Vale of York, Alexandros retired; Darley reveals 2011 stud fees

Vale of York, Alexandros retired; Darley reveals 2011 stud

fees

Alexandros, who will stand at

Haras du Logis in France for a fee of €4,000,

is from one of Sheikh Mohammed's foundation families, that of the

famously tenacious racemare High Hawk, top sire In the

Wings (Ire) and stallion of the moment, Dubawi.

"We are also pleased to be offering Vale of York and

Alexandros to breeders in 2011," said Sam

Bullard, Darley's director of stallions.

"With Invincible Spirit quickly establishing himself as a

leading sire and Vale of York being his best juvenile son,

we're delighted to be standing him.

"Alexandros is a quality horse by one of the greatest stallions of

our time, and is from the family of our outstanding young sire Dubawi. His own

race record is one of precocity and courage, and we are very confident he can

keep up his family's good name in producing excellent stallions."

Darley's European roster includes the sires of eight 2010 European

Group 1 winners, including Dubawi (£55,000), the

stallion who has made the best start at stud since 1971; Shamardal (€50,000),

the sire of four 2010 Group 1 winners and the Northern

Hemisphere's leading second-crop sire by cumulative earnings;

Iffraaj (€15,000), Europe's leading first season sire of 2010; Cape Cross

(Ire) (€35,000), sire of Group 1-winning

three-year-old colt Behkabad; and King's Best (€15,000), sire

of Derby (Eng-G1) and Arc (Fr-G1) hero

Workforce as well as 2010 Japanese Derby (Jpn-G1)

winner Eishin Flash.

"The Darley stallions have had a tremendous year,"

Bullard said. "Our 2011 roster

offers breeders outstanding quality and great value highlighted by the fact that

we have reduced the fees of all of our unproven stallions by 25 percent."

Kheleyf(£4,000) is the only

stallion changing location in 2011. He will move from Kildangan Stud to Dalham

Hall.

For a full list of fees and locations for 2011, please click

here.