Medaglia d'Oro's fee has been set at $200,000 for the 2019 breeding season, Darley announced in a release Monday. The sire of last year's Breeders' Cup winners Talismanic and Bar of Gold and 2018 dual Canadian Classic heroine Wonder Gadot stood for $250,000 in 2018. His $608,490 yearling average this year is second among all North American stallions.
The entire Darley roster and fees is as follows:
Alpha (Sequel New York) $5,000
Animal Kingdom $15,000
Astern $15,000
Bernardini $50,000
Frosted $50,000
Hard Spun $40,000
Medaglia d'Oro $200,000
Midshipman $8,500
Nyquist $40,000
Street Boss $20,000
Street Sense $50,000
“How can you not be impressed with Medaglia d'Oro? Whether it's on the track or in the sales ring, he's simply delivering on all fronts,” said Darren Fox, Sales Manager at Darley in America. “As far as our young stallions go, we are extremely impressed with the first foals by Frosted and Nyquist. From what we've seen, the quality runs very deep and we are eagerly awaiting their weanlings going through the sales ring in a couple of weeks.”
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