October, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Constitution Tops WinStar Stallion Roster for 2024

Constitution (Tapit), the leading sire of 2-year-olds of 2023 whose progeny were highly coveted at auction this summer, will stand the 2024 breeding season for $110,000, stands-and-nurses terms, as WinStar Farm.

The 12-year-old is responsible for new fewer than 18 juvenile winners this season, led by Aspenite, impressive winner of the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile last month. The sire's current crop of yearlings proved extremely popular at the recently concluded Keeneland September Sale, with five horses sold in excess of $750,000, including a colt out of Solo Uno (Medaglia d'Oro), who was purchased by OXO Equine for $1.3 million. A son of Dothraki Sea (Union Rags) was hammered down to Mayberry Farm for $1.25 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

Life Is Good (Into Mischief), who covered a first book 192 mares this past season, will stand his second year at WinStar for $85,000 S&N, while perennial leading sire Speightstown (Gone West) will cover mares at $80,000. Outwork (Uncle Mo), sire of leading juvenile filly and the GI Darley Alcibiades S.-bound Brightwork, will stand for $10,000.

New additions to the WinStar roster include G1 Dubai World Cup hero Country Grammer (Tonalist, $10,000) and GSW and GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Two Phil's (Hard Spun, $12,500).

Stud fees for Audible and Always Dreaming, recently represented by GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Saudi Crown, will be determined based on the results of the coming months.

“We are very excited about our roster for 2024,” said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. “Constitution's 2-year-olds have him exactly where we thought he would be, and Life is Good is coming off a very promising start. We have four stallions–Improbable, Tom's d'Etat, Global Campaign, and Promises Fulfilled–whose progeny hit the track next year, and give a breeder a very nice upside if they are willing to take a chance. I have had top horsemen tell me they think Two Phil's is the best 3-year-old in the country, and he is priced right. Country Grammer's record speaks for itself. Our team can't wait to get started.”

WINSTAR FARM — 2024 STUD FEES

Always Dreaming (Bodemeister), TBA

Audible (Into Mischief), TBA

Constitution (Tapit), $110,000

Country Grammer (Tonalist), $10,000

Global Campaign (Curlin), $12,500

Good Samaritan (Harlan's Holiday), $5,000

Improbable (City Zip), $15,000

Independence Hall (Constitution), $10,000

Life Is Good (Into Mischief), $85,000

Nashville (Speightstown), $15,000

Outwork (Uncle Mo), $10,000

Paynter (Awesome Again), $5,000

Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford), $5,000

Speightstown (Gone West), $80,000

Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), $10,000

Tom's d'Etat (Smart Strike), $7,500

Two Phil's (Hard Spun), $12,500

Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), $7,500

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‘Can’t-Miss Sequence’: Santa Anita, Keeneland Team To Present Breeders’ Cup Challenge Pick 6

Santa Anita Park, which will host this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships for a record 11th time Nov. 3 & 4 and storied Keeneland Racecourse, site of last year's Breeders' Cup, have announced that both tracks will combine to present the Keeneland/Santa Anita Breeders' Cup Challenge Pick 6 to players nationwide on Saturday, Oct. 7.

A traditional $1 Pick 6 with a player-friendly 15 percent takeout, the Keeneland/Santa Anita Breeders' Cup Challenge Pick 6 will include the following Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” Challenge Race qualifiers and be offered in this order: Thoroughbred Club of America (KEE); Coolmore Turf (KEE); Claiborne Breeders' Futurity (KEE); American Pharoah Stakes (SAP); Chandelier Stakes (SAP) and the Rodeo Drive Stakes (SAP).

“We are excited to offer a compelling bet for the horseplayer,” said Nate Newby, Santa Anita Senior Vice President and General Manager. “It's going to be a can't-miss sequence combining Breeders' Cup Challenge Races at both Keeneland and Santa Anita with a player-friendly 15 percent takeout.”

With first post time from Keeneland at 4:12 ET (1:12 PT), the first three races in the sequence will be run there, with the final three races at Santa Anita.

Players are advised that the Keeneland/Santa Anita Breeders' Cup Challenge Pick 6 will be listed as a separate wager/track on all tote and ADW platforms as: Keeneland Santa Anita Pick 6 (KEE/SAP Pick 6).

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Constitution Leads WinStar Farm’s 2024 Stallion Roster At $110,000

WinStar Farm has set 2024 stud fees for its stallion roster, headed by Constitution who will stand for $110,000 S&N for the upcoming breeding season.

Life Is Good will stand his second season at stud for $85,000 S&N, and perennial leading sire Speightstown will stand for $80,000 S&N.

