Simon Sweeting of Overbury Stud – home to leading dual-purpose stallion Golden Horn and top sire of juveniles, Ardad – has announced 2027 fees for his roster.
 
Hukum, who will be standing his first season in the UK, is being introduced at £5,000 Jan 1, SLF. ‘What a racehorse he was, never better than when beating a field full of stars to win a famous running of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. A stirring sight in full flight, his win there is well worth watching again on our website. It will surely do him no harm at all that his full-brother Baaeed has got off to such an impressive start with his first youngsters.’
Sweeting introduced Hukum last month, and reports that interest in the son of Sea The Stars has been keen. ‘Hukum’s owned by his breeder Shadwell and Jayne McGivern’s Dash Grange Stud, and it’s wonderful that both partners are so enthusiastic about him. Take a look at him and you’ll understand why: he’s a magnificent-looking horse, and will be on show at Beech House Stud during the December Sales – or, of course, at any time here in Gloucestershire.’
Golden Horn, also owned by Dash Grange Stud, leads the Overbury Stud roster at an unchanged fee of £10,000 Oct 1, SLF. ‘Racing has been much enriched by his offspring in recent years,’ says Sweeting. ‘Who wouldn’t be proud to have bred heroes like Trawlerman, or Gregory, or Golden Ace, or Santorini Star? And the good news is his popularity has meant that, with a limit of 175 mares, he has been oversubscribed all four years he’s been with us. Long may it continue, and we’ve kept his fee unchanged so there’s plenty of upside for mare owners. Great sales in 2027 included €200,000 for a store.’
Ardad, once again a leading European two-year-old sire having led the UK standings in 2025, has had his fee trimmed to £6,000 Oct 1, SLF. ‘Ardad has been a great friend to breeders – such a surefire sire of winning two-year-olds, and he’s succeeded his sire as the number one sire of Royal Ascot juveniles,’ says Sweeting. ‘The best judges of precocious speed, people whose businesses are built on it, once again invested in his yearlings: Karl Burke, the Easterbys, Phil Cunningham, Archie Watson, Charlie Hills and many more. His new fee – lower even than he one he started with back in 2018 – is tremendous value for a stallion who, once again, leads big names from all sectors of the stallion market on the two-year-old sires list in 2026. Another Commonwealth Cup or Middle Park winner could easily be just around the corner, and you can’t say that about many stallions at his price point.’
Everything Frontiersman has achieved so far has been bred off his introductory fee of £1,000 – from a Timeform 108-rated miler who was sold for £200,000, to recent Cheltenham G2-winning novice hurdler Kingofthefrontier. The son of all-time great Oaks winner Ouija Board and sire of sires Dubawi has had his fee doubled to £4,000 Oct 1,SLF for 2027. ‘Good-looking and supremely well-bred,’ says Sweeting, ‘And now he’s proving himself with progeny very much more talented than they could be expected to be based on his covering fee. Let’s hope Frontiersman continues on his upward trajectory. He’s a great success story, driven by the passion and commitment of British and Irish breeders.’
Jack Hobbs, the Irish Derby winner who was second in Golden Horn’s Derby, sired his first G1 winner in the spring when Bossman Jack won the Mersey Novices Hurdle at Aintree. Also sire of 2026 G2 Pendil Novice Chase winner Jax Junior, Jack Hobbs remains at £3,000 Oct 1,SLF. ‘Jack’s offspring share his scale and scope, and they progress extremely well,’ says Sweeting. ‘I’m really looking forward to seeing more of them tackling fences over the course of the season.’
The Overbury Stud roster is completed by Schiaparelli, and the son of Monsun will again be available at £2,000 Oct 1,SLF. ‘He sires much-loved racehorses over all codes, with a good few very classy ones among them,’ says Sweeting. ‘His paddock is next to my garden and he’s a real favourite at Overbury.’
For more information, please call Simon on +44 (0)7796 174926.