Darby Dan Releases 2021 Stallion Roster, Fees

Darby Dan Farm has set 2021 stud fees for its roster of 12 stallions that will stand the upcoming breeding season, led by Dialed In (Mineshaft), who will stand for $15,000 S&N, down from $20,000 a season ago.

The roster also features Tapiture (Tapit), Klimt (Quality Road), and GI Breeders’ Cup Classic contender Higher Power (Medaglia d’Oro), new for 2021, who will each stand for $10,000 S&N. GI Kentucky Derby winner Country House (Lookin At Lucky), also new for 2021, Flameaway (Scat Daddy), and Copper Bullet (More Than Ready) will stand for $7,500 S&N, while Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat) and Bee Jersey (Jersey Town) will stand for $5,000; rounding out the roster will be Sky Kingdom (Empire Maker) at $2,500, S&N, Tale of Verve (Tale of Ekati) at $2,000 S&N, and Dolphus (Lookin At Lucky) who will stand for private treaty.

Dialed In, leading freshman sire of 2016 and a perennial leading sire of his crop ever since, is represented in 2020 by GI American Pharoah S. winner Get Her Number. Tapiture’s Hopeful Growth was a four-length winner of this year’s GII Monmouth Oaks and placed in the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. He is also represented by ‘TDN Rising Star’ Premier Star, winner of the Jersey Shore S. and placed in the GII Amsterdam S. A top-five first-crop sire of 2019 by earnings and second-ranked first-crop sire by winners with 27, Tapiture leads second-crop sires by winners (68) and is second in black-type winners (five) and black-type horses (12).

Klimt, Quality Road’s fastest Grade I-winning 2-year-old, saw first-crop yearlings sell for $160,000, $120,000, $115,000, etc. this year. Klimt was a powerful winner of the GI Del Mar Futurity, where he ran seven furlongs in 1:21.80, marking the second-fastest time since 2004, behind only American Pharoah.

Higher Power, a dominant 5 1/4-length winner of the 2019 GI Pacific Classic at Del Mar, has earned more than $1.5 million heading into this year’s Breeders’ Cup and boasts graded stakes placings in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, GI Gold Cup S., GI Awesome Again S. and GII San Diego H.

New to the roster, Country House earned more than $2.1 million, and in addition to his Derby victory, finished second to eventual Classic winner War of Will in the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds and was third in the GI Arkansas Derby.

Darby Dan will once again be offering various incentive programs in 2021 to provide value to breeders, including Profit Protection, Share the Upside, Black-Type Bonanza, and Goldmine 20/20 Match Program.

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Dialed In, Newcomers Country House And Higher Power, Headline Darby Dan Farm’s 2021 Stallion Roster

Darby Dan Farm has set 2021 stud fees for its roster of 12 stallions that will stand the upcoming breeding season, led by Dialed In who will stand for $15,000 S&N, down from $20,000 a season ago.

The roster also features Tapiture, Klimt, and Breeders' Cup Classic contender Higher Power, new for 2021, who will each stand for $10,000 S&N. Kentucky Derby winner Country House, also new for 2021, Flameaway, and Copper Bullet will stand for $7,500 S&N, while Tale of Ekati and Bee Jersey will stand for $5,000; rounding out the roster will be Sky Kingdom at $2,500, S&N, Tale of Verve at $2,000 S&N, and Dolphus who will stand for private treaty.

Dialed In, the leading freshman sire of 2016 and a perennial leading sire of his crop ever since, is represented in 2020 by Grade 1 winner Get Her Number, winner of the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita. Additional stakes winners this year include Bourbon Calling, winner of the Russell Road Stakes and runner-up in the G3 Ack Ack Stakes, stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Princess Cadey, and six-time stakes winner Chalon, as well as impressive 2-year-old stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Super Stock, and graded stakes-placed runners Finnick the Fierce, placed in the G1 Arkansas Derby and Answer In, placed in the G3 Southwest Stakes.

