Constitution Headlines WinStar's 2026 Stallion Roster

WinStar Farm announced its 2026 stud fees for its stallion roster Oct. 12, headed once again by Constitution, who will stand for $110,000 stands and nurses, and Life is Good, who will stand for $60,000 S&N. The roster will be further bolstered by recently retired multiple grade 1 winner Patch Adams, who will stand his initial season at stud for $30,000 S&N, and Straight No Chaser, last year's champion male sprinter, who is set to defend his crown in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 1 and will stand for $10,000 S&N. The fees for Constitution, Straight No Chaser, and Independence Hall ($10,000) are subject to change pending Breeders' Cup results. "Each year brings in a new level of excitement," said WinStar Farm president, CEO, and racing manager Elliott Walden. "This year, we have two new grade 1 winners from different sire lines. Constitution 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'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 1 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." Constitution is the No. 5 General Sire this season with progeny earnings of more than $12 million. His leading runners in 2025 include leading Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender and chief earner Mindframe ($1,197,220), winner of the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1), the Churchill Downs Stakes (G1), and the Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes (G2); Parchment Party, winner of the Belmont Gold Cup (G3) and Birdstone Stakes and currently targeting the prestigious Melbourne Cup (G1) in Australia; and Patriot Spirit, winner of the seven-furlong Vosburgh Stakes (G3) in 1:21.84, and the Reigh Count Stakes and under consideration for either the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) or Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1). Constitution continues to be a powerhouse in the sales ring. His yearlings this year have been highly sought after, with four commanding $1 million. He is also an emerging sire of sires, already represented by multiple grade 1 winner and leading second-crop sire Tiz the Law, as well as WinStar's promising first-crop sire Independence Hall. The latter saw his first 2-year-olds sell for up to $1 million. Life Is Good is a four-time grade 1 winner. He was an effortless winner of the Woodward Stakes (G1), an uncontested winner of the Whitney Stakes (G1), and a dominant winner of the Pegasus World Cup (G1) over Horse of the Year Knicks Go in 2022. The previous year, he won the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) by 5 3/4 lengths, the largest margin of victory at the 2021 Breeders' Cup, capping off a season in which he won four graded races. Off to a scorching start as a sire, Life Is Good is already proving his worth in the sales ring. His first-crop yearlings have sold this year for as much as $1.25 million, and he is one of only two first-crop sires to have a seven-figure yearling at both The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale, and the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. His highly anticipated first 2-year-olds run in 2026. Patch Adams quickly developed into one of the nation's premier sprinters during his sophomore season under the tutelage of trainer Brad Cox. The colt dominated over the summer at Saratoga Race Course, reeling off back-to-back grade 1 victories. He impressively captured both the Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) and the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1), solidifying his status at the top of the division. In winning the Jerkens in August, Patch Adams ran seven furlongs in 1:21.61. In the seven-furlong Woody Stephens in June, Patch Adams defeated Madaket Road and the likes of grade 1 winners Citizen Bull, champion juvenile colt of 2024, and Chancer McPatrick in 1:21.36, a clocking that stands as the fastest time by a colt at the distance during the 2025 Saratoga season. All told, Patch Adams won 4-of-7 lifetime starts—was undefeated (3-for-3) at seven furlongs—and banked $772,585. He is by perennial leading sire Into Mischief out of the stakes-winning Distorted Humor mare Well Humored. The family is replete with graded stakes winners in every generation on the page, including grade 1 winners Well Armed, Cyberknife, Played Hard, and American Patriot. Straight No Chaser, the globetrotting grandson of Speightstown, was named champion sprinter in 2024 after a thrilling victory in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar, defeating grade 1 winners Gun Pilot, Raging Torrent, and Nakatomi in a final time of 1:08.62. Campaigned by MyRacehorse, Straight No Chaser was a resounding winner of the $2 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G2) at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Saudi Arabia in February. He ran the six-furlong Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course in 2023 in the stakes-record time of 1:08.27. Straight No Chaser is a winner in 7-of-13 starts ahead of this year's Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and has banked $2,660,300. Cogburn, by Not This Time, set a North American record for 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in winning the Jaipur Stakes (G1T) last year, sizzling the distance in :59.80. The multiple graded stakes winner concluded last year as the co-highest rated overall sprinter on the Longines World's Best Racehorse rankings with a 121 rating. Cogburn was bred to 194 mares in his initial season at stud, and he will welcome first foals in 2026. Multiple grade 1 winner Country Grammer, 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. Winner of the 2022 Dubai World Cup (G1) and 2021 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), Country Grammer defeated 24 grade 1 winners in his racing career. Nashville, who saw first yearlings sell for up to $425,000 this year, will have his first 2-year-olds in 2026. A stakes winner at Keeneland, setting a new track record in 1:07.89 for six furlongs, Nashville bred 494 mares in his first three books. Timberlake, winner of the Champagne Stakes (G1) as a juvenile, defeating subsequent 2-year-old champion Fierceness, and winner of the Rebel Stakes (G2) at 3, bred 161 mares in his first book. The son of Into Mischief will welcome first foals in the coming year. Two Phil's, a graded stakes-winning juvenile and a multiple graded stakes winner at 3, was runner-up in the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1). A four-time stakes winner by a combined 26 lengths, Two Phil's, a son of Hard Spun, won the Street Sense Stakes (G3) at 2 and the Ohio Derby (G3) and the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) as a sophomore. He bred 260 mares in his first two books and will have first yearlings in 2026. As the Breeders' Cup draws near, additional possible contenders on racing's Championship Day include Audible's stakes winner and grade 1-placed Splendora in the Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), and Independence Hall's first-crop 2-year-old Civil Liberty, who is possible for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) having finished third in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) in just his second career start. *Fees subject to change after Breeders’ Cup