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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’s ownership syndicate, comprised of five groups, has yet to determine a stud fee.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

Medina Spirit was sired by Protonico, whose stud fee is only $5,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

For reference, Blood Horse reported that horse racing triple crown winner American Pharoah’s stud fee was around $175,000 in 2020.

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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