Northwest Stud Announces 2017 Stud Fees
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Gone Astray's 2017 stud fee will be $5,000
Northwest Stud of Ocala, Fla., announced the 2017 fees for its roster of stallions, which includes top-10 first and second-crop sire Gone Astray , Duke of Mischief , and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) winner Wrote .
Gone Astray is a multiple grade II stakes-winning son of Dixie Union out of the Mr. Prospector mare Illicit, a half sister to champion 3-year-old filly Smuggler.
From two crops to race he sired four stakes winners including Three Rules, four-time stakes winner this year. He swept the three divisions of the Florida Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Park by a combined 22 1/2 lengths, joining a list that includes Smile, Fort Loudon, Big Drama, and Jackson Bend. Three Rules is 2016's leading 2-year-old by number of stakes wins and is ranked fifth by earnings.
Gone Astray will stand for $5,000 stands and nurses, up from from last year's fee of $4,500.
Duke of Mischief is a multiple graded stakes winner who earned more than $1.9 million, finishing first in five stakes including the 2012 Charles Town Classic (gr. II), and the 2010 Oaklawn Handicap (gr.II). HIs first foals are yearlings of 2016. He'll stand for $2,000 stands and nurses, decreased from last year's fee of $2,500.
Wrote won the 2011 Juvenile Turf, following in the footsteps of his sire High Chaparral (IRE), a two-time Eclipse Award-winning son of Sadler's Wells. High Chaparral won the Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) in 2002 and 2003. Wrote earned more than $815,000 and was group II-placed in Ireland, England, and United Arab Emirates. He is the only son of High Chaparral standing in North America. His stud fee is set at $3,000 stands and nurses, decreased from last year's fee of $4,000.
Flashstorm , a son of Storm Cat, is the sire of 28 winners from 47 starters, including 2016 stakes winner Abounding Legacy, 2-year-old stakes-winner Golden Pirate, and stakes-placed Gran Escarlata, in Venezuela. His fee of $2,500 stands and nurses remains unchanged from 2016.
Turbo Compressor , the grade I winning son of Halo's Image who earned nearly $1 million, has been relocated to Breakway Farm near Dillsboro, Ind. His stud fee is private. He stood for $3,500 in 2016.
Northwest Stud Fees
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