Lere Visagie's Rockridge Stud, located near Hudson, N.Y., has announced their stud fees for 2016. Five of their eight stallions will stand for $5,000 live foal stands and nurses.
Giant Surprise , Honorable Dillon , and newcomer Micromanage have made headlines in 2015 and all will stand for $5,000 along with Posse, New York's leading sire of 2012, and Trinniberg .
Giant Surprise, by Giant's Causeway , is the leading sire of 2-year-olds and the leading first-crop sires in New York. With two stakes winners led by $266,300 earner Sudden Surprise, Giant Surprise ranks seventh nationally on the first-crop sire list by progeny earnings. His eight runners have earned $550,949 (through Nov. 5). His fee gets a bump from the $2,500 he stood for last year.
Honorable Dillon, a grade II-winning son of Tapit , covered a state-leading 170 mares while standing at Rockridge last year for the same $5,000 fee.
Micromanage, a multiple stakes-winning son of Medaglia d'Oro raced by Repole Stables, is standing his first season in 2016.
HAMMONDS: Micromange to Rockridge
Also new to Rockridge for 2016 is Midas Touch, a group II-winning son of Galileo, who will stand for $3,500. The 6-year-old previously stood at War Horse Place near Lexington.
| 2016 Roster for Rockridge Stud | |
| Sire | Fee |
| D' Funnybone | $2,500 |
| Giant Surprise | $5,000 |
| Honorable Dillon | $5,000 |
| Micromanage | $5,000 |
| Midas Touch | $3,500 |
| Posse | $5,000 |
| Soaring Empire | $3,500 |
| Trinniberg | $5,000 |
