Dubawi heads the roster at Dalham Hall Stud for the 2022 season at an unchanged fee of £250,000, making him the world’s most expensive sire after a 2021 campaign in which he sired an incredible 23 group winners and 37 stakes winners.
Darley announced fees for its European stallions Nov. 9, with Dubawi leading the way after becoming the first horse to sire three Breeders’ Cup winners in the same year through Modern Games , Yibir , and Space Blues .
Glittering new recruit Palace Pier will also begin life at Dalham Hall for a fee of £55,000, the same figure his sire Kingman was retired on back in 2015.
The operation is entitled to have the highest of hopes for Kingman’s highest-rated son, the world champion miler who retired with five group 1 victories to his name, having won the Prix du Haras de Fresnay Le Buffard Jacques Le Marois (G1) twice, the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (G1), the Queen Anne Stakes (G1), and the St James’s Palace Stakes (G1).
Palace Pier wins the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury
Darley has two different new arrivals to announce with Dubawi’s son House Blues, who rounded off his profession by successful final weekend’s FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Introduced by PDJF (G1T), to go along with his prizes within the Prix de la Foret (G1) and Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1), heading to Kildangan Stud at a payment of €17,500.
Victor Ludorum retires to Haras du Logis at €15,000. An undefeated group 1 winner at 2, he took the Emirates Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) to emulate his sire Shamardal .
Darley has taken a cautious view overall, keeping most of its residents at the COVID-19-related price points of 2021. The only one of its stallions to have his fee increased is Profitable , whose first crop has been led by Queen Mary Stakes (G1) winner Quick Suzy . He is nudged up to €12,500 from €10,000.
Sam Bullard, Darley’s director of stallions, said: “We’re thrilled to be introducing three outstanding multiple group 1 winners to a very strong roster, deep on quality and achievement.
“Following last season’s three champion additions in Ghaiyyath, Earthlight, and Pinatubo, together with Blue Point and Too Darn Hot in 2020, we’re confident of giving breeders every chance of benefiting from the wonderfully positive sales season we’ve just enjoyed.”
