Darley to stand 24 stallions in Europe in 2023
The 2023 fees for Darley's 24 European stallions have been announced, with Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) heading the roster at £375,000. The Dalham Hall Stud-based sire has stood the last six years at a fee of £250,000, and he has enjoyed another successful season with three Classic winners and 43 stakes winners headed by seven Group 1 winners.
Royal Ascot Group 1 winner Naval Crown, the fastest son of his sire Dubawi, will stand his first season at Darley's Kildangan Stud where his fee is set at €15,000. The Charlie Appleby-trained Naval Crown won the Group 1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes (6f) at Royal Ascot earlier this year when he defeated 11 Group 1 winners including Alcohol Free, Campanelle and Minzaal.
Naval Crown will stand along another sire son of Dubawi at Kildangan Stud in Night Of Thunder whose 2023 fee is set at €100,000, up from €75,000 in 2022.
Night Of Thunder is performing even better than Dubawi at the same stage of his career. He has an exceptional 22 per cent stakes winners from his first crop, led by Europe's leading sprinter and multiple Group 1 winner Highfield Princess.
Sam Bullard, Director of Stallions, said, "There's no bigger name in the business than Champion sire Dubawi. He's set even higher standards for himself in 2022, and it's only right his new fee should reflect this. Equally, demand for his best stallion son Night Of Thunder is also extremely gratifying.
"It's great news we have Dubawi's Platinum Jubilee winner Naval Crown joining the team in Ireland, and – with Perfect Power at Dalham Hall Stud – we're proud to have two tremendous commercial prospects for breeders to get stuck into.
"Looking down the list, we've tried to be as competitive with our prices as we can, knowing how hard it is for breeders in today's challenging economic conditions."
