Australian buyers of yearlings by Darley Stud's Medaglia D'Oro (USA) can congratulate themselves on having secured a bargain with the superstar son of El Prado having his US fee for 2018 raised to $250,000 in the wake of siring two (2) Group 1 Breeders' Cup winners last weekend.
The US fee for Medaglia D'Or was recently announced at $200,000, which was up from $150,000 in 2017, but his recent successes forced a rethink from Darley.
Medaglia d'Oro - Sire Sensation
His two Breeders' Cup winners, Talismanic in the Turf and Bar of Gold in the Filly and Mare Sprint, bring his total of 2017 Group 1 winners to seven – a total which can't be matched by any other American stallion.
Other Group 1 winners this year for Medaglia D'Oro include two-year-old colt Bolt d'Oro, three-year-old fillies New Money Honey and Elate, turf mare Dickinson, and the brilliant dual Eclipse Champion Songbird, who topped the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Monday selling to Mandy Pope for $9,500,000.
In Group Racing history, the only other American stallions to have as many as seven Group 1 winners in a single year were the immortal trio Mr. Prospector, Danzig, and Storm Cat.
Darley Stud’s USA Nominations Sales Manager Darren Fox said, "Even before the Breeders' Cup, the demand for Medaglia d'Oro was extremely high. After the wins by Bar Of Gold and Talismanic this past Saturday, we feel it incumbent on us to listen to what the market is telling us and adjust his fee accordingly. We have always set our fees at fair and competitive levels and we think that this is certainly in line with that historical approach."
This $250,000 fee will apply to a limited number of remaining service fees.
In Australia this spring, Medaglia D'Oro is standing at a fee of $110,000, while his Australian bred Group 1 winning sons Vancouver (Coolmore) and Astern (Darley) stand at $49,500 and $38,500 respectively.
Dynamic Syndications are delighted to have purchased a fabulous filly by Medaglia D’Oro ex Catalan Bay in 2017 and on what she has shown already, we are very excited about our 2yo’s future.
Our Medaglia D'Oro x Catalan Bay Filly