Constitution (Tapit) continues to lead the roster at WinStar Farm and will stand the 2025 season for $110,000 S&N alongside Life is Good (Into Mischief) who will stand for $75,000 S&N, the farm announced Monday. The roster will be fortified further by new additions Cogburn (Not This Time), who will make his next start in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint with a stud fee to be announced after the race; Timberlake (Into Mischief), who will stand for $20,000 S&N; and Heartland (Justify), who will stand for $10,000 S&N.
“We are excited for the 2025 breeding season and the strong stallion roster we are presenting to breeders,” said WinStar Farm President and CEO Elliott Walden. “Constitution has taken another step forward in 2024 and solidified himself as an elite sire both on the racetrack and in the sales ring. It's encouraging to see his sons having success so early in his career. Life is Good and Nashville came back to strong demand in their second crops this past season and both have a great foundation for future success that commercial breeders can have confidence in. We're excited to add three new sires to our roster–all of which have unique and elite talent. Cogburn, Timberlake, and Heartland will be well supported by the farm. Our team looks forward to working with breeders this year to create value and help achieve our collective goals.”
Constitution is the No. 5 General Sire with progeny earnings this season of $12,577,533, and he is the No. 3 leading sire of 3-year-olds this year by earnings, behind only Justify and Into Mischief. A Top 10 yearling sire in 2023 and 2024, Constitution has been represented by yearlings this year of $1.2 million, $1.1 million, $1 million, $975,000 etc. His leading runners in 2024 include Classic-placed Mindframe, second in both the GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell Stakes and Catching Freedom, third in the GI Preakness Stakes and winner of the GII Louisiana Derby and Smarty Jones Stakes.
Life Is Good, a four-time Grade I winner in his racing career, enters his third season at stud in 2025. He was bred to 192 mares in his first season at stud, and to 186 mares in 2024 with his first weanlings selling this year.
Cogburn was a record-setting winner of the GI Jaipur Stakes during the Belmont Racing Festival at Saratoga over the summer where he set a North American record for 5 1/2 furlong on turf. After an opening quarter in :21.33 and a half mile split in :43.07, Cogburn flew home in a final time of :59.80, eclipsing the previous North American record of 1:00.21 set in 2019. Following the Jaipur, Cogburn proved an authoritative winner of the GII Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs where he completed six furlongs on turf in 1:07.68, just missing another course record. Heading into the Breeders' Cup, Cogburn is a winner in nine of 15 lifetime starts and he has amassed earnings of $2,392,630.
'TDN Rising Star' Timberlake, winner of the GI Champagne Stakes), joins Practical Joke as the only other son of Into Mischief to win a Grade I as a 2-year-old. In completing the one-mile Champagne in 1:35.90 over the sloppy (sealed) track, and earning a 93 Beyer, Timberlake left in his wake that day the likes of Fierceness (City of Light), the subsequent 2-Year-Old Champion Male. Making his seasonal debut at three, Timberlake won the GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. In addition to his stakes wins, he finished a close second in the GI Hopeful Stakes at two and was third in the GI Haskell Stakes this year. All told, Timberlake won or placed in 5-of-9 career starts, including three Grade I's, for trainer Brad Cox while banking $1,303,100.
'TDN Rising Star' Heartland is a half-brother to Champion 2-Year-Old Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile) who flashed his brilliance in an impressive 5 1/2-furlong debut at Del Mar. His final time of 1:03.20 was the fastest time of any 2-year-old at the distance at Del Mar or Saratoga in 2023.
WINSTAR FARM–2025 STUD FEES
Audible (Into Mischief), $10,000
Cogburn, (TBA)
Constitution, $110,000
Country Grammar, $5,000
Global Campaign, $7,500
Heartland, $10,000
Independence Hall, $7,500
Life Is Good, $75,000
Nashville, $15,000
Promises Fulfilled, $5,000
Take Charge Indy, $7,500
Timberlake, $20,000
Tom's d' Etat, $5,000
Two Phil's, $10,000
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
