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Constitution<\/a> (Tapit<\/a>\u2013Baffled, by Distorted Humor) will once again lead the WinStar stallion roster when he stands the 2026 season for $110,000 S&N, while Life is Good<\/a> (Into Mischief\u2013Beach Walk, by Distorted Humor)’s fee for next year has been set at $60,000. WinStar’s 2026 stallion roster, which was released Sunday evening, will also include recently retired multiple Grade I winner Patch Adams (Into Mischief\u2013Well Humored, by Distorted Humor), who will stand his initial season at stud for $30,000 S&N; and Straight No Chaser (Speightster\u2013Margarita Friday, by Johannesburg), last year’s Eclipse Award champion male sprinter, who is set to defend his title in the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar Nov. 1 and will stand for $10,000 S&N.<\/p>\n The fees for Constitution<\/a>, Straight No Chaser, and Independence Hall<\/a> are subject to change pending Breeders’ Cup results.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach year brings in a new level of excitement,\u201d said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. \u201cThis year, we have two new Grade I winners from different sire lines. Constitution<\/a> has gone from strength to strength from the racetrack to the sales ring and now has several sons turning into excellent sires. He has three horses pointing to the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar and all have a big chance. Life is Good<\/a>‘s first 2-year-olds are ready to hit the track in 2026, and he presents a great risk-reward opportunity for breeders. He’s bred 566 high-quality mares in his first three crops and offers exceptional value in his fourth season at stud. We’re thrilled to welcome a third generation homebred in multiple Grade I winner Patch Adams to our roster for 2026, and he will be joined by Straight No Chaser, an Eclipse Award winner and Breeders’ Cup champion, just like his grandsire Speightstown who had a huge impact on the breed. We’re trying to offer value at all points of our roster, and our team is eager to help with your mating plans for 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n Constitution<\/a> is the No. 5 General Sire this season with progeny earnings of more than $12 million. His leading runners in 2025 include multiple Grade I winner and leading GI Breeders’ Cup Classic contender and chief earner Mindframe, as well as graded winner Parchment Party, who is currently targeting the G1 Melbourne Cup, and GIII Vosburgh Stakes winner Patriot Spirit, who is under consideration for either the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint or GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.<\/p>\n In the sales ring, Constitution<\/a> has had four yearlings sell for $1 million and others fetching $825,000, $775,000, and $750,000. He is also an emerging sire of sires, already represented by multiple Grade I winner and leading second-crop sire Tiz the Law<\/a>, as well as WinStar’s promising first-crop sire Independence Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n Life Is Good<\/a>, a four-time Grade I winner, has had first-crop yearlings sell this year for $1.25 million, $1.025 million, $725,000, and $700,000, and he is one of only two first-crop sires to have a seven-figure yearling at both the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga and Keeneland September sales.<\/p>\n Cogburn<\/a> (Not This Time<\/a>\u2013In a Jif, by Saintly Look), set a North American record for 5 1\/2 furlongs on turf in winning the GI Jaipur S. last year, sizzling the distance in :59.80, registering a 114 Beyer, was bred to 194 mares in his initial season at stud this year. Multiple Grade I winner Country Grammer<\/a> (Tonalist<\/a>\u2013Arabian Song, by Forestry), who retired as the third-highest earning North American-bred of all time with earnings of $14.9 million, will have first yearlings in 2026. Nashville<\/a> (Speightstown\u2013Veronique, by Mizzen Mast), who saw first yearlings sell for up to $425,000 this year, will have his first 2-year-olds in 2026. Timberlake<\/a> (Into Mischief\u2013Pin Up {Ire}, by Lookin at Lucky), winner of the GI Champagne S. and GII Rebel S., bred 161 mares in his first book in 2025. GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Two Phil’s<\/a> (Hard Spun<\/a>\u2013Mia Torri, by General Quarters), a graded stakes-winning juvenile and a multiple graded stakes winner at three, bred 260 mares in his first two books and will have first yearlings in 2026.<\/p>\n WinStar stallions with other possible Breeders’ Cup starters include Audible<\/a>, whose daughter Splendora is a possible contender in the GI Filly and Mare Sprint, and Independence Hall<\/a>, whose first-crop 2-year-old Civil Liberty is possible for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, having finished third in the GI Del Mar Futurity in just his second career start.<\/p>\n WinStar’s complete 2026 roster is: Constitution<\/a>, *$110,000; Life Is Good<\/a>, $60,000; Patch Adams, $30,000; Cogburn<\/a>, $25,000; Timberlake<\/a>, $15,000; Nashville<\/a>, $12,500; Straight No Chaser, *$10,000; Heartland<\/a>, $10,000; Independence Hall<\/a>, *$10,000; Audible<\/a>, $7,500; Take Charge Indy<\/a>, $7,500; Two Phil’s<\/a>, $7,500; Country Grammer<\/a>, $5,000; Promises Fulfilled<\/a>, $2,500. *Fees subject to change after Breeders’ Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edited Press Release Constitution (Tapit\u2013Baffled, by Distorted Humor) will once again lead the WinStar stallion roster when he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9193,25607,85681,81372,85682,45261,3004,101,71683,56,54,55,45263],"class_list":["post-196553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-breeders-cup","tag-constitution","tag-country-grammer","tag-elliott-walden","tag-life-is-good","tag-patch-adams","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-straight-no-chaser","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-winstar-farm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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