No Nay Never heads the Coolmore roster for the 2026 breeding season at €100,000, while the G1 Coral-Eclipse and G1 Irish Champion Stakes winner Delacroix, a son of Dubawi and the outstanding racemare Tepin, has been introduced at €40,000.
Only the late Wootton Bassett has sired more individual Group-winning juveniles in Europe this year than No Nay Never, whose standout two-year-olds have included the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes heroine True Love and the G2 Norfolk Stakes winner Charles Darwin. The G1 City Of York Stakes scorer Never So Brave has been another notable performer for the son of Scat Daddy, who stood for €125,000 in 2025.
Delacroix, who was also beaten just a nose in the G1 Futurity Trophy as a juvenile, is one of three new additions to the Coolmore stallion ranks, along with two multiple Group 1-winning sons of Wootton Bassett in Camille Pissarro and Henri Matisse, who have been introduced at €30,000 and €20,000, respectively.
Henri Matisse had stable-mate Camille Pissarro back in third when lowering the track record at ParisLongchamp with his success in this year's Poule d'Essai des Poulains, having previously made the breakthrough at the top level when winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The six-time winner is out of the G1 Coronation Stakes and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois heroine Immortal Verse, whose other star progeny include the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes and G1 Prix Jean Prat scorer Tenebrism.
Similarly, Camille Pissarro is a half-brother to a Group 1 winner in the Commonwealth Cup hero Golden Horde. He registered his first top-level victory in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at two and later followed his third-place finish in the Poulains with a Classic victory of his own in the Prix du Jockey Club.
“Obviously, it was a major blow to lose Wootton Bassett the month before last, but we're extremely fortunate to have his sons, Camille Pissarro and Henri Matisse, retiring for the coming season,” said David O'Loughlin, Coolmore's director of sales.
“These are his only two sons to have won Group 1 races at both two and three years, and both boast exceptional pedigrees and physiques to match their classic-winning prowess.
“Also new for 2026 is Delacroix, arguably the best-looking son of Dubawi ever to retire to stud and a fantastic racehorse out of a brilliant racemare.”
The significant movers include Starspangledbanner, who will command a career-high fee of €60,000 (from €45,000 in 2025), having been represented by a pair of leading two-year-olds in recent months, namely the dual Group 1-winning filly Precise and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Gstaad.
Sioux Nation will also stand for an increased fee of €37,500 (from €30,000), while Australia is back up to €15,000 (from €10,000) after supplying this year's Derby winner Lambourn and Coronation Stakes heroine Cercene, among others.
Like Starspangledbanner, Europe's champion sire of 2024, Camelot, will command a fee of €60,000, along with the European champion two-year-old and Derby winner City Of Troy, who debuted at Coolmore Stud this season. Both Camelot and City Of Troy stood for a fee of €75,000 in 2025.
Other notable adjustments include small decreases for City Of Troy's fellow newcomers in 2025, namely dual Derby hero Auguste Rodin, who is down to €27,500 from €30,000, and Henry Longfellow, who will stand for €12,500 (from €15,000).
Meanwhile, St Mark's Basilica, who is responsible for 19 individual two-year-old winners from his first European crop in 2025, including the Prix Marcel Boussac scorer Diamond Necklace, remains at €40,000.
O'Loughlin added, “We have been very mindful of the market in setting our fees, ensuring our roster continues to offer outstanding quality, choice and value with stallions to suit every mare and breeder.”
Coolmore's full list of European fees:
- Auguste Rodin, €27,500
- Australia, €15,000
- Blackbeard, €17,500
- Camelot, €60,000
- Camille Pissarro (NEW), €30,000
- Churchill, €15,000
- City Of Troy, €60,000
- Delacroix (NEW), €40,000
- Footstepsinthesand, €5,000
- Gleneagles, €20,000
- Henri Matisse (NEW), €20,000
- Henry Longfellow, €12,500
- Holy Roman Emperor, €5,000
- Little Big Bear, €17,500
- No Nay Never, €100,000
- Paddington, €20,000
- Saxon Warrior, €10,000
- Sioux Nation, €37,500
- St Mark's Basilica, €40,000
- Starspangledbanner, €60,000
- The Antarctic, €5,000
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