Bernardini, Elusive Quality Sport Big Fees in Australia

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Darley's two gun stallions in Australia, Elusive Quality  and Bernardini, have earned spots in the limelight following the announcement of their respective Southern Hemisphere service fees. Both currently are standing at Darley at Jonabell.

Elusive Quality (Gone West--Touch of Greatness, by Hero's Honor), already the sire of an Australian juvenile group I winner from his debut crop, will stand at a fee of Aus$137,500 (about $114,500 in U.S. funds)--the third highest in Australia behind Arrowfield's Redoute's Choice($330,000) and Coolmore's Encosta de Lago, whose fee will be announced later this week and is believed to be $220,000.

Bernardini (A.P. Indy--Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American  ), perhaps the best 3-year-old on the planet while racing last year, will commence his down under life in the barn at a fee of $82,500 (about $68,800), which is the highest debut fee set this year. Darley will be standing 23 stallions in Australia in 2007.

Joining Bernardini as first-season Darley stallions is grade I winner Henny Hughes(Hennessy--Meadow Flyer, by Meadowlake) at ($27,500 inc. GST). Henny Hughes' current fee at Darley's Lexington nursery is $40,000.

Announcing Darley’s fees, general manager Oliver Tait said, “We’re absolutely thrilled with Elusive Quality’s success with his first crop of 2-year-olds, and we’re particularly excited to offer breeders the opportunity to send their mares to a stallion of Bernardini’s caliber. We’ve priced them to reflect their merits, and they’re proving to be extremely popular.”

Darley will again be offering its brilliant inducement for mare owners--send your mare to a Darley stallion and Darley will pay the shipping costs to and from the farm, no matter where in Australia your mare is coming from.

"Our stallions' fees, payment terms, and transport concessions--well-known to our clients as the Darley deal--will continue to make breeding to the Darley stallions as affordable and profitable as possible,” Tait added.

Following are the Darley Australia fees for 2007 :

At Darley New South Wales

Elusive Quality $137,500

Bernardini $82,500

Exceed And Excel $55,000

Shamardal$55,000

Cape Cross $44,000

Dubawi $33,000

Henny Hughes $27,500

Librettist $22,000

Tiger Hill $22,000

Carnegie $16,500

Fantastic Light $16,500

Refuse To Bend $16,500

Noverre $13,750

Tobougg $11,000

Grandera $8,800

E Dubai   $7,700

Untouchable $7,700

At Darley Victoria

Reset $33,000

Dubai Destination $22,000

Street Cry$16,500

Consolidator$13,750

Country Reel $7,700

Gonski $7,700

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