Gulch, the 1988 champion sprinter the year he won the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), has been pensioned from stallion duty because of declining fertility at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky. In other news, Lane End's has reduced A.P. Indy's fee to $150,000 from $250,000 for 2010.

Gulch, one of the leading sons of Mr. Prospector as both a runner and sire, was retired to Lane's End after winning the Sprint at Churchill Downs. He ranked among the leading first-crop sires of 1992, and by the time his oldest runners were 5-year-olds in 1995, he ranked second on the general sire's list, with progeny earnings of $6.1 million.

His 1995 runners were led by Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Belmont (gr. I) and Travers (gr. I) Stakes winner Thunder Gulch, who was voted champion 3-year-old male. Thunder Gulch developed into a leading sire, topping the list in 2001 when his son Point Given was voted Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male after winning the Preakess (gr. I) and Belmont Stakes.

During his career, Gulch sired other grade I winners Court Vision, Great Navigator, The Cliff's Edge, and Wallenda, as well as English and Dubai champion Nayef, English classic-winning filly Harayir, Japanese group I winner Eagle Cafe, and French group I winner Torrential. Four-year-old Court Vision's grade I wins came in this year's Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (gr. IT) at Keeneland and last year's Hollywood Derby (gr. IT)