BALLYLINCH Stud announced the fees for its stallions during the week and their star Lope De Vega sees his increase from €50,000 to €60,000. This is on the back of both an explosive start to his stud career, and an exceptional year in 2017.

The current year has already yielded no less than four Group 1 winners, the juvenile and Morrin-bred Capla Temptress, and three members of the sire’s first crops in Europe and Australia, Vega Magic, Santa Ana Lane and The Right Man. They are joined as winners at the highest level by Kildangan Stud’s Belardo and Jemayel.