Quality Road Leads Lane's End Roster 2022

Commercial yearling sale juggernaut Quality Road   leads the Lane's End stallion roster for 2022 with a $150,000 fee, unchanged from this season.

The 15-year-old son of Elusive Quality is the leading North American sire by yearling average at a robust $500,610 from 41 sold out of 53 offered. The stallion was represented by three seven-figure sales yearlings and 23 for $500,000 or more, which included a top-selling $1.6 million colt out of Catch the Moon that Eaton Sales sold on behalf of Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings to Woodford Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds during the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

At the racetrack, Quality Road's runners have put him in the top 10 among active North American sires by number of lifetime grade 1 winners; he has 12 alongside More Than Ready   and Ghostzapper  . He is the sire of 51 black-type winners among 100 black-type performers and his career progeny earnings exceed $60.8 million.

Next-highest on the roster is the prominent sire Candy Ride  , who is just one shy of reaching his 100th black-type winner. The son of Ride the Rails is the fifth-leading active North American sire by number of career grade/group 1 winners with 17. He is also the sire of seven champions, including 2017 Horse of the Year and champion dirt male Gun Runner  , who is making a name for himself this year as the leading freshman sire by progeny earnings, by number of black-type winners, and number of graded stakes winners. Candy Ride will stand for $75,000.

Candy Ride's son Twirling Candy   has been gradually climbing the North American sire ranks and this year has cracked the top 10 with eight stakes winners that include three graded stakes winners, one of whom is Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Rombauer . Overall, Twirling Candy has a deep bench of performers that make him the fourth-leading sire this year by winners with 134. He will stand next year for $60,000, up from $40,000 for 2021.

The yearling sales gave a boost to four-time grade 1 winner City of Light  , whose first yearlings this year averaged $351,825. The son of Quality Road was represented by two seven-figure purchases, a $1.7 million colt out of Anchorage and a $1.05 million colt out of Ghostslayer, who both sold at the Keeneland September sale. Such strong returns moved his stud fee to $60,000 for next year, up from $40,000 for 2021.

A stud fee for second-ranked freshman sire Connect   is pending the outcome of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, where he'll be represented by two viable contenders. His son Rattle N Roll  will contest the TVG Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) where he could capture his second grade 1 victory. Rattle N Roll comes into the Breeders' Cup World Championship off a win in the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. Connect's daughter Hidden Connection  is expected to start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Filles (G1). She previously won the Pochontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

The 2022 fee for Liam's Map   has been tentatively set at $40,000 but that could change as well. He is expected to be represented in the Juvenile Fillies by Juju's Map , who come into the World Championships off a win the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1).

New to Lane's End's roster is W.S. Farish's homebred and multiple grade 1 winner Code of Honor  . Earning almost $3 million in a career that included graded stakes performances each year from 2 to 5, the son of Noble Mission  is a six-time graded stakes winner. He looks to add to his already impressive résumé this weekend in the Oct. 30 Hagyard Fayette Stakes (G2) at Keeneland.

Lane's End Stud Fees

*Stud fee pending Breeders’ Cup results