Up-and-coming Constitution raised to $40,000 as WinStar Farm release fees

WinStar Farm in Kentucky has set 2020 stud fees for its 21-strong stallion roster, headed by internationally renowned sire More Than Ready, who will stand for an unchanged fee of $80,000 for the upcoming breeding season.

WinStar also welcomes new stallions to its roster in Florida Derby winner Audible, who will enter stud at $25,000, and dual-surface Grade 1 winner and leading Breeders' Cup Classic contender Yoshida, whose fee is to be determined.

The roster is further bolstered by leading first-crop sire Constitution, whose fee has moved to $40,000; 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, whose fee remains at $25,000; and leading third-crop sire Take Charge Indy, who is returning to WinStar after standing for three seasons at KRA Jeju Stud Farm in South Korea.

Take Charge Indy will stand for $17,500, which was his fee before being relocated.

"We're excited to welcome such outstanding stallion prospects in Audible and Yoshida to WinStar for 2020," said WinStar's Liam O'Rourke. "They join our rising superstars Constitution and Take Charge Indy, along with some of the most accomplished and proven stallions available in the world.

"We're proud to offer a wide variety of elite stallions at good value to our breeders."

Always Dreaming, who also won the Florida Derby, will be represented by his first foals in 2020. The son of Bodemeister earned more than $2.4 million and hails from the dominant Unbridled sire line, with four straight tail-male sires who finished first or second in the Kentucky Derby.

Audible, a son of leading sire Into Mischief, was one of the most consistent three-year-olds of his generation. Never off the board in five stakes with three wins, Audible won the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park by five and a half lengths.

He earned a berth in the 2018 Kentucky Derby with another eye-catching performance in the Florida Derby, which he won by three lengths over the likes of subsequent Grade 1 winners Catholic Boy and Promises Fulfilled.

Ranked third on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, Audible finished a determined third in the Derby behind eventual undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify after being repeatedly blocked and altering course in the stretch. Audible heads to stud after banking $2,130,520.

Constitution is North America's leading freshman with progeny earnings of $1,407,317 up to October 18. The son of Tapit has been represented this year by Tiz The Law, winner of the Champagne Stakes; Sorrento Stakes winner Amalfi Sunrise; Sanford Stakes winner By Your Side; Claiborne Breeders' Futurity runner-up Gouverneur Morris; and Pilgrim Stakes third Our Country.

Take Charge Indy - a ten-year-old son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner, Graded stakes producer, and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady - leads all third-crop sires with nearly $5m in progeny earnings.

His top runners include Long Range Toddy, winner of one division of the Rebel Stakes; Everfast, who was runner-up in the Preakness Stakes and Holy Bull Stakes; and multiple Graded stakes-placed Motion Emotion.

Yoshida, who has earned more than $2.4m, is a leading contender heading into next month's Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita.

The son of prominent Japanese sire and champion Heart's Cry, a son of Sunday Silence, is out of a track record-setting sprinter from the Gone West sire-line, Hilda's Passion. He captured the 2018 Woodward Stakes Presented in his first start on dirt.

Earlier that year, he won the the Old Forester Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs, in which he defeated seven Group/Graded stakes winners. He beat three Group/Grade 1 winners and two eventual Grade 1 winners in the race.

This year he finished second to McKinzie in the Whitney Stakes, earning a 108 Beyer Speed Figure in the second-fastest Whitney since 1975.

Grade 1-placed, Grade 2 winner and second-crop sire Revolutionary has been purchased privately and will be relocated to South Korea, according to the farm.

WINSTAR FARM 2020 COVERING FEES
(2019 fee in brackets)

Always Dreaming $25,000 ($25,000)
Audible $25,000 (NEW)
Carpe Diem $15,000 ($25,000)
Commissioner $7,500 ($7,500)
Congrats $10,000 ($12,500)
Constitution $40,000 ($15,000)
Distorted Humor $50,000 ($50,000)
Exaggerator $20,000 ($25,000)
Fed Biz $7,500 ($10,000)
Good Samaritan $12,500 ($12,500)
More Than Ready $80,000 ($80,000)
Outwork $15,000 ($15,000)
Overanalyze $7,500 ($15,000)
Paynter $10,000 ($12,500)
Speightster $10,000 ($10,000)
Speightstown $70,000 ($80,000)
Super Saver $15,000 ($30,000)
Take Charge Indy $17,500 (South Korea)
Tiznow $40,000 ($50,000)
Tourist $7,500 ($10,000)
Yoshida TBD (NEW)

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