Irish champion Dylan Thomas will stand for 50,000 euros at John Magnier and partners' Coolmore Stud in Ireland. Dylan Thomas, a son of Danehill who ran unplaced in the Oct. 27 John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), won this year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barriere (Fr-I).
Excellent Art, a son of Pivotal who was retired after a runner-up effort in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), will stand for 25,000 euros.
Coolmore also announced that Sadler's Wells and his son, Galileo, will stand for private fees in 2008. Sadler's Wells will be 27 next year and has sired 291 stakes winners.
Montjeu will command the highest announced fee of the Coolmore stallions. A son of Sadler's Wells, Montjeu will stand for 125,000 euros. Danehill Dancer, by Danehill, will command 115,000 euros.
Following are the fees (in euros) for all 24 Coolmore stallions:
Ad Valorem 12,500
Antonius Pius 7,500
Aussie Rules 12,500
Catcher In The Rye 4,000
Choisir 12,500
Danehill Dancer 115,000
Dylan Thomas 50,000
Excellent Art 25,000
Footstepsinthesand 20,000
Galileo Private
Hawk Wing 15,000
High Chaparral 15,000
Holy Roman Emperor 35,000
Hurricane Run 30,000
Ivan Denisovich 7,000
Montjeu 125,000
Night Shift 15,000
One Cool Cat 12,500
Oratorio 25,000
Peintre Celebre 25,000
Rock of Gibraltar 35,000
Sadler's Wells Private
Strategic Prince 9,000
Westerner 6,000
A euro is worth $1.44
