Americanrevolution, winner of the Grade 1 Cigar Mile in 2021, will stand his first season in 2024 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson. NYRA Photo.
New York-bred Horse of the Year and Grade 1 winner Americanrevolution has been retired and will stand his first season in 2024 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson.
The 5-year-old son of Constitution will stand his initial season for $12,500 S&N. Americanrevolution will stand as a partnership between WinStar Farm, CHC Inc., Rockridge Stud, Taylor Made Stallions, Mill Creek Farm and Fortune Farm through a deal brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock.
“This is the best horse to retire in New York in a very long time,” said Rockridge Stud’s Lere Visagie. “We all know we need top-class horses standing in New York to keep mares home. The winner of one of New York’s most historic Grade 1s for older horses is the way to do it. We can’t wait to get started.”
Campaigned by WinStar and CHC Inc. and trained by Todd Pletcher, Americanrevolution won five of 12 starts with two seconds and a third for $1,286,810 in earnings. He earned New York-bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male honors in 2021 after victories in the New York Derby at Finger Lakes, Albany Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, Empire Classic Handicap at Belmont Park and Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct.
Americanrevolution, who was bred by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, also earned New York-bred champion older dirt male honors in 2022. He placed in two major stakes that season – the Grade 2 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs and the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga.
“With Belmont being renovated, we feel it is time to re-enter the New York market,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar Farm’s president, CEO and racing manager. “WinStar Farm and CHC Inc. are staying in and committing 10 good mares to Americanrevolution to help launch his career in New York. We hope to breed another Funny Cide, one of the best New York-breds of all time.”
Americanrevolution scored his first stakes victory in the 2021 New York Derby, on the way to a New York-bred Horse of the Year title. SV Photography.
A son of Constitution – the sire of Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law from his first crop and the leading sire of 2-year-olds in 2023 – Americanrevolution is produced from the winning Super Saver mare Polly Freeze and hails from an active black-type family that includes Grade 1 winners Cross Traffic, Stop Traffic and multiple Graded stakes winners Gouldings Green and Silver Dust, as well as Grade 3 winner Forza Di Oro.
The partners are excited for the opportunity to stand Americanrevolution in New York at Rockridge.
“Collaboration, we have found, is the key to getting these stallions off the ground running,” Visagie said. “We have a strong group of breeders already in place, and that support should no doubt propel him straight to the top of that foal crop. He should absolutely be competitive with any first-year stallion in Kentucky as well.”
“We are thrilled to be a part of this exciting stallion prospect—probably the most exciting stallion to retire to New York in several decades,” said Ben Taylor of Taylor Made Stallions.
Americanrevolution was a $275,000 acquisition by CHC Inc. and Maverick Racing out of the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
“I’m thrilled to see a Grade 1 winner sired by one of Kentucky’s finest stallions retiring to New York,” said Fasig-Tipton President and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. “This highlights the growing significance of the racing and breeding industry in the state. I’m eagerly anticipating the opportunity to sell his New York offspring at our Saratoga sales.”
Americanrevolution will be available for viewing at WinStar Farm in Kentucky throughout the Kentucky November sales season and during the farm’s stallion shows.
For seasons, contact Erin Robinson at (859) 421-7531, or visit www.rockridgestud.com. For more information on Americanrevolution, contact Liam O’Rourke, Olivia Desch or Ben Hanley at (859) 873-1717, or visit www.WinStarFarm.com.
