He covered three Jersey and forty outside mares for a fee of $80, producing 30 foals.

(He'd covered 42 mares before the match at $100 each.)

However, he covered 772 mares during his 20-years at stud, averaging 38 each year.

In 2008 Fastnet Rock covered 248 mares at a fee of $82,500.

Hambletonian 10 began his stud career at age two when Rysdyk allowed him to cover four mares.

"In the 1960s it was usual for each stallion to cover 40-50 mares per season, in the mid-1990s this number jumped to 150+."

Curlin covered 131 mares in the 2009 breeding season.

Ghostzapper covered 111 mares in the 2006 breeding season.

In 2012, he covered only three mares, none of which became pregnant.

Couple more years, Michael thought, the new colt would cover twenty mares, and at four his full complement of sixty.