Constitution (Tapit–Baffled, by Distorted Humor) has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at WinStar Farm for a fee of $25,000 stands and nurses.
“Constitution is such a talent that we hoped we could get away with fast-tracking him to our goal of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, but he showed us that he's just not where he needs to be. Timing is everything in this game, and Constitution is such a tremendous stallion prospect that it only makes sense to retire him at this time,” said Elliott Walden, President & CEO at WinStar. “As a fast, good-looking multiple Grade I winner of such major races as the Florida Derby and Donn H., he's without a doubt one of the elite sons of Tapit. Breeders are going to love this horse, and we can't wait to show him off during the November sales.”
Campaigned by WinStar and Twin Creeks Racing Stables, Constitution won the 2014 GI Florida Derby in just his third lifetime start. The 'TDN Rising Star', a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, ended his sophomore campaign with a third-place finish in the GI Clark H. Constitution returned as a 4-year-old to earn a front-running victory in the GI Donn H. On the board in five of eight starts, he retires with four wins and earnings of $1,031,596.
“Constitution is as good a horse as I have ever been associated with,” said Randy Gullatt of Twin Creeks Racing. “When Elliott and I looked at him at the Saratoga sale, he was the best yearling I had ever seen. It's nice for the business when an expensive yearling like him turns out to win two major Grade I races.”
Constitution will be available for inspection at WinStar during the November breeding stock sales.
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