Coolmore America has assigned stud fees for its three newest additions following last weekend's Breeders' Cup Championships at Del Mar.
2025 GI Breeders' Cup Classic runner up and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner–Heavenly Love, by Malibu Moon) tops the list at $75,000.
“We are honored to announce three new Eclipse Award winners as part of our 2026 stallion roster here at Ashford Stud,” said Charlie O'Connor, Director of Sales at Coolmore America. “Sierra Leone, Fierceness and Citizen Bull all arrived safely at their new home to begin their stallion careers and are available to be seen by breeders with immediate effect.”
The 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and 3-year-old Eclipse Champion, Sierra Leone retires with career earnings north of $8,000,000 and wins at the top level including the GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and the GI Whitney Stakes along with the aforementioned Classic.
“Sierra Leone is a Saratoga Sale-topping son of the great Gun Runner and Eclipse Award-winning champion 3-year-old colt who was never out of the money in all of his 14 career starts winning three Grade I's including the Bluegrass at Keeneland, last year's Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar and this year's Whitney at Saratoga,” O'Connor said. “A true warrior, he arguably saved his best race for last when closing from behind in his typical barn-storming fashion to run a close second to Forever Young. His final Beyer Speed Figure of 111 equaled that of Forever Young and he ran the best Ragozoin Speed Figure of his career of 2 3/4 which was equal to that of the winner.”
Eclipse-winning juvenile and fellow 'Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light–Nonna Bella, by Stay Thirsty) will stand for $50,000 after a third-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Classic Saturday. His Grade I wins include the GI Pacific Classic, GI Draftkings Travers Stakes, GI Curlin Florida Derby and the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile in 2023.
“Fierceness is another Eclipse Award-winning juvenile and danced every dance winning Grade I races in each of his three years on the track,” said O'Connor. “He was seen to great effect in winning iconic races like the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, the Florida Derby, the Travers and the Pacific Classic, running 10 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures in a glittering career. ”
Another Champion 2-year-old joins the roster in Citizen Bull (Into Mischief–No Joke, by Distorted Humor) who will stand for $35,000 in his debut season off a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. He won a pair of Grade I's in California for Bob Baffert including the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the GI American Pharoah Stakes.
“Citizen Bull rounded out his career with a hugely brave run in the Breeders' Cup Mile setting incredible fractions in a race for the ages,” said O'Connor. “He is son of the great Into Mischief, an Eclipse Award-winning Champion 2-year-old and from a family full of 2-year-old speed including Champions Favorite Trick and Tiz The Law.”
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