Tapiture has enjoyed another outstanding season in 2020. His Hopeful Growth was a four-length winner of this year's G2 Monmouth Oaks and placed in the G2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. He is also represented by TDN Rising Star Premier Star, winner of the Jersey Shore Stakes and placed in the G2 Amsterdam Stakes, and stakes winners Steph'sfullasugar, Vacherie Girl and 2-year-old stakes winner Chicks Dig Scars. A top-five first-crop sire of 2019 by earnings and No. 2 first-crop sire by winners with 27, he is a leader once again in 2020. Tapiture is the No. 1 second-crop sire by winners (68) and No. 2 by black-type winners (5) and black-type horses (12). His top earner this year is Jesus' Team, who finished a rallying third in the Preakness Stakes.

Klimt, Quality Road's fastest Grade 1-winning 2-year-old, saw first-crop yearlings sell for $160,000, $120,000, $115,000, etc. this year. One of America's best 2-year-olds of 2016, Klimt was a powerful winner of the G1 Del Mar Futurity, where he ran seven furlongs in 1:21.80, marking the second-fastest time since 2004, behind only American Pharoah.

Higher Power, a dominant 5 1/4-length winner of the 2019 G1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar, is a five-time winner of more than $1.5 million heading into this year's Breeders' Cup. Higher Power has been a gem of consistency competing strictly in top company since his Pacific Classic triumph with graded stakes placings in the Breeders' Cup Classic, G1 Hollywood Gold Cup, G1 Awesome Again Stakes, and G2 San Diego Handicap.

Also new to the roster is Kentucky Derby winner Country House. An earner of more than $2.1 million, Country House is by multiple champion and classic winner Lookin At Lucky, a son of two-time champion sire and sire of sires Smart Strike. In addition to his Derby victory, Country House finished second to eventual classic winner War of Will in the G2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds and was third in the G1 Arkansas Derby.

Darby Dan will once again be offering various incentive programs in 2021 to provide value to breeders, including Profit Protection, Share the Upside, Black-Type Bonanza, and Goldmine 20/20 Match Program.

The full 2021 roster of stallions with stands and nurses fees for Darby Dan is as follows:

Stallion Stands and Nurses Fee
Bee Jersey $5,000
Copper Bullet $7,500
Country House – NEW $7,500
Dialed In $15,000
Dolphus Private
Flameaway $7,500
Higher Power – NEW $10,000
Klimt $10,000
Sky Kingdom $2,500
Tale of Ekati $5,000
Tale of Verve $2,000
Tapiture $10,000

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Stakes Winner Super Stock Headlines Sunday’s Street Sense, Steppingstone To Kentucky Jockey Club

Erv Woolsey and Keith Asmussen's multiple graded stakes placed Super Stock was made the solid 8-5 morning line favorite in Sunday's $98,000-added Street Sense at Churchill Downs, while Kueber Racing's undefeated Coach tops the $98,000-added Pocahontas as the 3-1 early favorite.

The 1 1/16-mile Street Sense and Rags to Riches are the co-headlining races of the 11-race kickoff of the 24-day Fall Meet. Dubbed as Stars of Tomorrow I, the afternoon will feature all 2-year-old racing. First post is 1 p.m. (all times Eastern).

Super Stock, a Kentucky-bred son of Dialed In, broke his maiden Aug. 11 in the $113,000 Texas Futurity at Lone Star Park. The colt subsequently finished third in the $200,000 Iroquois presented by Ford (Grade III) and $400,000 Breeders' Futurity (GI). Ricardo Santana Jr. has the call from post No. 7.

