Robert N. Clay’s Three Chimneys Farm announced their 2009 stud fees Oct. 31, and the latest stallion to their line-up, Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Preakness (both gr. I) winner Big Brown, will command a fee of $65,000 for his first year at stud.
Big Brown, a son of Boundary, out of the Nureyev mare Mien, raced for IEAH Stable and Paul Pompa Jr. He is one of seven horses to win the Derby while undefeated. Smarty Jones, who also stands at Three Chimneys, and also won the Preaknsss, was unbeaten after his Derby score. Smarty Jones’ fee for 2009 is listed as “private.” He stood his first three seasons for $100,000.
Big Brown failed in his bid to become the 12th winner of the Triple Crown in the June 7 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), but bounced back to win the Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Monmouth Park in August, and won the Monmouth Stakes on turf. He was injured while preparing for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I). The 3-year-old was bred in Kentucky by Dr. Gary Knapp’s Monticule.
“Last year, he might have been a $75,000 to $80,000 first-year stallion, maybe even more than that,” said Three Chimneys president Case Clay. “It’s a reflection of the financial crisis going on around the world. The days of the $100,000 first-year stallion are gone…for now.
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