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Lane’s End Stalwart Lemon Drop Kid Pensioned

Lane’s End Farm has announced that perennial leading sire and 2000 champion older horse Lemon Drop Kid (Kingmambo–Charming Lassie, by Seattle Slew) has been pensioned from stallion duties. The 25-year-old will remain at Lane’s End Farm to enjoy the rest of his retirement.

Lemon Drop Kid is responsible for siring 98 black-type winners and 46 graded winners worldwide to date, including Grade I winners Beach Patrol, Cannock Chase, Citronnade, Christmas Kid, Lemons Forever, Romantic Vision, Richard’s Kid, Santa Teresita and Somali Lemonade.

He is currently ranked 11th on the cumulative list of leading active sires in North America, with total combined progeny earnings of more than $97 million.

Lemon Drop Kid is also quickly establishing himself as a proven source of Grade I/Group 1 talent as a broodmare sire (67 stakes winners/23 graded winners worldwide) including Bar of Gold, Digital Age, Divisidero, Elusive Kate, Finest City, Forever Unbridled, Tamarkuz, Unbridled Forever, Without Parole, et al.

“Lemon Drop Kid has been a Lane’s End stalwart for 20 years,” said Lane’s End’s Bill Farish. “We are very fortunate to be associated with a horse like him. We want to thank the syndicate members and breeders who have supported him for the past two decades. His legacy will live on through his sons and daughters across the globe.”

A son of champion Kingmambo, Lemon Drop Kid is out of the Seattle Slew mare Charming Lassie, who is a three-quarter sister to the legendary A.P. Indy. Lemon Drop Kid is a half-sibling to graded winners Brulay and Statue of Liberty, and hails from the family of Grade I winners Gay Mecene, Wolfhound, Summer Squall, Duke of Marmalade (Ire), Ruler of the World (Ire), and Court Vision.

He won five Grade I races, including the GI Belmont S., GI Travers S. and GI Whitney H.

Bred in Kentucky by W. S. Farish & W. S. Kilroy, Lemon Drop Kid raced in the colors of Jeanne G Vance. The $200,000 KEESEP yearling was trained by Flint S Schulhofer.

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Classic Winner Tiz The Law Retired To Ashford Stud

Travers Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Florida Derby and Champagne Stakes winner Tiz the Law has been retired from racing on veterinary advice and will stand at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud for the 2021 breeding season.

“From day one when he broke his maiden at Saratoga, we have been watching Tiz the Law closely and he has everything you look for in a stallion prospect,” said Coolmore America manager Dermot Ryan. “He has an outstanding race record, he's a very good-looking individual and he boasts a strong pedigree. Barclay Tagg, Robin Smullen and their team have done a fantastic job with him and we are also grateful to Jack Knowlton and his partners in Sackatoga Stable for letting us be a part of him.”

“The entire Tiz the Law team is deeply disappointed that Tiz the Law will be unable to race as a 4-year-old as planned,” stated Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoga Stable. “He has provided the 35 owners a unique opportunity to compete and succeed at the highest level of thoroughbred racing. His impressive victory in the Grade 1 Travers at Saratoga Race Course was particularly rewarding for the Saratoga based stable. Sackatoga Stable is looking forward to the next chapter of his career as a stallion.”

“While it is unfortunate that Tiz's racing career has been cut short, we have been extremely fortunate and blessed to have had him in our lives”, said trainer Barclay Tagg. “Robin and I were able to pick him out and train him to win the Grade 1 Champagne as a 2-year-old and three Grade 1 races (Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers) as well as run 2nd in the Kentucky Derby this year. He has taken his owners and Barclay Tagg Racing Stable to places that most owners and trainers only dream about. We look forward to his career as a stallion with Ashford Stud.”

But for Ashford stallion American Pharoah, Tiz the Law's sire Constitution would have been champion freshman sire and champion second-crop sire. Off the back of this success, Constitution's fee has risen from $25,000 to $85,000 for the coming season. On the distaff side, Tiz the Law's dam Tizfiz was the winner of seven races including the G2 San Gorgonio Handicap at Santa Anita (now named the Robert J. Frankel Stakes)​ carrying top weight of 118 pounds.

Tiz the Law's fee will be announced shortly and he will be available for inspection at Ashford starting Monday, Jan 4.

