Curlin ($100,000) and American Pharoah’s grandsire, Empire Maker ($100,000), who just returned to the USA after breeding for five years in Japan.

It’s not only American Pharoah that will cost a pretty penny for the rights to breed with.

As a comparison with Europe’s last wonderhorse to retire to stud, Frankel’s introductory stud fee of £125,000 converted to around $195,000 when he covered his first mares in February 2013. Stallions can remain in the breeding shed until well after they turn 20. The colt earned $8,650,300 on the track with nine wins in 11 races.