Airdrie Stud has announced the stud fees for the farm's 2023 stallion roster.
Led by the ascendant Upstart, whose fee has risen from $10,000 to $30,000 for 2023, Airdrie has also recently announced newcomers Girvin and Happy Saver for the upcoming season.
Beginning his career at the O'Farrell family's Ocala Stud, Girvin has quickly become one of the hottest freshman stallions in America on the back of his three juvenile stakes winners including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies-bound Atomically and the Grade 2 Saratoga Special winner Damon's Mound. Girvin's fee has been set at $20,000.
Happy Saver's initial fee has been announced at $12,500 as he prepares for his career finale in the $6-million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. Winner of his first five lifetime starts including the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, Happy Saver has recently finished second to Flightline in the G1 Metropolitan Handicap and Life is Good in the G1 Whitney Handicap. The son of multiple Eclipse-siring Super Saver comes from the immediate female family of the legendary A.P. Indy.
“These are very exciting times for our team at Airdrie as we believe we have a great future in front of us with our young stallion roster,” said the farm's Bret Jones. “Upstart and Girvin have been two of the most exciting young stallions of 2022, and their success is all the more impressive when considering that they both began their careers at modest stud fees. They will be hugely popular this year and the mare quality that awaits them has us extremely bullish on their futures.
“Cairo Prince has settled in as arguably the best proven value in his stud fee range as he is the leading sire of his crop, a top 20 active national stallion and a perennial commercial success, and we have been so fortunate to bring in Happy Saver, Complexity, Collected, Preservationist, Beau Liam and Divisidero in the last few years,” Jones continued. “With the past and continued support of our incredible breeders, we believe all of these stallions possess the potential to emulate Upstart and Girvin as great success stories in the coming years.”
2023 Stud Fees
Upstart – $30,000
Girvin – $20,000
Cairo Prince – $15,000
Happy Saver – $12,500
Complexity – $12,500
Collected – $10,000
Preservationist – $10,000
Creative Cause – $7,500
Summer Front – $7,500
Beau Liam – $6,000
Divisidero – $5,000
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