Juddmonte Farms will maintain the stud charge for its second-year sire and two-time Eclipse champion Elite Energy regular at $50,000 for the 2025 breeding season, the farm introduced Oct. 22.
Elite Energy, a 6-year-old son of Curlin , bred 203 mares this 12 months and attracted a guide with the second-highest Comparable Index and Class Efficiency Index among the many coming into sires of 2024. Each indices are based mostly on earnings such because the Common Earnings Index, however the CI signifies the collective high quality of the mares as producers, whereas the CPI signifies how gifted the mares have been as runners. Elite Energy’s first guide has a strong CI of two.46 and three.30 CPI. Solely two different sires within the class have CIs above 2.00 and CPIs above 3.00, they’re Forte and Cody’s Want .
Elite Energy is a three-time grade 1 winner who received consecutive editions of the Breeders’ Cup Dash (G1) in 2022-23 and was honored as champion male sprinter for each of these years. In 2023, he received 4 of 5 graded stakes begins and simply missed an ideal document that 12 months with a second within the Forego Stakes (G1). He earned the quickest Ragozin sheet determine for 2023 at 0″. Elite Energy retired with a 9-1-1 document from 13 begins and earned $3,775,711.
Alpha Delta Stables bred Elite Energy out of the a number of graded stakes winner Broadway’s Alibi, who was additionally second within the Kentucky Oaks (G1). The mare is out of stakes winner Broadway Gold (Looking for the Gold), who’s a half sister to Florida Derby (G1) winner and profitable sire Dialed In .
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Juddmonte additionally introduced it should set the charge for a number of grade 1 winner Mandaloun at $15,000 for subsequent 12 months. The 6-year-old son of a number of main sire Into Mischief stood for $20,000 this 12 months.
Mandaloun sired simply over 100 foals in his first crop that arrived in 2024 and bred a strong guide of 144 mares.
As a racehorse, Mandaloun received 4 graded stakes as a Juddmonte homebred with coach Brad Cox. Whereas disqualifications delivered his two grade 1 wins within the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1), he was solely half a size behind Medina Spirit within the Derby and simply missed by a nostril on the wire to Sizzling Rod Charlie within the Haskell. He compiled a 7-0-1 document from 12 begins and earned $3,356,052.
Mandaloun is out of a number of group winner Brooch (Empire Maker), who’s out of stakes winner and a number of stakes producer Daring Diva (Dansili).
“We have been very happy with Elite Energy’s first guide of mares. They are surely a stellar group,” stated Garrett O’Rourke, common supervisor of Juddmonte USA. “Mandaloun, who may have his first foals provided on the market subsequent month, seems to have some standouts right here on the farm.”
