Tiz The Law is retired to Coolmore America

BELMONT Stakes winner Tiz The Law has been retired from racing after an X-ray revealed bone bruising in the colt’s front leg. He will stand at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, following a deal originally announced in June.

A New York-bred son of the Tapit horse Constitution, Tiz The Law was trained by Barclay Tagg for owners Sackatoga Stable, the same connections having owned and trained Funny Cide, winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

Bought for $110,000 as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton New York Sale, Tiz The Law won the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont as a two-year-old.

He started his three-year-old season by winning the Grade 3 Holy Bull and Grade 1 Florida Derby, both at Gulfstream, impressively. With the Triple Crown races run in reverse order this year, Tiz The Law found himself favourite for the Belmont Stakes in June which he won comfortably, along with the Travers Stakes at Saratoga in August. He raced just two more times, finishing a clear second to Authentic in the Kentucky Derby and fifth behind the same horse in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

This week his owners announced that the horse had severe leg bruising which meant he could not stay in training “without a significant threat of a catastrophic breakdown.”

His retirement coincided with the 83rd birthday of Barclay Tagg.

Tiz The Law will stand at a fee of $40,000 at Ashford Stud.