Emp Invest Oy, the group that owns Andover Hall, has announced that the 2009 stud fee for the super sire has been reduced

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Andover Hall stood for a fee of $30,000 in 2008. That fee has been reduced to $20,000 for 2009. Andover Hall stands at Hanover Shoe Farms in Pennsylvania.

According to the Hanover Shoe Farms website, the stud fee for top pacing sire Western Ideal has also been reduced.

Western Ideal, who stood for $25,000 in 2008, will stand for a fee of $15,000 in 2009.