Gainesway announced the list and fees for the 2023 breeding season on October 26, once again led by the world famous male Tapit who will remain at $185,000.
As North America’s top three-time male by progeny earnings, Tapit is the top active male by tier 1 career winners (29), tier 1 performers (62) , graded stake winners (96), ranked stake performers (184), stake winners (154), and performers shares (299), and he is the all-time top male by progeny lifetime earnings ($188,654,112).
Tapit’s runner-ups have been led in 2022 by an undefeated record Flight route whose dominant wins in the Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan (G1) and TVG Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) handicaps have made him the top favorite for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).
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As a sire, Tapit’s top sons at school include Structure , Tonalist , Tapiture , Necessary quality , Frosted and promising young males Tapwrit .
Rapidly outstanding McKinzie will earn $30,000 in his third year at college, with weaners from his well-supported first mare book on display at the fall 2022 mixed sales. Street Sense McKinzie’s best son posted 11 triple-digit Beyer speed metrics in a career that has seen him win top-level races at 2, 3 and 4. Included in those victories That level 1 win is an impressive 1/4 Ragozin in the 2019 Whitney Stock (G1).
Joining him with the first weaners in this fall’s herd sale is Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1T) award winner. Spin to run . Coming from the influential lineage of Danzig, Spun to Run has shown remarkable speed in its 3-year-old campaign, collecting three consecutive triple-digit Beyers and scoring “0” on the chart five times. My Thoro-Graph. Spun to Run will cost $10,000 in 2023.
One Year US$1.2 Million, 2017 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) Winners Tapwrit’s first ponies will be 3-year-olds in 2023. First-year ponies. his wins globally, including the first special weight class winners at Monmouth Park, Keeneland, Colony Downs, Delaware Parkand Lone Star Park. Tapwrit will cost $10,000.
Breeders ‘Cup Mile’ Winner Karakontie , also priced at $10,000, has continued to establish itself as one of the best value places in Central Kentucky. This year’s runner-up is led by Spendarella winners of the Del Mar Oaks (G1T), Appalachian Stakes (G2T) and Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T), along with an emotional runner-up in the Coronation Stakes (G1) during the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting.
Raging Bull the son who won the first prize in grade 1 of the top international boy dark Angel will stand at his second season at stud with $10,000.
A $1.6 million earner, Raging Bull has proven to be a talented racehorse who consistently competed at the top of his division for four racing seasons. He has made 18 consecutive ranked starts, winning or reaching 9 of 14 tier 1 events, including winning the Hollywood Derby (G1T), Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T) and Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes (G1T).
Gainesway will add two new stallions to its roster for the 2023 breeding season, Olympiad and Watch discharge .
Olympiad, bet winners ranked five times by Sightstown is one of North America’s top older men of 2022, and he’ll have his next game in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland.
His year began with a record-setting performance over 1 1/16 miles in Mineshaft Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds & Slots, and his resume expanded at the end of the year with notable scores in the New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2), Stephen Foster Stakes (G2), Alysheba Stakes presented by Sentient Jet (G2) and the Jockey Club Gold Cup Staking (G1). He’s earned triple-digit Beyers on seven occasions and won from seven bonuses to 1 1/4 miles.
Drain the Clock stands out as one of the top sprinters in his class, distinguished by his duel with the champion sprinter Jackie’s Warrior in Woody Stephens Stakes presented by the Nassau County Industrial Development Authority (G1), where he wins by neck and gives Jackie’s Warrior his first defeat in a turn.
The son of Music by Maclean also won the Swale Stakes (G3) and the Bay Shore Stakes (G3), and he showed his acumen winning six of his first eight career starts. Drain the Clock will cost $10,000.
The following is a complete list of Gainesway stallions and their advertised charges for the 2023 breeding season:
| Stud Fees 2023 Gainesway | ||
| Stallion |
2023 Fee
|
2022 Fees
|
| Tapit | $185,000 | $185,000 |
| McKinzie | $ 30,000 | $ 30,000 |
| Watch Discharge | $10,000 | NEW |
| Karakontie | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Raging Bull | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Spin to run | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Tapwrit | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Olympiad | TBD | NEW |
