Claiborne Announces Stud Fees, War Front at $100,000
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War Front at Claiborne Farm
Internationally acclaimed sire War Front again heads the Claiborne Farm stallion roster with a stud fee of $100,000.
The 19-year-old son of Danzig, who is the leading active North American sire by percent of black-type winners from runners at 14.3%, is having another strong year around the world. He has sired 10 stakes winners led by Tab Australian Cup (G1) winner Homesman and four other grade/group 1 performers worldwide.
With stakes performers in six major countries, his 2-year-olds continue performing at a high standard, with Annapolis winning the Pilgrim Stakes (G2T), winner Grafton Street finishing as runner-up in the Summer Stakes (G1T), and group 3 winner Ancient Rome also placed in the Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Grand Criterium (G1).
War Front continues, too, to be popular in the sales ring with multiple million-dollar yearlings this year taking him to 29 seven-figure yearlings with his 2021 group led by a $1.2 million filly.
Standing alongside War Front is his dual-surface grade 1 winner War of Will , who won four graded stakes during his career, including the Maker's Mark Mile (G1T) at Keeneland on turf and the Preakness Stakes (G1) on dirt. He will stand his second year at stud in 2022 for $25,000.
Already the sire of multiple champions, Flatter is having one of his best years in 2021 with his daughter Search Results taking the Acorn Stakes (G1) after a runner-up finish in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1). He will stand next year for $35,000. The son of A.P. Indy has sired 118 stakes performers and 58 black-type winners with more than $80 million in progeny earnings to date. This year alone, he has sired six stakes winners and 11 stakes horses that include grade 2 winner Avie's Flatter and grade 3 winner Plainsman .
Blame
Champion racehorse Blame continues to prove year after year that he's one of the best of his generation with 70 stakes performers and 37 black-type winners, which include five grade 1 winners. A proven sire in both North America and Europe, his runners this year include French group 3 winner and €575,000 (US$666,618) Arqana Arc Sale purchase Saiydabad and 11 stakes performers in three countries. Blame's yearlings continue to be in demand at auction, with 16 selling for six-figures this year and topped by a $525,000 filly at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. He will stand for $20,000.
Catholic Boy and Demarchelier will have their first foals offered at the fall mixed sales this year. Catholic Boy, one of only three North American 3-year-old colts in history to win grade 1 stakes on dirt and turf, will stand for $20,000. Demarchelier, who will stand for $5,000, has been supported by top breeders worldwide being a regally-bred graded stakes winner and only son of the leading European sire Dubawi standing in Kentucky.
Champion sprinter Runhappy is a top five second-crop sire this year and will stand in 2022 for $12,500. The sire of nine stakes performers and five black-type winners, his best include Vosburgh Stakes (G2) winner Following Sea . Runhappy has also proven to be a sire of successful 2-year-olds, which accounted for three of this year's stakes winners—Runup , Happy Soul , and Run to Daylight .
Two exciting new stallions join Claiborne's roster this year in Performer and Silver State .
Undefeated as a 3-year-old, Phipps homebred Performer is by emerging sire-of-sires Speightstown and from the family of champion Storm Flag Flying and Hall of Fame mare Personal Ensign. A multiple graded stakes winner, Performer proved to be a talented racehorse who never finished worse than third. He won the 2019 Discovery Stakes (G3) and the Fred W. Hooper Stakes (G3) this year and was third in the Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) last year. He will stand for $12,500.
A grandson of the great Claiborne stallion Danzig through his son Hard Spun , Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap (G1) winner Silver State will enter stud at Claiborne in 2022. His stud fee will be announced at a later date. The winner of six consecutive races spanning 2020 and 2021, he has won or placed in eight stakes races in his career and earned more than $1.9 million. Silver State is being aimed for this year's Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
Claiborne Farm Stud Fees
| Stallion | 2022 Fee | 2021 Fee |
| Blame | $20,000 | $30,000 |
| Catholic Boy | $20,000 | $25,000 |
| Demarchelier | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| First Samurai | $10,000 | $15,000 |
| Flatter | $35,000 | $35,000 |
| Lea | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Mastery | $10,000 | $25,000 |
| Performer | $12,500 | NEW |
| Runhappy | $12,500 | $10,000 |
| Silver State | TBA | NEW |
| War Front | $100,000 | $150,000 |
| War of Will | $25,000 | $25,000 |
All stud fees payable live foal stands and nurses