DARLEY will stand 15 stallions at Kildangan Stud in 2017, two more than this year.

The roster includes 11 horses who stood at Kildangan in 2016, headed by Shamardal whose fee remains private. Of the other 10, five have had their fees frozen, four come down and only Exceed And Excel (€50,000 from €40,000) has gone up in price.

New to Kildangan next year is champion two-year-old and Group 1 Lockinge Stakes victor Belardo, who will stand for €15,000. The Last Lion, who captured this year’s Middle Park Stakes, has been put in at €12,000. The 2015 Coventry Stakes winner Buratino (€5,000) is part of the Darley Club initiative, which allows breeders a lifetime share in the horse if they pay in advance and use the nomination for the first three years.

Also new to Kildangan is Fast Company (€7,000), sire of this year’s Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting. He originally stod at Rathasker Stud for €5,000 but moved to Overbury Stud in Britain this year.

Darley’s Dalham Hall team of stallions numbers 14 and is headed by Dubawi, who will stand for £250,000 (up from £225,000). Golden Horn remains on £60,000, while New Approach has had his fee halved to £30,000.

In America Darley has announced that this year’s Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist has been retired to stand at a fee of $40,000. Darley’s USA roster is headed by Medaglia D’Oro ($150,000) and Bernardini ($100,000).