Commissioner to Stand at WinStar

WinStar Farm homebred Commissioner (A.P. Indy–Flaming Heart, by Touch Gold) will stand stud at the Versailles, Kentucky farm for a fee of $7,500 S&N upon the completion of his 2015 season. The 4-year-old will participate in WinStar's “Dream Big” program which offers breeders the opportunity to earn a lifetime breeding right to the stallion after producing two live foals from his first books.

“Commissioner has always been one of our favorites from the time he was born,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar President & CEO. “We bred him to win a Classic, and he nearly pulled it off when Tonalist nailed him at the wire in the Belmont. Commissioner is such an exceptional-looking individual and full of the class that his genetics suggest. He has a similar race profile to A.P. Indy stallions Flatter and Congrats. We believe he's a great opportunity through our 'Dream Big' program, and, really, the last chance to participate in an A.P. Indy.”

Runner-up to “TDN Rising Star” Tonalist (Tapit) in last term's GII Peter Pan S. and GI Belmont S., Commissioner won Gulfstream's GIII Skip Away S. Mar. 28 and captured the GIII Pimlico Special S. May 15. Last seen finishing fourth in Keeneland's GII Fayatte S. Oct. 30, the Todd Pletcher pupil is being pointed at Saturday's GII Hawthorne Gold Cup. The bay currently has a record of 14-4-3-2 and earnings of $812,237.