b'breedingA . MarchMan JuSTiFy Justify enters stud with the highest fee of anyAnne M. eberhArdtother new stallion: $150,000.MendelSSohnBy Judy L 2019 Fee: $150,0002019 Fee: $35,000 Ashford Stud Ashford StudA tantalizing mix of new stallions enters2015 chestnut (Scat DaddyStage 2015 bay (Scat DaddyLesliesstud in 2019, led by the sports newest TripleMagic, by Ghostzapper) Lady, by Tricky Creek)Crown winner Justify. Many of the industrysRace record: 6 sts, 6-0-0 $3,798,000 Race record: 13 sts, 4-2-2 $2,542,137major stallion operations are welcoming this years exciting new blood, which includes the 2018 top older horse, the 2017 KentuckyJustify dazzled the racing world in 2018Mendelssohn is the second half of the Derby winner, and the 2019 Pegasus Worldwith his Triple Crown victoryand remain- Scat Daddy exacta that entered stud at Cup winner.ing undefeated while doing so. Unraced at 2,Ashford Stud this year. At 2, he broke his Justify joins 2015 Triple Crown winnerthe brilliant chestnut burst on the scene lastmaiden in Ireland at the Curragh and placed American Pharoah at Ashford Stud nearFebruary to break his maiden by 91/2 lengthsin the group 2 Darley Dew hurst Stakes at Versailles, Kentucky, and its the first timeat Santa Anita. After wins in an allowanceNewmarket before being brought to the two Triple Crown winners will stand at theoptional claimer and the Santa Anita DerbyUS to win the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf same farm since Affirmed and Seattle Slew(G1), Justify headed to the Kentucky Derby(G1T) at Del Mar. The world traveler added were at Spendthrift in the early 1980s. JustifyPresented by Woodford Reserve (G1) anda stakes victory in Ireland and the UAE Der-and fellow new Ashford stallion Mendelssohnproved his favorite status was well earned withby Sponsored by Saeed & Mohammed Al also will have the opportunity to carry ona commanding 21/2-length victory. He addedNaboodah Group (G2) in Dubai at 3 before the legacy of their sire, Scat Daddy, who wasthe Preakness Stakes (G1) and Belmont Stakestackling a series of tough US starts that already showing prowess at stud before hisPresented by NYRA Bets (G1) to take theincluded a runner-up finish in the Runhap-untimely death at age 11.Triple Crown and subsequently earned Horsepy Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets Now, heres a closer look at 10 of the topof the Year and champion 3-year-old honors. (G1) and thirds in the Jockey Club Gold young stallions for 2019. Justify entered stud at Ashford Stud, asCup Stakes (G1) and Dwyer Stakes (G3).an heir apparent to his late sire, Scat Daddy,Mendelssohns dam is 2016 Broodmare who had also stood at Ashford. By championof the Year Leslies Lady, also the dam of Johannesburg, Scat Daddy is represented bythe great race mare Beholder, who earned more than 105 stakes winners, including thechampionships at 2, 3, 5, and 6, and con-European champions Lady Aurelia, Caravag- cluded her career with a victory in the 2016 gio, and No Nay Never. Justifys dam, gradedBreeders Cup Distaff (G1). Leslies Lady stakes-placed winner Stage Magic, has alsoalso has produced the grade I winner and produced grade 3 winner The Lieutenant. leading sire Into Mischief. 100 13_NewSires.indd 100 3/20/19 4:43 PM'