WinStar Farm sets 2026 stallion fees, led by Constitution

WinStar Farm has set 2026 stud fees for its stallion roster, headed once again by Constitution, who will stand for $110,000 standing and nursing, 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 at Del Mar and will stand for $10,000 S&N. The fees for Constitution, Straight No Chaser and Independence Hall are subject to change, pending Breeders’ Cup results.

“Each year brings in a new level of excitement,” said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. “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 G1 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, Parchment Party, winner of the Belmont Gold Cup (G3) and Birdstone S. and currently targeting the prestigious Melbourne Cup (G1) in Australia and Patriot Spirit, winner of the seven-furlong Vosburgh (G3).

Life Is Good is already proving his worth in the sales ring. His first-crop yearlings have sold this year for $1.25 million, $1.025 million, $725,000, and $700,000, etc., 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. His 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, reeling off back-to-back Grade 1 victories in the Woody Stephens (G1) and the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1). All told, Patch Adams won four of his seven lifetime starts, including three wins in three starts at seven furlongs, and banked $772,585.

Straight No Chaser, the globetrotting grandson of Speightstown, was named Eclipse champion sprinter in 2004 after a thrilling victory in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. Campaigned by MyRacehorse, Straight No Chaser was a resounding winner of the $2 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G2), a Breeders’ Cup Sprint qualifier in February. Straight No Chaser carries a 13: 7-0-2 record and $2.66 million in earnings into the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

Cogburn, by Not This Time, set a North American record for 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in winning the Jaipur S. (G1) last year, sizzling the distance in 59.80 seconds, registering a 114 Beyer, the fastest figure of 2024. 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 his first yearlings in 2026.

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 S. (G1) as a juvenile, defeating subsequent 2-year-old champion Fierceness, and winner of the Rebel S. (G2) at three, 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 three, was runner-up in the 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 S. (G3) at two 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 include Audible’s stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Splendora in the Filly and Mare Sprint, and Independence Hall’s first-crop 2-year-old Civil Liberty who is possible for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, having finished third in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) in just his second career start.

WinStar Farm stud fees for 2026

* Fees subject to change, pending Breeders’ Cup results.