WinStar Farm announces 2025 fees for roster including newcomers Cogburn, Timberlake and Heartland

WinStar Farm has announced its roster and stud fees for 2025, the team headed again by Constitution who will stand for an unchanged $110,000.

Constitution is ranked fifth in the sires' table with progeny earnings this season of $12,577,533, and he is the third leading sire of three-year-olds this year by earnings, behind only Justify and Into Mischief. 

He has has been represented at the yearling sales by youngsters realising $1.2 million, $1.1m, $1m and $975,000.

His leading runners in 2024 include Mindframe, second in the Belmont and Haskell Stakes; Catching Freedom, third in the Preakness Stakes and winner of the Louisiana Derby and Smarty Jones Stakes; Neat, winner of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes, the Manila Stakes and the Transylvania Stakes; Pin Up Betty, winner of the Regret Stakes; and Steal Sunshine, victorious in the Gulfstream Park Mile.

Life Is Good is the next most expensive stallion, with the son of Into Mischief commanding a trimmed fee of $75,000 (from $85,000). 

A four-time Grade 1 winner on the track, including of the Breeders' Cup Dirt and Pegasus World Cup, he covered 192 mares in his first season at stud, and was bred to 186 mares in 2024. His first weanlings sell this year. 

The roster will welcome new additions in Cogburn, who will run in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, with a stud fee to be announced after the race; Timberlake, who will stand for $20,000; and Heartland, whose debut fee is set at $10,000.

Cogburn: joining the WinStar Farm roster for 2025

Cogburn, a son of Not This Time, was a top-level winner in the Jaipur Stakes at Saratoga in June, while he ran out an authoritative winner of the $2m Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs last month. 

Timberlake is a millionaire son of Into Mischief and secured Grade 1 success in the Champagne Stakes at two last year, beating the likes of Fierceness. He also struck Grade 2 success this year in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park, while he was also third in the Haskell Stakes in July and second in the Hopeful Stakes last autumn as a juvenile. 

Heartland is by Justify and a half-brother to Classic Empire, a champion juvenile. Trained by Bob Baffert, the colt made a stunning debut at Del Mar to win going away by two lengths. 

Elliott Walden, president, CEO and racing manager for WinStar Farm, said: "We are excited for the 2025 breeding season and the strong stallion roster we are presenting to breeders. 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 whom 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.”

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