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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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His retirement home has been picked out, his stud fee has been set and he’s in the relatively small club of thoroughbreds with multiple Breeders’ Cup race victories including last year’s Classic.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 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