Uncle Mo Tops Ashford Roster at $150,000
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Uncle Mo at Ashford Stud
Top 10 North American sire Munnings , the sire of multiple grade 1 winner Jack Christopher , will stand for a career-high $100,000 next year, according to the roster and fees released Oct. 26 by Coolmore America's Ashford Stud.
A grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner, Munnings has earned his way into the upper tier of the most successful stallions. The son of champion sprinter Speightstown entered stud at $12,500 and the parade of durable elite runners that followed has steadily elevated the sire's profile among the top breeders. His first crop included grade 1 winners I'm a Chatterbox and El Deal along with multiple graded stakes winner Om . Munnings has 62 career black-type winners (7% from named foals of racing age), which includes 2021 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Munnyfor Ro .
Jack Christopher is a three-time grade 1 winner who has won five of six career starts and is expected to be a leading contender in the Nov. 5 Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Keeneland.
Multiple leading sire Uncle Mo continues to lead the Ashford roster at $150,000. The son of Indian Charlie is currently the fifth-leading North American sire by progeny earnings and the co-third-leading sire by number of graded/group stakes winners with seven.
Ashford adds three new stallions to the 2023 roster: 2021 champion 2-year-old colt Corniche ; Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Early Voting ; and multiple grade 1 turf sprinter Golden Pal .
Corniche, a son of Quality Road , was undefeated at 2. He won his debut at Del Mar by 4 1/2 lengths and followed with wins in the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) and the TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1). He suffered his only loss July 31 in the Amsterdam Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course, where he suffered a career-ending injury to a hind joint. He was retired with $1,263,500 in earnings. He will enter stud at $30,000.
Early Voting is a son of leading sire Gun Runner . He won his only start at 2 and kicked off his sophomore campaign with a win in the Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack. In his second start at 3 he was runner-up in the Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by Resorts World Casino (G2). Trainer Chad Brown chose to skip the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) to have a fresh horse for the Preakness and was rewarded with a 1 1/4-length win over Epicenter , who ran second in the Derby. He retired with $1,372,500 in earnings and will enter stud at $25,000.
Golden Pal has one more major task ahead of him before he retires, going for a third Breeders' Cup World Championships win in the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), which he won last year. The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo has won eight of 12 career starts, which include winning the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) at Keeneland. He has won seven graded stakes and comes into the Breeders' Cup off a win in the Woodford Stakes Presented by FanDuel (G2T) at Keeneland. He has career earnings of $1,815,131. His stud fee will be set after the Breeders' Cup.
The following is the full Ashford roster and fees.
2023 Ashford Stud Fees
| Stallion | 2023 Fee | 2022 Fee |
| American Pharoah | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Classic Empire | $15,000 | $17,500 |
| Corniche | $30,000 | NEW |
| Cupid | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Early Voting | $25,000 | NEW |
| Echo Town | $5,000 | $7,500 |
| Golden Pal | TBA | NEW |
| Justify | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| Lookin At Lucky | $10,000 | $15,000 |
| Maximum Security | $10,000 | $15,000 |
| Mendelssohn | $25,000 | $35,000 |
| Mo Town | $5,000 | $7,500 |
| Munnings | $100,000 | $85,000 |
| Practical Joke | $25,000 | $35,000 |
| Tiz the Law | $30,000 | $35,000 |
| Uncle Mo | $150,000 | $160,000 |