The complete field for the Street Sense in order of post position (with jockey, trainer and morning line odds): Crime Spree (Mitchell Murrill, Eric Heitzmann, 15-1); Oncoming Train (Rafael Bejarano, Jimmy DiVito, 9-2); Arabian Prince (Joe Talamo, Dallas Stewart, 4-1); King Fury (Brian Hernandez Jr., Kenny McPeek, 9-2); Eucharist (Tyler Gaffalione, Rodolphe Brisset, 5-1); Franz Josef (Julien Leparoux, Glenn Wismer, 10-1); and Super Stock (Santana, Steve Asmussen, 8-5).

The Street Sense annually serves as a steppingstone to the $200,000 Jockey Club (G2) on Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. It is carded as Race 8 with a post time of 4:36 p.m.

Two races later, Coach will stretch out in distance for the first time in the Rags to Riches. Trained by Brad Cox, Coach recorded dominant victories at Indiana Grand breaking her maiden by 4 ¼ lengths and besting first-level allowance company by 9 ¾ lengths. The daughter of Commissioner will be ridden by Florent Geroux from post No. 8.

The field for the Rags to Riches from the rail out (with jockey, trainer and morning line odds): Orsetto (Declan Cannon, Tim Austin, 8-1); Malibu Bird (Tyler Gaffalione, Norm Casse, 9-2); Dash to the Top (Gabriel Saez, Wayne Catalano, 15-1); Oliviaofthedesert (Brian Hernandez Jr., Kenny McPeek, 4-1); Lady Traveler (Joe Talamo, Dale Romans, 5-1); Salty as Can Be (Ricardo Santana Jr, Mark Casse, 5-1); Torsie's Charm (Adam Beschizza, Eddie Kenneally, 20-1); Coach (Geroux, Cox, 3-1); and Midnight Ballerina (Julien Leparoux, Bill Mott, 8-1).

Inaugurated in 2005, the Stars of Tomorrow programs at Churchill Downs have helped launch the careers of more than 50 future Grade I winners including Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, Kentucky Oaks winners Rachel Alexandra, Believe You Can and Monomoy Girl and Preakness (GI) winner Swiss Skydiver.

A total of 104 horses were entered in the body of Sunday's card for an average of 9.45 horses per race.

Sunday's National Weather Service forecast calls for cloudy conditions with highs in the high 60s. The rail on the Matt Winn Turf Course will be set in Lane 2, 15 ft. off the inside hedge.

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Saturday’s Racing Insights: Performer Resurfaces, Bisou Half Debuts

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3rd-BEL, $70K, OC ($80K), 3yo/up, 1m, post time: 1:28 p.m. ET
Phipps Stable and Claiborne Farm’s Performer (Speightstown) makes his belated first start of the year. The Shug McGaughey trainee has been off since winning his fourth straight (from five attempts) in Aqueduct’s nine-panel GIII Discovery S. Nov. 30. His third dam is MGSIW My Flag (Easy Goer), who in turn produced champion juvenile filly Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat). TJCIS PPs

7th-KEE, $70K, Msw, 2yo, f, 7f 184 ft., post time: 4:24 p.m. ET
Well-related firsters take on formidable runners with experience in this wide-open event. Woodford Thoroughbreds homebred Wicked Bisou (Wicked Strong) is a half to none other than recently retired MGISW and champion Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute). Woodford sold their GSW dam Diva Delite (Repent) for $750,000 in foal to Pioneerof the Nile at FTKNOV ’18–she brought $1.2 million in foal to Justify a year later. Tom Amoss will send out both Wicked Bisou and Miss Dial (Dialed In). The latter is a full-sister to MSW near millionaire and 2018 GI Breeders’ Cup F/M Sprint runner-up Chalon. A $165,000 KEESEP yearling, she cost $310,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale off a swift :10 flat breeze. Steve Asmussen pupil Willful Woman (Nyquist), a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad, is out of MSW/MGSP Foxy Danseur (Mr. Greeley), making her a half to former Asmussen trainee and 2017 GIII Fantasy S. heroine Ever So Clever (Medaglia d’Oro). TJCIS PPs

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