High-flying year takes Mehmas to a new level as Tally-Ho unveils fees for three star signings

A fine Group 1 year from Mehmas has prompted a fee raise for 20025 as the Tally-Ho titan hits €70,000 for the first time. 

The record-breaking first-season sire of 2020 has flitted between €50,000 and €60,000 over the last three seasons but his year has included eight two-year-old European stakes winners this year led by the Group or Grade 1 trio Scorthy Champ (National Stakes), Vertical Blue (Prix Marcel Boussac) and Magnum Force (Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf) as well as the 1,000,000gns sale of a colt out of Sagely to Godolphin at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale.

The venerable Kodiac will stand for €25,000, down a little from €35,000 in 2024. He reached 100 stakes winners this year and fathered Babouche, who defeated colts to take the Phoenix Stakes.

The O'Callaghan family's operation has had a busy time with new signings and unveiled fees for three recruits. King Of Steel, the Champion Stakes winer, has been introduced at €20,000 while outstanding sprinter Big Evs will stand for €17,500 after a second stellar campaign.

Its most recently announced name, top two-year-old Bucanero Fuerte, will be introduced at €12,500.

Of other existing residents Cotai Glory has been nudged up a little to €14,000 from €12,500 while Good Guess is at €12,500 from €17,500.

Starman is unchanged at €10,000 while Persian Force remains at €8,000. 

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