Stallions must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup for their foals to be eligible for nomination themselves.
Nomation fee for stallions: $100,000 per foal crop
Nomination fee for foals: $5,000 for a lifetime nomination
As you can see, it is significantly more expensive to nominate a stallion than a foal. However, BC nominated stallions can potentially charge a higher stud fee than non-nominated ones, and their foals can be sold for higher prices. $100,000 was chosen as the fee because most halfway-decent studs have stud fees starting at $10,000. With a full crop, you can still get $50,000 "profit" even if you nominate that crop to the BC. Even with only 10 foals for that year, the nomination will still be covered by the stud's breeding fees.
Please go
here to nominate your studs for the Breeders' Cup.
For 2009: In 2009
only, you will be able to nominate your stud for all foal crop years.
Starting in 2010, you will nominate the stud year by year for that foal crop (i.e. the 2011 foal crop in 2010, the 2012 crop in 2011, and so on). Nominations will be required by the start of the breeding season, or February 14.
Any questions? Post here.