Girvin (Tale of Ekati), the sire of three graded stakes winners including Grade I winner Faiza, and Upstart (Flatter), the sire of GI Toyota Blue Grass S. winner Zandon, will both stand for a stud fee of $30,000 at Airdrie Farm in Midway, Kentucky, for the 2024 season, Airdrie announced Wednesday.
“We couldn't be looking more forward to the 2024 season as we continue to build momentum in our stallion barn,” said Airdrie's Bret Jones. “We believe we have two very special stallions in Girvin and Upstart headlining our roster this year. Both have built their success from the ground up, and their ability to so dramatically improve their mares has earned the faith of the best breeders in the industry. They are both poised to continue to climb the ladder as leading young stallions.”
Girvin has been given a $5,000 bump for 2024, while Upstart's fee remains the same as his 2023 fee.
Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) will stand for $15,000, the same as his 2023 fee.
“Cairo Prince has once again been the leading sire of his stallion crop and a Top 25 General and Juvenile Sire throughout the year,” said Jones. “He has long cemented his position as a hugely popular value stallion for both the sales ring and the racetrack.”
Collected (City Zip), who currently has two crops on the track, will remain at $10,000.
“With his first crop just 3-year-olds, Collected has already sired three individual Grade II stakes winners and six stakes winners in all,” Jones continued. “That is an incredibly strong resume for a young stallion in his price range and we believe his arrow will continue to point up in the year ahead. And we also believe Complexity (Maclean's Music) ($12,500) has every chance to be next season's leading freshman sire. He was an immensely talented runner and his first-crop yearlings generated the type of buzz at the sales that foreshadows major success on the racetrack.”
“When combined with our new introductions of the last two years in Beau Liam (Liam's Map), Happy Saver (Super Saver) and Highly Motivated (Into Mischief) and the future retirement of Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic) at the end of his racing career, these are very exciting times for our Airdrie Stud team. As always, we will be supporting our stallions with the full force of our broodmare band and look forward to working with our incredibly loyal breeders to whom we owe our success.”
The complete roster, with fees, is:
Girvin – $30,000
Upstart – $30,000
Cairo Prince – $15,000
Complexity – $12,500
Collected – $10,000
Happy Saver – $10,000
Highly Motivated – $7,500
Beau Liam – $6,000
Divisidero – $5,000
Preservationist – $5,000
Summer Front – $5,000
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