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Newgate reveal stud fee for two-time Group 1 winner.
Another overseas trip looms, but Newgate has already announced the introductory fee for Artorius, who will be retired to stud at the end of his season.
The two-time Group 1 winner will stand for a fee of $27,500, which includes GST.
The son of Flying Artie is returning to Europe, where he finished third in both the Platinum Jubilee Stakes and July Cup last year, and he is again bound for the UK where he will run in the Platinum Jubilee at Royal Ascot on June 24.
"Artorius will run again in the Platinum Jubilee at Royal Ascot in June before taking up stud duties at Newgate, but we have set his fee at $27,500 including GST nonetheless," Newgate's director of bloodstock Bruce Slade said.
"We are basically saying to breeders who book in early, his base price is locked in but come along for the ride and any upside is on us if Artorius happens to win this important Group 1.
"He was unlucky not to win the race last year, and he is racing as well as ever."
Artorius added a second Group 1 to his resume when he ran down star Kiwi mare and subsequent William Reid Stakes winner Imperatriz in the Canterbury Stakes.
Earlier in his career he won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at just his third start and was placed in both the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas and Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes as a three-year-old.
