Taylor Made Stallions has set its 2025 stallion roster and fees for the upcoming breeding season headed by Not This Time , who will stand for $175,000 S&N.
Not This Time continues to prove why he is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after stallions in the industry. He has enjoyed yet another banner year with standout performers on the racetrack and booming sales results in the auction ring. Not This Time is the sire of arguably two of the best horses in training in 2024 in grade 1 winner and North American record setter Cogburn and multiple graded stakes winner Next, the most dominant dirt horse this season.
Not This Time ranks second among Kentucky sires by percentage of stakes horses at 15%; he is the third-ranked sire by stakes horses with 31; and is tied for fourth by graded stakes winners with seven. The pipeline is deep, as Not This Time is also a leading sire of 2-year-olds this year. He ranks fifth overall and is tops among all stallions with nine 2-year-old stakes horses, and tied for first with two juvenile graded stakes winners.
In the sale ring, Not This Time had four yearlings sell for a million dollars or more in 2024, including the $3.4 million sales topper at Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale, the second-highest-priced yearling in North America this year. The other three million-dollar yearlings were all sold at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. All told, Not This Time has had an incredible sales season, grossing more than $37 million in yearling sales, making him the second-leading sire by gross sales.
Early Voting , winner of the 2022 Preakness Stakes (G1) and a son of leading stallion and 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner , stood his second season at stud and first at Taylor Made in 2024. In his initial season at Taylor Made, Early Voting, who is out of a half sister to Speightstown, had an in-foal rate of nearly 90%. At the Oct. 15 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale, a weanling filly from his first crop sold for $150,000 to Mandalay Stables.
Knicks Go , 2021 Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male, was represented by his first yearlings in 2024. A two-time track record setter and a grade 1 winner at ages 2, 4, and 5, Knicks Go was a wire-to-wire winner of the 2021 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar. The first yearlings by Knicks Go proved popular in the auction ring and include a $425,000 colt bought by CHC/Maverick Racing/Siena Farm at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Instilled Regard , a royally bred son of Arch and a $1.05 million 2017 Ocala Breeders' Sales March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training graduate, was a four-time graded stakes winner on dirt and turf. Winner of the 2020 Manhattan Stakes (G1T), Instilled Regard hails from a prolific Phipps family—his second dam is 1994 champion 3-year-old filly Heavenly Prize. Instilled Regard's first 2-year-olds include Minaret Station, who was an impressive 1 1/2-length winner of Keeneland's Bourbon Stakes (G2T), a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series event for the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
Instagrand , a son of leading sire Into Mischief and a $1.2 million 2018 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale graduate, is also represented by first 2-year-olds. Instagrand already has 11 winners worldwide from his first crop, including Keewaydin, an impressive maiden special weight winner at Belmont at the Big A Oct. 12, earning a 90 Beyer Speed Figure. Instagrand is also the sire of stakes-placed juveniles Mischievous Bria and Superwolf.
Discounted seasons will be available for both Instilled Regard and Instagrand for mares 7 years and younger and for other approved mares based on pedigree.
Tacitus , a multiple graded stakes winner and earner of more than $4.2 million, is a son of Tapit out of 2014 champion older female and five-time grade 1 winner Close Hatches. The Juddmonte homebred won or placed in 10 graded stakes, including six grade 1s and two classic races. A full brother to 2024 graded stakes winners Batten Down and Scylla, Tacitus is the No. 1 first-crop sire of sale yearlings among stallions standing for under $30,000; his first yearlings have commanded up to $300,000.
Dr. Schivel , a grade 1 winner at ages 2 and 3 by Violence , welcomes first foals in 2025. Winner of the 2020 Del Mar Futurity (G1) at 2 and the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at 3 against older horses, Dr. Schivel was also a close runner-up in the 2021 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.
Idol , winner of the 2021 Santa Anita Handicap (G1), stood his first season at Taylor Made in 2023. A full brother to multiple grade 1 winner Nest ($2,172,675), Idol is a son of two-time Horse of the Year and top sire Curlin out of the stakes-winning A.P. Indy mare Marion Ravenwood.
Rowayton , a multiple grade 1-placed juvenile by Into Mischief, has first 2-year-olds this year. He is represented by stakes-placed Roxton, a maiden special weight winner at Parx Racing and third in the Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Angel of Empire will stand his first season at stud in 2025. Winner of the 2023 Arkansas Derby (G1) just like his sire Classic Empire—the 2016 champion 2-year-old male—Angel of Empire also won the 2023 Risen Star Stakes (G2) and finished a rallying third as the race favorite in the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1) for owner Albaugh Family Stables and trainer Brad Cox. Angel of Empire hit the board in 7-of-9 lifetime starts with a bankroll of $1,489,375.
The 2025 roster of stallions and fees for Taylor Made Stallions are as follows:
| Taylor Made Stallions 2025 Stud Fees | ||
| Stallion | 2025 Fee | 2024 Fee |
| Not This Time | $175,000 | $150,000 |
| Knicks Go | TBD | $15,000 |
| Early Voting | $12,500 | $20,000 |
| Tacitus | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Dr. Schivel | $10,000 | $12,500 |
| Instagrand | $10,000 | $7,500 |
| Instilled Regard | $10,000 | $7,500 |
| Angel of Empire | $7,500 | NEW |
| Idol | $7,500 | $10,000 |
| Rowayton | $2,500 | $7,500 |
