Rathbarry favourite Acclamation set at €35,000 fee for next year

Acclamation: the Rathbarry Stud stalwart has sired five top-flight winnersCredit: Peter Mooney

Acclamation, star of Rathbarry Stud and renowned sire-of-sires, will stand for an adjusted €35,000 fee for 2020.

The top-class sprinter will be 21 next year and has been at a career-high €40,000 for the last two seasons, having produced the likes of Dark Angel, Equiano, Aclaim and Expert Eye during his long residency in County Cork.

His best performer this year was the ultra-reliable miler Oh This Is Us along with some successful money-earners in Hong Kong.

Rathbarry announced its fees for three other Flat stallions with Tagula, now at the ripe old age of 26, staying steady at €4,000.

James Garfield, who has completed his first season at stud after a rock-solid career for George Scott, will be available at €6,000, the same price as smart miler Kodi Bear, whose first yearlings have been selling in 2019.