Heavyweight Curlin headlines Hill 'n' Dale roster for 2025

Dual Horse of the Year Curlin, one of the most preeminent sires at stud today, leads the Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa stallion roster with a fee of $225,000. 

The sire of three Eclipse Award winners last year, he currently has three Grade 1 winners and five Grade 1 performers in 2024. He leads all sires with eight Breeders' Cup wins.

The $225,000 fee for 2025 is down from the $250,000 fee of the 2024 season and matches his 2023 fee.

Curlin's champion son Good Magic also stands at Hill 'n' Dale and his fee remains unchanged at $125,000. Good Magic has three Grade 1 winners in 2024 including Belmont and Haskell winner Dornoch, Good Magic's second Classic winner from his first two crops. 

His other two Grade 1 winners this year are Pacific Classic winner Mixto and Arkansas Derby winner Muth, a $2 million purchase as a juvenile.

Good Magic: retains a fee of $125,000Credit: Hill 'N' Dale Farms

Charlatan's fee remains the same too, despite a stellar market reception at both Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Sale as well as the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, with 89 yearlings averaging more than $270,000 led by a $1.5m Fasig-Tipton yearling – the highest price paid for a yearling by a freshman sire this year.

Violence's fee was adjusted to $30,000, notwithstanding the fact that his current runners include Grade 1 winner Mullikin and Grade 2 winner Newgrange. 

Army Mule 's fee is $20,000. The sire of Federal Judge, recent Phoenix Stakes winner at Keeneland, Army Mule boasts ten per cent stakes winners to starters lifetime. 

New to the roster this year is Grade 1 winner Arabian Knight, a $2.3m purchase at two whose crowning achievement came in the $1m Pacific Classic as a three-year-old against older horses. His inaugural fee is $30,000.

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