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Classic Winner Tiz the Law Retired

Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law (Constitution–Tizfiz, by Tiznow), winner of the GI Belmont S. and GI Runhappy Travers S. this summer, has been retired from racing. It was announced shortly after the Belmont that the sophomore colt would stand at Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud upon retirement.

“The entire Tiz The Law team is deeply disappointed that Tiz The Law will be unable to race as a 4-year-old as planned,” stated Jack Knowlton, Operating Manager of Sackatoga Stable. “He has provided the 35 owners a unique opportunity to compete and succeed at the highest level of Thoroughbred racing. His impressive victory in the GI Travers at Saratoga Race Course was particularly rewarding for the Saratoga based stable. Sackatoga Stable is looking forward to the next chapter of his career as a stallion.”

“From day one when he broke his maiden at Saratoga we have been watching him closely and he has everything you look for in a stallion prospect,” said Coolmore America manager Dermot Ryan. “He has an outstanding race record, he’s a very good-looking individual and he boasts a strong pedigree. [Trainer] Barclay Tagg, [assistant trainer] Robin Smullen and their team have done a fantastic job with him and we are also grateful to Jack Knowlton and his partners in Sackatoga Stable for letting us be a part of him.”

Bred in New York by Twin Creeks Farm, Tiz the Law began his 2-year-old season with a 4 1/4-length maiden special weight win at Saratoga, then came back for another open daylight victory in Belmont’s GI Champagne S. The connections immediately announced the striking bay would skip the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, held that year at Santa Anita, in favor of the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill Downs in order to get a start over the track to prepare for the 2020 Kentucky Derby. The track came up sloppy and Tiz the Law finished third in the Kentucky Jockey Club in what would be his only loss in his first seven career starts.

Trainer Barclay Tagg regrouped and Tiz the Law was unstoppable through this spring and summer despite the interrupted racing schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He reeled off consecutive, powerful wins in the GIII Holy Bull S. and GI Curlin Florida Derby, as well as in the aforementioned Belmont and Travers. Tiz the Law was the first New York-bred to win the Belmont since 1882.

Second in the rescheduled GI Kentucky Derby to likely champion Authentic (Into Mischief), Tiz the Law was last seen finishing off the board behind that same foe in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. He retires with a record of 9-6-1-1 and earnings of $2,735,300.

“While it is unfortunate that Tiz’s racing career has been cut short, we have been extremely fortunate and blessed to have had him in our lives,” said trainer Barclay Tagg. “Robin and I were able to pick him out and train him to win the Grade I Champagne as a 2-year-old and three Grade I races [Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers] as well as run 2nd in the Kentucky Derby this year. He has taken his owners and Barclay Tagg Racing Stable to places that most owners and trainers only dream about. We look forward to his career as a Stallion with Ashford Stud.”

The four-time Grade I winner will now join two other Belmont S. winners from the last five years at Ashford, which also stands Triple Crown winners American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and Justify (Scat Daddy) in Versailles, Kentucky.

Tiz the Law’s dam won the 2009 GII San Gorgonio H. and is a full-sister to 2014 GIII Precisionist S. winner and GISP Fury Kapcori. Her granddam is a half-sister to 1997 Horse of the Year Favorite Trick (Phone Trick).

Tiz the Law’s stud fee will be $40,000 and he will be available for inspection at Ashford starting Jan. 4.

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Classic Preparations: Tiz The Law Breezes Six Furlongs At Keeneland

Belmont and Travers winner Tiz the Law had his first workout at Keeneland on Friday, ridden by Heather Smullen through six furlongs over the fast main track in 1:13.20. The 3-year-old son off Constitution put in splits of :26, :23.60, and :23.60, galloping out seven furlongs in 1:25.40 and a mile in 1:42, according to Keeneland's Twitter account.

Trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law is expected to make his next start in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 7 at Keeneland. He arrived at the Kentucky track from his New York base on Sunday.

Winner of the G1 Champagne Stakes as a 2-year-old, Tiz the Law has had a strong season in 2020. The Sackatoga Stable-owned colt has compiled wins in the G3 Holy Bull, G1 Florida Derby, G1 Belmont Stakes, and G1 Travers Stakes, and he was most recently second to Authentic in the G1 Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.

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