West Coast retired; Lane's End Farm announces new stud fees

Lane’s End Farm on Wednesday announced the 2019 stud fees for Accelerate, City of Light and West Coast, the latter who is officially retired coming out of last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

The reigning 3-year-old champion West Coast will stand the 2019 season for $35,000 LF S&N. The dual Grade 1 winner defeated Classic winners Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing and Tapwrit, as well as Champions Arrogate and Stellar Wind during his career. The well-traveled runner finished his career with a record of 13: 6-5-1 and $5,803,800 in earnings. 

West Coast descends from the dominant A.P. Indy sire line and is out of Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Caressing.

Additionally, Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Accelerate will stand for $20,000 and Dirt Mile hero City of Light for $35,000.

“This is a very exciting crop of new stallions.” Lane’s End’s Bill Farish said. “Accelerate offers breeders a chance to breed to a brilliantly fast, sound, classic distance winning champion elect with 5 Grade 1 wins under his belt. West Coast offers a blue-blooded pedigree, outstanding good looks and is a Champion Three-Year-Old that defeated all three Classic winners. City of Light, who is by leading Lane’s End Farm stallion Quality Road, has an unmatched brilliance.

“We’re looking forward to seeing Accelerate and City of Light face off in the upcoming Pegasus World Cup and for the 2019 breeding season.”

Champion Older Horse elect Accelerate capped off an incredible 2018 season, which included five Grade 1 wins, with a thrilling victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Accelerate bested 10 Grade 1 winners in his Classic victory, earning a 105 Beyer Speed Figure in the process. He boasts 10 career wins, eight of which are graded with earnings of $5,792,480. Accelerate hails from the Smart Strike sire line and is out of the stakes placed dam issues. He is a half-brother to stakes winners Daddy DT and Amarish and hails from the same female family as Grade 1 winner Wagon Limit and graded winner Puzzlement. 

The Michael McCarthy-trained 4-year-old City of Light looked a winner from the break of theDirt Mile and went on to a front running 2 ¾-length victory, earning a blistering career-high 110 Beyer Speed Figure. City of Light is a three-time Grade 1 winner, who has never been off the board in 10 career starts. With earnings of $1,662,600, City of Light is the top son of leading sire Quality Road. City of Light is from the female family of Grade 1-winning millionaires Cacoethes, Subordination, and Careless Jewel.

The 1 1/8-mile Pegasus runs Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park.