Darley Sets 2022 Fees for Essential Quality, Maxfield
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Essential Quality trains Nov. 4 at Del Mar
Last year's champion 2-year-old colt and this season's Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Essential Quality will stand the 2022 season at a fee of $75,000 while 2019 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (G1) winner Maxfield 's fee will be set at $40,000, Darley announced Nov. 7.
Essential Quality made his final career start a day earlier in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar, finishing third. The 3-year-old Tapit colt won eight of 10 starts, including the Breeders' Futurity and TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) at 2 and the Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) this past summer, and retires with earnings of $4,755,144.
"His body of work is just tremendous: an Eclipse Champion at 2, a classic winner at 3, a son of Tapit with a fantastic female family. He's already generated quite a lot of interest and we couldn't be more excited about him retiring to Jonabell Farm," Darley sales manager Darren Fox said.
Maxfield, a 4-year-old son of Darley stallion Street Sense , will make his final appearance on the track in the Nov. 26 Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare (G1) at Churchill Downs. He will then head to Godolphin at Jonabell, home of the Darley Stallions, to begin his next career. Maxfield's current record is 7-2-1 from 10 starts and he has earnings of $1,550,902.