Big Stud American Pharoah to Get $200,000 a Pop in Breeding Shed
- Only one horse in America commands higher breeding fee
- Stallions are typically bred about 100-to-150 times a year
American Pharoah and trainer Bob Baffert outside his barn the morning after winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Track, on Nov. 1, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Photographer: Horsephotos/Getty ImagesTriple Crown winner 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. It’s an extraordinary amount of money for a thoroughbred that, while brilliant on the racetrack over the past two years, is entirely unproven as a sire.