Darley America announced Oct. 16 the stud fees for their roster for the 2025 breeding season.
"The 2024 breeding season was one of our busiest ever at Jonabell," said Darley sales manager Darren Fox. "Nyquist continues to go from strength to strength and was very much in demand while Cody's Wish continued his immense popularity in his new career. We certainly expect much of the same from those two in 2025, but if you look at the entire roster of 12 stallions, breeders will enjoy a good range of stud fees and bloodlines from which to choose."
Nyquist is one of the most impressive young sires in the country at present and is the sire of four grade 1 winners this year, with only Into Mischief having more. He is also the leader by percentage of grade 1 winners to starters. His son Johannes was first up for a grade 1 win by taking the Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T) May 27 in impressive fashion, one of four graded wins in as many starts this year. He is slated to run next in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T). Daughter Randomized scored next by defeating 2023 champion older dirt female Idiomatic in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) June 8.
Next up were his 2-year-old daughters Immersive and Tenma who posted wins in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) and Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1), respectively. Immersive then stamped herself as the probable favorite for next month's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) with a win in the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) on opening day at Keeneland. Tenma looks to make her next start in the Juvenile Fillies as well.
Nyquist's fee will be announced following the Breeders' Cup.
Medaglia d'Oro is coming off a very impressive 2024. In fact, he may have four entries on the upcoming Breeders' Cup Championships weekend, including East Avenue, the impressive winner of the recent Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland. Future Darley stallion East Avenue is out of a half sister to 2023 Horse of the Year and current Darley stallion Cody's Wish . Medaglia d'Oro will stand for a fee of $75,000 in 2025.
Cody's Wish, a son of Curlin out of grade 1 winner Dance Card (by Tapit ), just completed his first season at stud and was overwhelmingly received by breeders with a full and impressive first book of mares.
Cody's Wish completed his career by capturing his second Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) in 2023 en route to Eclipse Horse of the Year and older dirt male honors. A winner in 11 of his 16 career starts, Cody's Wish never finished out of the first three during his career. In addition to his two Breeders' Cup wins, he also scored at the highest level in the 2023 Metropolitan Handicap (G1), 2023 Churchill Downs Stakes (G1), and the 2022 Forego Stakes (G1). His fee will be $65,000.
Multiple Eclipse champion Essential Quality and grade 1 winner Maxfield have covered excellent books of mares in their first three years and will stand at fees of $50,000 and $40,000, respectively, next year when their first crops hit the racetrack.
The Street Sense sire line is showing strength with son McKinzie off the mark with two grade 1 winners this year, along with Maxfield becoming the first stallion to have both a million-dollar colt and a million-dollar filly in their first crop of yearlings since 2000. Street Sense's fee will be $50,000 for 2025.
The ever-consistent Hard Spun will see a fee of $25,000 while Frosted , Midshipman , and Proxy will be set at $15,000 each.
The complete 2025 Jonabell roster is:
| Darley America 2025 Stud Fees | |||||
| Stallion | 2025 fee | 2024 fee | |||
| Nyquist | TBD | $85,000 | |||
| Medaglia d'Oro | $75,000 | $75,000 | |||
| Cody's Wish | $65,000 | $75,000 | |||
| Essential Quality | $50,000 | $65,000 | |||
| Street Sense | $50,000 | $60,000 | |||
| Maxfield | $40,000 | $35,000 | |||
| Hard Spun | $25,000 | $35,000 | |||
| Frosted | $15,000 | $10,000 | |||
| Midshipman | $15,000 | $15,000 | |||
| Proxy | $15,000 | $25,000 | |||
| Speaker's Corner | $10,000 | $17,500 | |||
| Mystic Guide | $7,500 | $12,500 |
