Hill 'n' Dale's Curlin has fee raised to $225,000 after another dazzling year

Hill 'n' Dale Farms released its 2023 roster and fees on Wednesday, headlined by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, who will stand for $225,000.

The son of Smart Strike's fee rose from $175,000 in 2022 after he saw continued success this year with Grade 1 winners Malathaat, Cody's Wish, Nest, Clairiere and Obligatory.

The leading sire has recorded seven champions and 49 Graded winners in 13 crops, with over $119 million in earnings. In the sales arena for 2022, his yearlings have commanded gross receipts of $29,250,000 at an average price of $513,158. His juveniles through the sales ring saw similar results selling at an average price of $435,782 and gross figures of $4,357,824.

Ghostzapper, by Awesome Again, saw continued success this year with Grade 1 winner Goodnight Olive winning the Ballerina Handicap, Grade 2 winner Fearless and stakes winners Kentucky Ghost, Our Flash Drive, Zia Zapper, Zestful, Visitant and Moira. His fee will remain unchanged from 2022 at $75,000.

Charlatan, the dual Grade 1-winning, $4 million-earning son of Speightstown, will stand his second year at stud for $50,000.

A son of Distorted Humor and the sire of a Kentucky Derby hero, Maclean's Music saw his Grade 1-winning son Jackie's Warrior capture the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap and Churchill Downs Stakes in 2022. His 2023 fee of $50,000 remains unchanged.

Violence, by Medaglia d'Oro, had a recent Grade 1 winner in the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner Forte; the juvenile also captured the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga in September. Violence will stand for an increased fee of $40,000, up from $25,000 in 2022.

The fee for champion juvenile Good Magic, by Curlin, who stood for $30,000 in 2022, will be announced in the future.

Undefeated racehorse Kantharos, by Lion Heart, will stand for an unchanged fee of $20,000.

Army Mule's first crop, two-year-olds of 2022, saw two stakes winners in Danse Macabre and Hot Little Thing; his fee will be increased to $12,500 next year. Two-time Breeders' Cup champion Midnight Lute, by Real Quiet, will stand for $12,500 for the 2023 breeding season.

Mucho Macho Man will remain unchanged at a fee of $7,500; the son of Macho Uno added Grade 3 winner City Man to his resume of successful progeny, along with stakes winners A Man's Man and Carmelita's Man.

A Grade 1 winner on both surfaces, World of Trouble, by Kantharos, has been reduced to $5,000 from $7,500 in 2022, and fellow sire Lost Treasure, by War Front, was lowered to $3,500 from $5,000 in 2022.

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