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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

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

Mr. Grau noted that the full stud fee was payable once the foal could stand and nurse, which can be as quick as 15 minutes after it’s born.

From New York Times • May 4, 2018

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

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand