LEXINGTON, Ky. - The great American sire Storm Cat has been pensioned from stud duty, Overbrook Farm announced Tuesday.

The 25-year-old Storm Bird horse had shown declining fertility this year and has three mares in foal, according to Ric Waldman, who managed the stallion for Overbrook. Storm Cat covered more than 30 mares in 2008 at a fee of $300,000, down from his $500,000 fee in 2007.

"We have been monitoring his semen quality throughout the breeding season, and there's been a decline in the quality of his semen," Waldman said.

Storm Cat will remain at Overbrook in Lexington for the remainder of his days.

Well let’s everybody tip a barrel of hay and fuck somebody tonight in honor of the great Storm Cat retiring from banging.  I’m getting emotional just writing this, but if you saw the feature that HBO’s “Real Sports” did a few years ago, you know what Storm Cat has done in the world of banging horses makes Wilt Chamberlain look like your 8th grade Science teacher. We’re talking a 22 year stud career where he banged 434 broads that produced 1687 foals -- some selling in upwards of 5 million dollars . He even had a freakin 24-hour armed guard like the one at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to protect his genitals.  I mean could Wilt say that? Maybe. So here’s to you, Storm Cat. We'll see your cock & balls in Cooperstown.