Havana Grey (GB), one of the most exciting young stallions in Europe, has had his fee made private as he prepares to stand his seventh season at Whitsbury Manor Stud in 2025.
The sire of the dual Group 1-winning juvenile Vandeek (GB) and this year's G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes winner Arabian Dusk (GB), Havana Grey stood at a fee of £55,000 when covering 139 mares this season–down from 164 in 2023–and his book for the upcoming breeding season will be restricted to mares considered to be a suitable height.
Joe Callan, head of bloodstock and sales at Whitsbury Manor, said, “Although Havana Grey is still very much open for business for a restricted number of outside mares, we have decided to make his fee private. This is due to the importance of managing his mares to be of suitable height for him in the covering shed and for his own welfare and continued good fertility.
“After another fantastic year including 11 individual stakes winners and phenomenal yearling sale results, we know that demand for him will once again be high.”
The fee for Havana Grey's stud-mate Showcasing (GB) has been dropped to £35,000 after he covered 114 mares at a fee of £45,000 this season. The Karl Burke-trained Swingalong (Ire) has been his flagbearer on the racecourse in 2024, filling the runner-up spot in a trio of Group 1 sprints in Britain, while Showcasing is also the broodmare sire of leading two-year-old filly Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}).
Sergei Prokofiev has had his fee increased to £8,000 (from £6,000) following a strong start at stud, with his first crop of two-year-olds yielding 18 winners in Europe so far, including the G3 Marble Hill Stakes scorer and G1 Phoenix Stakes third Arizona Blaze (GB). He was sent 166 mares this season, while Dragon Symbol (GB), a newcomer to the Whitsbury Manor roster for 2024, covered 140 mares. The fee for the son of Cable Bay (Ire), who was first past the post in the G1 Commonwealth Cup, remains at £8,000.
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