Record-setting Tapit leads the line as Gainesway reveals stud fees for 2025

Gainesway has released the advertised fees for its 2025 stallion roster, highlighted again by the record-setting Tapit.

Tapit, North America’s all-time leading sire by progeny earnings and leading active sire by lifetime Grade 1 winners and Graded stakes winners, will again stand for $185,000 during the upcoming season.

The son of Pulpit is in the midst of another excellent season on the racetrack, led by Whitney Stakes winner Arthur’s Ride, Woodward Stakes winner Tapit Trice, and additional graded winners May Day Ready, Scylla and Batten Down. He continues to be in demand in the auction ring, led by a trio of seven-figure horses.

McKinzie has emerged as a leader among North America’s freshman sire class. 

The son of Street Sense is led by a pair of Grade 1 winners from his debut crop of runners: Chancer McPatrick, winner of the Hopeful Stakes and Champagne Stakes, and Scottish Lassie, winner of the Frizette Stakes. 

He is the first stallion since Mr. Prospector to sire the winners of the Champagne and Frizette in the same year. A stud fee for McKinzie will be set following the Breeders’ Cup.

New to the Gainesway roster for 2025 are a pair of Grade 1 winners who will be participating in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, Muth and Seize The Grey. Stud fees for both will be announced at the end of their racing careers.

At two, Muth won the American Pharoah Stakes before running second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. At three, Muth won the San Vicente before prevailing in the Arkansas Derby, defeating future Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. Muth is the only son of Good Magic to become a Grade 1 winner at both two and three, replicating the same accomplishment achieved by his sire.

Muth (red cap): only son of Good Magic to become a Grade 1 winner at both two and threeCredit: Edward Whitaker

As a juvenile, Seize The Grey broke his maiden at Saratoga, defeating future Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch. He was then triumphant with a front-running victory in the Pat Day Mile on the undercard of the Kentucky Derby. From there, Seize The Grey became a dual Grade 1 winner and one of the top three-year-olds of his crop by going wire-to-wire in both the Preakness Stakes and the Pennsylvania Derby.

Also joining the Gainesway roster after contesting the Breeders’ Cup Classic will be Grade I winner Tapit Trice. At three Tapit Trice won the 2023 Blue Grass Stakes and Tampa Bay Derby while also placing in the Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes. At four, he won the Woodward Stakes and the Monmouth Cup Stakes while earning a 101 Beyer Speed Figure, the third triple-digit Beyer of his career. 

A stud fee for Tapit Trice will be determined upon retirement. 

Tapit Trice: set to retire to Gainesway after running on SaturdayCredit: Al Bello

Tapit’s other son joining the Gainesway roster in 2025 is Grade 2-winning son Charge It, who will debut with a stud fee of $12,500. Charge It won the Dwyer Stakes by an astounding 23 lengths, with his 111 Beyer Speed Figure being one of four occasions that he registered a triple-digit Beyer. He was also the winner of the Suburban Stakes along with being runner-up in the Florida Derby.

Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Olympiad will see his first weanlings go through the ring during the upcoming November sale season, including five during the marquee Fasig-Tipton November 'NIght of the Stars' Sale. The son of Speightstown will again stand for $35,000.

Woody Stephens Stakes winner Drain The Clock also unveils his first weanlings this fall, with auction results already of $120,000, $100,000, etc. By the fast-rising sire Maclean's Music, Drain The Clock will stand for $10,000 in 2025.

Karakontie, one of the country’s top-value turf sires, has seen his resume continue to grow in 2024 with the rise of multiple Grade 1 winner and recent Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes winner She Feels Pretty, as well as Grade 3 winner Sugoi. Karakontie will stand for an advertised fee of $15,000.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Raging Bull, by Dark Angel, will stand for $10,000. His first crop of yearlings were led by a $420,000 colt who changed hands at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale along with a $410,000 Saratoga sale graduate.

Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Spun To Run, by Hard Spun, will stand for $10,000. His freshman crop of runners is led by stakes-placed Midnight Humor.

Tapwrit, a Belmont Stakes-winning son of Tapit, will stand for $7,500. Multiple stakes winner Lightofmaine leads the way among his runners in 2024.

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