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CNN reported that the stud fee for thebreeding was $2000. Prior to the beginning of the 2014breeding season, Lucky Pulpit had a published studfee of $2,500. After California Chrome became a KentuckyDerby contender, Martin and Coburn turned down an offer of $2.1million for Love the Chase.
People also ask, what is American Pharoah's stud fee?
Ashford Stud set his initial stud fee for2016 at $200,000, the second-highest stud fee in the UnitedStates, behind that of the $300,000 fee for Tapit. SirePioneerof the Nile's stud fee of $60,000 in 2015 was raisedto $125,000 for 2016.
Consequently, is California Chrome related to Secretariat?
California Chrome is one of the horses in thoselineages. On his sire's side, California Chrome'sgreat-grandsire was Belmont Stakes winner AP Indy, who had twoTriple Crown winners in his pedigree, Seattle Slew and the greatSecretariat. Both Seattle Slew and Secretariat aredirect descendents of Nearco.
Take American Pharoah, who captured the first TripleCrown in 37 years when he won the Derby, thePreakness and the Belmont Stakes in 2015. His stud feesstarted at $200,000 per cover, the equestrian term for a livebreeding, before his fee became private.