Dialed In Tops Darby Dan's 2020 Stallion Roster

Darby Dan Farm announced stud fees for its 2020 nine-stallion roster Nov. 17. Leading those standing for the upcoming breeding season is Dialed In , who will stand for $20,000, a slight decrease from last year's $25,000 fee.

The roster also features Shackleford  and Klimt , who will each stand for $10,000; Tapiture , a leading freshman sire of 2019 who will stand for $7,500; and multiple graded stakes winner Flameaway , who is new to the roster and will also stand for $7,500. All fees come with a stands and nurses guarantee. 

Dialed In, a leading cumulative fourth-crop sire this year, is represented by 16 black-type horses in 2019, including multiple stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Chalon; 2-year-old filly Onyx, winner of the Sharp Susan and Our Dear Peggy stakes at Gulfstream Park; and Gunnevera, who placed in the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1). Dialed In is the sire of 27 black-type horses overall with almost $16 million in progeny earnings.

Shackleford, the top-ranked fourth-crop sire by graded stakes winners with three, is the sire of 16 black-type horses in 2019. His top runners include Promises Fulfilled, winner of the John A. Nerud Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park; Danuska's My Girl, winner of the Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) at Del Mar and the Desert Stormer Stakes at Santa Anita Park; and Phantom Boss, winner of the Bashford Manor Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Klimt's first-crop weanlings sold for up to $170,000 this year. One of America's best juveniles of 2016, Klimt won that year's Del Mar Futurity (G1) by 4 1/4 lengths and took the Best Pal Stakes (G2). The son of Quality Road  covered more than 400 mares in his first two books and will have his first yearlings in 2020.

Tapiture, a two-time graded stakes-winning son of Tapit , is a leading first-crop sire by number of winners with 21. He is represented by four stakes horses, including stakes winner Sky of Hook. He is also the sire of impressive debut winner Specially.

Flameaway, a consistent son of Scat Daddy, won five stakes, including the Dixiana Bourbon Stakes (G3) at Keeneland and Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga Race Course at 2 after breaking his maiden on debut. At 3, he captured the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs over subsequent grade 1 winners Catholic Boy  and eventual Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Vino Rosso , and the Kitten's Joy Stakes on turf at Gulfstream Park. He added a victory in the Challenger Stakes at Tampa at 4 and was retired with earnings of $911,634 after winning on dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces at distances ranging from 4 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles.

Darby Dan will once again offer various incentive programs in 2020 to provide value to breeders, including Profit Protection, Share the Upside, Black-Type Bonanza, and Goldmine 20/20 Match Program.