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stud fee

American  

noun

  1. the charge for the service of a male animal, as a horse, in breeding.


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Flightline will begin his breeding career next year at Lane’s End Farms in Versailles, Kentucky, but a stud fee has yet to be determined.

From Seattle Times Nov. 7, 2022

That horse was Medina Spirit, a $35,000 Florida-bred purchase sired by Protonico, whose stud fee was only $5,000.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2021

A stud fee is defined as a price paid by the owner of a female animal to the owner of a male animal for the right to breed.

From Fox News Nov. 1, 2021

Boden recommends taking a stud fee and multiplying it by 300 to ascertain a horse’s overall market value.

From Washington Post May 7, 2019

No one was foolish enough to pay a stud fee to breed a mare to him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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