WinStar Farm has set 2023 stud fees for its stallion roster, headed by Constitution , who will stand for $110,000 S&N, and Speightstown, who will stand for $80,000 S&N for the upcoming breeding season. The roster will be bolstered further by new arrivals Life Is Good , a multiple grade 1 winner who will stand for $100,000 S&N, and Nashville , the track record-setting son of Speightstown who will stand for $15,000 S&N. Stallions will be available for showings at WinStar's open house Nov. 7-15, during the Keeneland November Sale.
"We are excited about our roster for 2023, and feel we offer a range of quality horses and value to all breeders," said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager for WinStar Farm. "We will also be offering a limited number of seasons to Life Is Good before the Breeders' Cup Classic."
Constitution , sire of Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Tiz the Law from his first crop, is among this year's leading sires, once again with progeny earnings of more than $9 million. Constitution is represented by We the People, a romping 10 1/4-length winner of the Peter Pan Stakes (G3) with a 103 Beyer; Glass Ceiling, winner of the Distaff Handicap (G3) and Barbara Fritchie Stakes (G3); Ridin With Biden, victorious in the Greenwood Cup Stakes (G3); and Breakpoint, winner of the San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3T).
In addition to the success of his progeny on the racetrack, Constitution has also been well represented in the auction arena this year, with in-demand yearlings selling for $1,800,000 and $1,300,000 at the Keeneland September Sale and for $1,250,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Of the top 12 yearling colts sold in North America in 2022, three of them are by Constitution.
Perennial leading stallion Speightstown is the sire of 25 grade 1 winners on every surface from six furlongs to 1 1/4 miles all around the globe—with nine grade 1 winners in the last three years. He is once again a Top 10 General Sire in 2022 with progeny earnings approaching $10 million and is represented on the racetrack by five-time graded stakes winner Olympiad , recent victor of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), and additional grade 1 winners Shirl's Speight , winner of the Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (G1T), and Switzerland, winner of the Dubai Golden Shaheen Stakes sponsored by Atlantis Dubai (G1).
Life Is Good, a four-time grade 1 winner and among the leading contenders for the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), will stand his first season at stud in 2023. Life Is Good's highly anticipated arrival at stud follows a sensational career that has seen him rattle off grade 1 victories in the 2021 Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes presented by 1/ST Bet (G1) over Horse of the Year Knicks Go , the Whitney Stakes (G1), and most recently the Woodward Stakes (G1).
Into Mischief 's fastest son, Life Is Good, has earned eight consecutive triple-digit Beyers in North America, topped by a career-best 112—the co-second highest Beyer up to one mile on the main track this year—in winning the John A. Nerud Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park in July. A winner in nine of 11 starts, Life Is Good has amassed earnings of $4,361,700 for China Horse Club and WinStar Farm. He is trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher.
Nashville, a son of Speightstown, will stand alongside his esteemed sire at WinStar Farm in 2023. Nashville set a 6-furlong course record of 1:07.89 at Keeneland on Breeders' Cup Day in 2020. The race was nearly a second faster than subsequent champion sprinter Whitmore's time of 1:08.61 in winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) that same day.
Improbable, an undefeated grade 1-winning 2-year-old and champion older male of 2020 with consecutive grade 1 wins in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1), the Whitney Stakes (G1), and the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), will stand the upcoming season for $25,000 S&N. Improbable, a son of City Zip, welcomed first foals in 2022 and will be represented by first weanlings this fall.
Audible , WinStar's most popular first year-sire ever, having bred more than 400 mares in his first two years at stud, will stand for $25,000 S&N in 2023. The son of Into Mischief was one of the most consistent 3-year-olds of his crop, winning the XpressBet Florida Derby (G1) and the Holy Bull Stakes (G2) and finishing third in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) to undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify . The No. 2 Freshman Yearling Sire by average, Audible saw his first yearlings light up the board this year, selling for up to $725,000, $675,000, $575,000, etc.
Notably absent from WinStar's roster for the upcoming season is world renowned stallion More Than Ready, who was euthanized in August due to the cumulative effects of old age. His passing marked the end of one of the most remarkable stallion careers in history. The breed-shaping stallion enjoyed record-breaking success and was a champion sire in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. He is the No. 1 sire of Breeders' Cup winners in history, with seven wins in the marquee event, accomplished with six different winners of four different races at both sprint and route distances, and he is the only sire to have an Eclipse Award champion each year from 2017 to 2020.
| WinStar Farm 2023 Stud Fees | ||
| Stallion |
2023 Fee |
2022 Fee |
| Always Dreaming | $10,000 | $12,500 |
| Audible | $25,000 | $22,500 |
| Constitution | $110,000 | $85,000 |
| Global Campaign | $10,000 | $12,500 |
| Good Samaritan | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Improbable | $25,000 | $35,000 |
| Independence Hall | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Life Is Good | $100,000* | NEW |
| Nashville | $15,000 | NEW |
| Outwork | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Paynter | $7,500 | $5,000 |
| Promises Fulfilled | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Speightstown | $80,000 | $90,000 |
| Take Charge Indy | $10,000 | $12,500 |
| Tom's d'Etat | $10,000 | $12,500 |
| Tourist | TBD | $5,000 |
| Yoshida | $10,000 |
$12,500 |
*Stud fee subject to change pending Breeders' Cup results.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
