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C O N S T E L L A T I O N C O N S T E L L A T I O N WinStarFarm.com Stars of Tomorrow 38 Meanwhile, Commissioner is helping build his reputation through his sons and daughters offered at auction. At the OBS March sale, his two-day average of $199,000 was more than 26 times his stud fee. A WinStar favorite from the word go, Commissioner raced as a homebred and was a mere head away from winning the Belmont Stakes (G1). Although denied that Classic victory, he was still a multiple graded stakes winner on the track. In addition to being A.P. Indy's last Classic-placed son at stud, Commissioner is out of the stakes winner Flaming Heart, who is also the dam of graded stakes winner Laugh Track and 2019 TDN Rising Star Intrepid Heart. "I think he is going to surprise a lot of people," said Tugel. "Commissioner is a horse who kind of gets pigeon-holed. Everyone thinks about his Belmont, but this is a horse who broke his maiden as a 2-year-old at Saratoga. He had a lot of precocity, and he comes from a family that is very fast. I know that people really, really like his foals down in Ocala. He is one of the most talked about horses down there. "Commissioner puts a body on them like very few other stallions do. He is putting the bone on them and they are very classy. I think they are going to be a lot earlier hitting the track than what people are typecasting him as. He's always been at the head of his class throughout his life, and I think he's going to continue to do that." The early 2-year-old sales results show that Commissioner's reputation is only continuing to build. His highest priced yearling went for $220,000, and he had juveniles go for $450,000, $225,000, $145,000, and $115,000 during the OBS March sale. Commissioner Gulf Coast Stables paid $450,000 for this filly at OBS March