WinStar was a majority owner of Justify during his brief career on the track. The lure of the Irish dollars was too hard to resist, though.
Indirectly yeah. Owning a top racing stallion is one thing… the big $$ potential is in the shed. Justify’s stud fee is considerably more at Coolmore ($150,000) than any of WinStar stallions’ stud fee. When Coolmore came knocking, I suspect it was close to a no-brainer for WinStar :lol:
Seems like some of the high end stallions at WinStar do stick around more than the less expensive ones.
I’m late to this party, but wanted to add some commentary about Overanalyze.
Our partnership has campaigned five of his progeny, three of whom were full siblings. Of the five, all are winners. Three of them broke their maiden in open MSW company at top tracks (Belmont, Aqueduct and Churchill Downs). Of those three, one is graded stakes placed (at Saratoga), and another is listed stakes placed (at Gulfstream). Three of them are still in our stable and will hopefully continue to be good, productive racehorses when racing returns to Kentucky later this month.
This is a pretty amazing on-track record for a small breed to race operation like ours, using a stallion who stood for a modest fee. So, I am certainly sad to see him go, but completely understand the business model. I never understood why this particular stallion never became fashionable at the sales. Mike Repole seemed to do a lot to support him, so it doesn’t seem that it was for a lack of trying.
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Commissioner gone now, per Bloodhorse.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/241746/commissioner-sold-to-stand-in-saudi-arabia
Commissioner , a son of A.P. Indy from the family of 2019 champion older dirt male Vino Rosso , has been acquired by Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud for his new farm in Saudi Arabia, Cary Bloodstock announced June 12.
The 2015 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (G2) winner and earner of $962,237 was beaten a head by Tonalist in the 2014 Belmont Stakes (G1) in a bid to emulate the same classic win of his sire and grandsire, Seattle Slew. The race also denied eventual champion California Chrome 's Triple Crown bid.
Commissioner’s dam, the stakes-winning Touch Gold mare Flaming Heart, also produced Mythical Bride, the dam of $4.8 million earner Vino Rosso, the winner of the 2019 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).
Retired in 2016, Commissioner sired 15 Northern Hemisphere juvenile winners in his first crop in 2019, including three stakes winners. Kitten’s Joy Stakes (G3T) winner Island Commish is his leading performer.
Prince Saud is a 33-year-old entrepreneur and industrialist and a son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia. He is a brother to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This is his first stallion acquisition for his new farm in Saudi Arabia.
The deal was brokered by Andrew Cary of Cary Bloodstock in Lexington.
