Dialed In leads the way as Darby Dan unveils fees for nine-strong 2020 roster

Shackleford and Klimt also on the team along with new addition Flameaway

Darby Dan: One of the most historic studs in the Kentucky BluegrassCredit: Shandon Cundiff Lightshape

Darby Dan Farm has set 2020 stud fees for its roster of nine stallions for the upcoming breeding season, led by Dialed In, who will stand for $20,000.

The roster also features Shackleford and Klimt, who will each stand for $10,000; Tapiture, a leading freshman sire of 2019, will stand for $7,500, and new to the roster is multiple Graded stakes winner Flameaway, whose fee will be $7,500.

Dialed In, a leading cumulative fourth-crop sire this year, has been represented by 16 black-type horses in 2019, including multiple stakes winner and Grade 2-placed Chalon, multiple stakes-winning juvenile filly Onyx, and Dubai World Cup-placed Gunnevera. Dialed In is the sire of 27 black-type horses in all and has garnered $16 million in progeny earnings.

Shackleford, the second-ranked fourth-crop sire and number one sire of his crop by Graded stakes winners with three, is the sire of 16 black-type horses in 2019. His top runners include Promises Fulfilled, Danuska’s My Girl and Phantom Boss.

Shackleford: Just one of a number of stallions to stand at Darby Dan Farm at a fee of $10,000Credit: Matt Wooley

Klimt, a son of Quality Road, saw his first-crop weanlings sell for up to $170,000 this year. One of America’s best juveniles of 2016, Klimt won that year’s Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity. He covered more than 400 mares in his first two books and will have first yearlings in 2020.

Tapiture, a five-time Graded stakes-winning son of Tapit, is a leading first-crop sire by number of winners with 21. He is represented by four stakes horses, including stakes winner Sky Of Hook and stakes-placed Peruvian Boy, Gone Glimmering and Axiomo. He is also the sire of impressive debut winner Specially.

Flameaway, an ultra-consistent son of Scat Daddy, won five stakes, including the Grade 3 Sam F Davis Stakes, in which those behind included Catholic Boy and this month's Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso. He retires with earnings of $911,634 after winning on dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces at a variety of distances.

Darby Dan 2020 roster

Stallion	Stands and Nurses Fee
Bee Jersey	$5,000
Dialed In	$20,000
Flameaway-NEW	$7,500
Klimt	$10,000
Shackleford	$10,000
Sky Kingdom	$5,000
Tale Of Ekati	$5,000
Tale Of Verve	$2,000
Tapiture	$7,500