Headed by Speightstown and leading second-crop sire Constitution , WinStar Farm has set 2021 stud fees for its 22-stallion roster, most with fees reduced from this year. The farm is also welcoming new stallions Improbable , Laoban, Tom's d'Etat , Global Campaign , and Promises Fulfilled .
Some stud fees are good through the Breeders' Cup Nov. 6-7 and subject to change pending the race results. Fees for Tom's d'Etat and Global Campaign will be established after the world championships at Keeneland, where both are expected to run in the Longines Classic (G1). Limited seasons are available at established prices on Laoban, Outwork , and Improbable before the Breeders' Cup, according to Liam O'Rourke, WinStar's director of bloodstock services.
Speightstown is the farm's highest-priced stallion at $90,000, stands and nurses, followed by Constitution at $85,000.
"During these times we felt it appropriate to drop 75% of our fees," said Elliott Walden, WinStar's president, CEO, and racing manager. "We gave two horses a bump—Speightstown, the co-leading sire this year with three grade 1 winners and fourth general leading sire, and Constitution, who has overdelivered at every point of his career. As always, our mission is to offer breeders stallions of the highest quality. We are excited about Laoban joining our roster and three very live horses in the Breeders' Cup Classic joining our roster for the 2021 breeding season."
Improbable, City Zip's only four-time grade 1 winner, has rattled off three consecutive grade 1s in 2020 and should vie for favoritism in the $6 million Classic. He was a runaway winner of the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, earning a 105 Beyer Speed Figure, and then shipped to Saratoga Race Course and dominated the Whitney Stakes (G1), earning a 106 Beyer. Most recently, he romped by 4 1/2 lengths in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, defeating champion Maximum Security and earning a 108 Beyer.
Tom's d'Etat, by sire of sires Smart Strike, is also a top contender for the Classic for G M B Racing. He registered a brilliant 4 1/4-length victory in this year's Stephen Foster Stakes (G2), running a career-best 109 Beyer. Tom's d'Etat covered 1 1/8 miles in an eye-catching 1:47.30, geared down late. The final time was close to Victory Gallop's track and stakes record of 1:47.28 set in 1999.
The Al Stall trainee has recorded 10 triple-digit Beyers, including nine in a row. Tom's d'Etat is out of the stakes-winning and multiple stakes-placed Giant's Causeway mare Julia Tuttle, who is out of a full sister to Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) winner and leading sire Candy Ride .
Global Campaign, a son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin , heads to the Breeders' Cup Classic following back-to-back graded stakes scores and is a winner in three of four starts in 2020 for WinStar Farm and Sagamore Farm. He emulated his sire by capturing the Woodward Handicap (G1) in his most recent start, earning a career-best 104 Beyer for trainer Stanley Hough. He also won the Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3) this year.
Promises Fulfilled won five graded stakes from six furlongs to 1 1/16 miles—winning the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1), Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2), John A. Nerud Stakes (G2), Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2), and Amsterdam Stakes (G3), competing exclusively in graded stakes company following his first two victories at 2. In front in 15 of 17 starts no matter the distance, Promises Fulfilled competed in 15 graded stakes, including eight grade 1s, banking $1,455,530 for trainer Dale Romans.
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WinStar Farm 2021 Stud Fees |
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| Stallions |
2021 Fee |
2020 Fee |
| Always Dreaming |
$17,500 |
$25,000 |
| Audible |
$22,500 |
$25,000 |
| Carpe Diem |
$7,500 |
$15,000 |
| Congrats |
$7,500 |
$10,000 |
| Constitution |
$85,000 |
$40,000 |
| Distorted Humor |
Private |
$50,000 |
| Exaggerator |
$15,000 |
$20,000 |
| Fed Biz |
$5,000 |
$7,500 |
| Global Campaign |
TBD |
NEW |
| Good Samaritan |
$7,500 |
$12,500 |
| Improbable |
$40,000* |
NEW |
| Laoban |
$25,000* |
$5,000** |
| More Than Ready |
$65,000 |
$80,000 |
| Outwork |
$15,000* |
$15,000 |
| Paynter |
$7,500 |
$10,000 |
| Promises Fulfilled |
$10,000 |
NEW |
| Speightster |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
| Speightstown |
$90,000 |
$70,000 |
| Take Charge Indy |
$15,000 |
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| Tom's d'Etat |
TBD |
NEW |
| Tourist |
$5,000 |
$7,500 |
| Yoshida |
$15,000 |
$20,000 |
* Subject to change pending Breeders' Cup results
** Laoban stood last year at Sequel Stallions New York
All fees are stands and nurses
