Typically, a stallion is bred to about 100 to 150 mares a year, meaning Pharoah, at $200,000-per-session, could generate more than $20 million in 2016 alone.
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Triple Crown victor American Pharoah is already challenging stallion records just days into his retirement from the track.
Coolmore Stud, the Irish breeding powerhouse, said on Friday from Kentucky that it will charge $200,000 per mating session with the colt next year. The racehorse earned $8,288,000 this year but is on pace to make much more in his new life so long as he can produce offspring.
ESPN.com reported the fee is one of the most expensive prices that a horse has initially stood for. The horse’s sire, Pioneerof The Nile, who stands at Winstar Farm, saw his stud fee rise from $60,000 this year to $125,000.
On Thursday, Gainesway Farm in Lexington announced that the country’s leading sire, Tapit, will command a $300,000 stud fee in 2016.
Per ESPN, owner Ahmed Zayat will maintain a 25 percent in the colt’s breeding rights even after his transfer to Coolmore, which also operates internationally in Ireland and Australia.
Being a great Thoroughbred on the track doesn’t guarantee success in the breeding shed.
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He became the first Triple Crown victor in 37 years and the first-ever horse to win the Grand Slam, adding the Breeders’ Cup to his resume in October.
