Collected, courtesy of Rancho San Miguel
San Miguel, California – In a watershed announcement for the California breeding and racing industry, Grade 1 winner and prominent young sire Collected will move from Airdrie Stud in Kentucky to Rancho San Miguel in California for the 2026 breeding season. His introductory fee on the West Coast is $7,500, with a live foal booth and a nurse guarantee.
The 12-year-old son of City Zip enters the state as one of North America’s leading bulls in the fourth crop, and as California’s clear No. 1 bull in 2025, having amassed $6,307,233 in 2025 purse money through Nov. 5.
Collected will be on display at the 2025 Rancho San Miguel Open House and Stallion Show at the San Luis Obispo County Farm on December 6. Breeders are invited to attend this free event.
The unique partnership formed to relocate the stallion includes Thoroughbred owner and breeder Marsha Naify, a highly respected businesswoman, philanthropist and former president of Thoroughbred Owners of California.
Collected was saddled by Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert for owner Speedway Stables LLC and won eight of 15 starts on dirt tracks from 2 to 5 years, earning $2,975,500. His seven wins at four race tracks include five graduated scores in California and Kentucky.
His signature victory came in Del Mar’s $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) in 2017, in which he capped a four-race winning streak by defeating reigning champion 3-year-old Colt Arrogate. He then placed runner-up to Horse of the Year Gun Runner in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), earning a spot as one of three finalists for the Eclipse Award as 2017 Champion Older Dirt Male.
Collected was retired to Airdrie Stud before the 2019 breeding season. From four harvests to racing, he has produced 20 black stakes winners and collective earners of more than $18 million.
His seven stakes winners include his first-crop filly, Taxed, a Grade 2 winner and $1,173,919 earner who sold for $750,000 as a racing/broodmare at the 2025 Fasig-Tipton November Sale last Monday. This elite group also includes 2025 King’s Plate Stakes ($773,503) winner Mansetti, one of the leading second-year runners in Canada.
Collected is one of six winners from Helena Bay (GB), a winning daughter of Johannesburg whose 3-year-old uncle Mo colt Jude – a $2 million Keeneland September Sale graduate –
was named a “TDN Rising Star” following his successful debut for Baffert at Santa Anita Park on October 10. His extended family includes European champion and leading sire Blushing Groom (Fr).
“Collected has been an absolutely rock-solid Kentucky bull, and he now has the opportunity to establish himself as the best stallion in California,” said Bret Jones, president of Airdrie Stud. “His training roots in California and the great success his offspring have enjoyed in the state should guarantee his popularity. We are pleased to provide California breeders with access to a stallion that can truly help their programs.”
Collected’s move to California expands the recent reach Airdrie has already brought to the state. Two of his top runners – multiple stakes winners Conclude ($570,100) and Thought Process ($380,200) – were bred by late Airdrie founder Brereton C. Jones, and campaigned in partnership by his estate exclusively at Del Mar and Santa Anita.
“California’s success is critical to our industry as a whole,” explains Bret Jones. “This is a great deal for both our syndicate members and the California breeding and racing communities.”
In addition to supporting Collected with its group of broodmares stabled at Rancho San Miguel, Naify plans to purchase additional mares this fall that will specifically suit the new stallion.
“Partnering with Airdrie and Rancho San Miguel is a natural extension of the strong commitment I have made to the California breeding and racing industry over the past 25 years,” said Naify.
Collected’s move was brokered by California-based bloodstock agent Lisa Groothedde.
“We are extremely pleased and honored to have been given leadership of Collected’s breeding career by Airdrie,” said Tom Clark, owner of Rancho San Miguel. “In addition to being a well-known runner for our target audience thanks to his years of competing at the highest levels here in California, he is in top form as a stallion thanks to Airdrie’s expert management. We are proud to now be doing our part to strengthen Collected’s legacy together with our long-time friend and client Marsha Naify.”
“With its proven credentials, we are confident that Collected will make a big impact in our regional market,” said Clark. “He emerges as the state’s leading sire by a huge margin, which should make him a top choice for mare owners in 2026.”
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