The Six Figures Club

[kimberley mine]

Here they are, love them or hate them. The Six Figures club for 2006:

Storm Cat Overbrook $500,000
AP Indy Lanes End $300,000
Kingmambo Lanes End $300,000
Giants Causeway Ashford $200,000
Ghostzapper Adena $200,000
Fusaichi Pegasus Ashford $150,000
Gone West Mill Ridge $125,000
Awesome Again Adena $125,000
Seeking the Gold Claiborne $125,000
Unbridleds Song Taylor Made $125,000
El Prado Adena $125,000
Elusive Quality Darley $100,000
Empire Maker Juddmonte $100,000
Dynaformer Three Chimneys $100,000
Mineshaft Lanes End $100,000
Smarty Jones Three Chimneys $100,000


I personally feel that $200,000 for Ghostzapper is excessive, and that asking the same price for El Prado as for Gone West is likewise a stretch. Giants Causeway is slowly but surely earning my respect, but would have more respect at $100k or so. FuPeg still seems way overpriced. I also feel that if anybody on the list may be underpriced, it is Elusive Quality.

Word on the street is that Distorted Humor will be joining this list soon.

[Spain]

Distorted Humor did join at $150,000. Personally of stallions with runners I'd have to say Elusive Quality is the most overpriced. He's not even in the top 50's on the general sires list this year. It may be just that he's having an off year but 100k still seems a bit pricey.

[KAL]

Ohhhh.... you're talking about stud fees... I thought you were talking about the number of mares Ashford will try to get to their newest stallions... sorry.