The roster will be bolstered further by multiple Grade 1 winner and the third-leading North American earner in history, Country Grammer, who will stand for an introductory fee of $10,000 S&N, and one of the highest-rated 3-year-olds of 2023, Two Phil's, who will stand his initial season at stud for $12,500 S&N. Fees for Audible and Always Dreaming will be announced at a later date based on results in the coming month.

“We are very excited about our roster for 2024,” said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. “Constitution's 2-year-olds have him exactly where we thought he would be, and Life is Good is coming off a very promising start. We have four stallions—Improbable, Tom's d'Etat, Global Campaign, and Promises Fulfilled—whose progeny hit the track next year, and give a breeder a very nice upside if they are willing to take a chance. I have had top horsemen tell me they think Two Phil's is the best 3-year-old in the country, and he is priced right. Country Grammer's record speaks for itself. Our team can't wait to get started.”

Constitution is this year's leading sire of 2-year-olds. Constitution boasts 18 2-year-old winners thus far in 2023, including Aspenite, impressive winner of the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile Stakes in September. In addition to the success of his progeny on the racetrack, Constitution has been represented with in-demand yearlings in the auction ring this year, including a $1.3 million yearling in Book 1 at Keeneland September. Additional yearlings have commanded up to $900,000, $900,000, $850,000, $850,000, etc.

Perennial leading stallion Speightstown is the sire of 26 Grade 1 winners, and he is represented this year by undefeated 2-year-old standout Prince of Monaco. Perfect in his first three starts, Prince of Monaco won the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity in his most recent outing and is a leading contender for this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

Life Is Good, a four-time Grade 1 winner in his sensational racing career, enters his second season at stud in 2024. The son of Into Mischief bred 192 mares in his initial book, including 70 graded stakes winners or graded stakes producers and 25 Grade 1 winners or Grade 1 producers.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Country Grammer, the third-leading North American earner of all time, will stand his first season at stud in 2024. Country Grammer defeated 24 Grade 1 winners and amassed a staggering $14,921,320 in earnings in an illustrious racing career. Only the late Arrogate and Gun Runner have earned more.

Leading 3-year-old Two Phil's, who finished a close second in this year's Kentucky Derby, will stand his first season at WinStar in 2024. Two Phil's concluded his racing career with three consecutive performances recording triple-digit Beyers. Two Phil's was a four-time stakes winner by a combined 26 lengths.

Outwork has now sired back-to-back winners of the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga, including the undefeated filly Brightwork. With an eye on the Breeders' Cup, Brightwork is slated to make her next start in Friday's $600,000 G1 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland.

For more information on WinStar's stallions, please visit the website at WinStarFarm.com. The 2024 roster of fees for WinStar Farm are as follows:

Stallion	2024 Stud Fee
Always Dreaming	TBA
Audible	TBA
Constitution	$110,000
Country Grammer – NEW	$10,000
Global Campaign	$12,500
Good Samaritan	$5,000
Improbable	$15,000
Independence Hall	$10,000
Life Is Good	$85,000
Nashville	$15,000
Outwork	$10,000
Paynter	$5,000
Promises Fulfilled	$5,000
Speightstown	$80,000
Take Charge Indy	$10,000
Tom's d'Etat	$7,500
Two Phil's – NEW	$12,500
Yoshida (JPN)	$7,500

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Kafwain, Ministers Wild Cat Pensioned To Premier Equine Rehab In Tennessee

Veteran California sires Kafwain and Ministers Wild Cat will be pensioned to Premier Equine Rehab near Nashville, Tenn., Daily Racing Form reports.

Both stallions finished their stud careers at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, Calif., which is in the process of downsizing its operation in advance of a move to Kentucky.

Premier Equine Rehab is a 501(c)3 operation that specializes in the rehabilitation and rehoming of off-track Thoroughbreds, run by Jenny Earhart, who also has a California facility. The Tennessee facility's residents includes multiple stakes winner Stallwalkin' Dude.

Kafwain, a 23-year-old son of Cherokee Run, began his stud career in 2004 and amassed progeny earnings of more than $21 million, led by Grade 1 winners Daisy Devine and Let Faith Arise, along with Grade 3 winners including Don't Forget Gil and The Pamplemousse. He stood the 2023 breeding season for an advertised fee of $2,500.

Ministers Wild Cat, a 23-year-old son of Deputy Minister, was retired from stud duty in 2022. He is a son of champion and Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Hollywood Wildcat, and has had a regular presence among California's top 10 sires by progeny earnings for much of his career.