Justify and Uncle Mo prices held as Coolmore publish US tariff

Coolmore America has set 2020 fees for its contingent of 14 US-based stallions at Ashford Stud, with the roster headed by the operation's pair of Triple Crown winners, Justify and American Pharoah.

The fee for American Pharoah - who broke a 37-year dry spell when he swept the American Triple Crown in 2015 - will be announced at a later date. The son of the late Pioneerof The Nile has made a tremendous start at stud, banking four black-type winners and five black-type-placed runners from 108 juvenile starters this year.

Justify, who joined Ashford Stud after his Belmont Stakes victory sealed the 2018 Triple Crown, will stand for an unchanged fee of $150,000 for the forthcoming breeding season.

American Pharoah could possibly be represented by two runners at this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita.

Son Four Wheel Drive punched his ticket to the Juvenile Turf Sprint by virtue of his win in the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park this month, while daughter Sweet Melania also took advantage of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, scoring by five and a half lengths in the recent Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland. She earned an automatic berth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Multiple grade 1 winner and champion Uncle Mo will also stand for an unchanged fee of $125,000. The son of Indian Charlie ranks 13th on the list of leading sires for 2019.

Hollywood Derby (winner Mo Town and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Mendelssohn, who also joined the Ashford Stud ranks in 2019, will stand for $10,000 and $35,000, respectively.

ASHFORD STUD FEES 2020

(2019 prices in brackets)

Air Force Blue $15,000 ($20,000)
American Pharaoh TBA (Private)
Classic Empire $20,000 ($25,000)
Competitive Edge $12,500 ($5,000)
Cupid $10,000 ($10,000)
Fusaichi Pegasus $7,500 ($7,500)
Justify $150,000 ($150,000)
Lookin At Lucky $20,000 ($20,000)
Mendelssohn $35,000 ($35,000)
Mo Town $10,000 ($12,500)
Munnings $25,000 ($20,000)
Practical Joke $25,000 ($30,000)
Tale Of The Cat $15,000 ($25,000)
Uncle Mo $125,000 ($125,000)

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