Mystik Dan to Debut on Airdrie's Roster at $15,000 Fee
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Mystik Dan after winning the 2024 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
Airdrie Stud released the 2026 stud fees for it's 12-stallion roster Oct. 8, highlighted by the introductory fees of newcomers Mystik Dan and Jonathan's Way .
Winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) and second in that season's Preakness Stakes (G1), Mystik Dan has further established himself as one of the most talented older horses in training in 2025 and will head to Del Mar as one of the leading contenders in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) following his emphatic score in the $500,000 Lukas Classic Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs Sept. 27. His lifetime earnings to date stand at more than $4.8 million.
Airdrie announced in June that Mystik Dan would stand stud at the farm near Midway, Ky., upon the conclusion of his racing career.
READ: Mystik Dan to Stand at Airdrie Upon Retirement
Jonathan's Way, the first son of white-hot sensation Vekoma to be retired to stud, will also take up stud duties following his recent retirement from racing. He broke his maiden on debut at Saratoga Race Course, and followed that with a win in the 2024 Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs in his second start before ending his juvenile campaign with a fast-closing second in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2). An early favorite for the following season's Kentucky Derby, Jonathan's Way's Triple Crown hopes were dashed early in his 3-year-old season by a life-threatening bout with colitis, and he was unable to return to the races. He retires as the most expensive weanling from Vekoma's debut crop; he sold for $290,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
READ: Jonathan's Way Retired From Racing; Will Stand at Airdrie in 2026
Mystik Dan and Jonathan's Way will stand for initial fees of $15,000 and $8,500, respectively.
Leading young sire Girvin , whose first Kentucky-bred crop will head to the track in 2026, tops the Airdrie roster at a fee of $30,000. His 2025 on-track exploits include the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) success of leading Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) contender Dorth Vader , and his aforementioned first Kentucky-bred yearling crop made commercial waves at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale when averaging more than $139,000 for the 61 sold.
Damon's Mound , Seminole Chief , and Dazzling Dame are other stakes winners for Girvin in 2025.
The full Airdrie stallion lineup appears below:
| Airdrie Stud 2026 stud fees | ||
| Stallion | 2026 fee | 2025 fee |
| Girvin | $30,000 | $25,000 |
| Upstart | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Complexity | $20,000 | $25,000 |
| Mage | $15,000 | $25,000 |
| Mystik Dan | $15,000 | NEW |
| Cairo Prince | $10,000 | $15,000 |
| Jonathan's Way | $8,500 | NEW |
| Beau Liam | $7,500 | $6,000 |
| Collected | $7,500 | $10,000 |
| Happy Saver | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Highly Motivated | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Divisidero | $3,500 | $5,000 |