At a glance
- Filly, Ontario-bred, foaled March 10, 2024
- By Constitution out Mrs. Hudson
- Trainer: Kevin Attard
- Acquired at 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale
- Owned in partnership with X-men Racing
Behind the name
Klassen is named in tribute to Cindy Klassen, six-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympic athlete in history.
The Winnipeg speed skating legend’s brilliance at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics gave Canada one of those rare sporting moments that felt bigger than medals alone. Every time Klassen stepped onto the ice, the stakes seemed to rise, and so did the country with her. This wasn’t just about technical skill and excellence. It was a nation watching one of its own turn composure, endurance, and competitive nerve into history.
By the closing ceremonies, Cindy Klassen had won five medals – gold in the 1500 metres, silvers in the 1000 and team pursuit, and two bronze in the 3000 and 5000 – becoming the first Canadian to win five medals at a single Olympic Games. She was named “the woman of the Games” by the IOC President.
Some victories belong to an athlete. Cindy Klassen’s belonged to Canada too.
What made Cindy Klassen’s story resonate so deeply was that her greatness never felt accidental. Long before she earned a bronze medal in 2002 on her journey to becoming one of Canada’s most decorated Winter Olympians, she had competed for Canada at the 1994 Commonwealth Games as a member of the women’s Field Lacrosse Team, joined Canada’s National Junior Women’s Hockey Team in 1996, and represented her nation in In-line Skating at the 1999 Pan Am Games.
Then came a world title in 2003 and a world record set in the 1,500m in 2005 that held for over a decade. She won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada’s female Athlete of the Year in 2005. Klassen captured another world title in 2006, the year she repeated as Canada’s female Athlete of the Year and also won the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s Top Athlete – beating out NBA MVP Steve Nash, MLB American League MVP Justin Morneau, and NHL MVP Joe Thornton. Her world record in the 3,000m remained untouched for more than 13 years.
In 2009, Klassen was honoured by having her legendary Olympic run commemorated on a Royal Canadian Mint quarter – making her one of the few living people other than a reigning monarch to be featured on Canadian coinage. Klassen was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 and into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2019.A dominant athlete and versatile powerhouse known for immense strength and incredible stamina, Klassen was also celebrated for her character and humility, often described as quiet and genuine.
After retiring from competitive skating in 2015 with 18 world medals and six Olympic medals, the iconic champion fulfilled another childhood dream by joining the police force in Calgary in 2003.
Looking back, Klassen’s résumé is as remarkable as the feeling she left behind: the sense of a Canadian athlete carrying the hopes of a country and rising to meet the moment again and again.
About the sire
Constitution was a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling who became a two-time Grade 1 winner for WinStar and partners, taking the 2014 Florida Derby at age three and the 2015 Donn Handicap at four while finishing third in the Clark Handicap. Retiring with a record of 4-0-1 in 8 starts and earnings of $1,031,596, he stood the 2024 through 2026 seasons for a $110,000 fee.
By Tapit out of the Distorted Humor mare Baffled, Constitution brings together the Pulpit/A.P. Indy sire power line with Mr. Prospector influence underneath – a cross that gave him speed, class, and enough stretch to carry it from seven furlongs to nine.
Constitution has sired 8 crops of racing age, 1,162 foals, 877 starters, 81 black-type winners, 4 champions and 661 winners whose progeny earnings total $81,312,495.
His leading progeny include Tiz the Law, a four-time Grade 1 winner of the Belmont S., Travers S., Florida Derby, and Champagne S., with a 6-1-1 record in nine starts and $2,735,300 in earnings; Mindframe, a multiple Grade 1 winner of the Churchill Downs S. and Stephen Foster S., with a 5-2-0 record in nine races and $2,054,580; Catching Freedom, winner of the Louisiana Derby (G2) and Smarty Jones S., with a 3-2-4 mark and $1,458,427 banked in 15 starts; Webslinger, winner of the American Turf (G2) and Audubon S., and $1,433,589 in 20 attempts (5-6-4); Americanrevolution, winner of the Cigar Mile (G1), Empire Classic, and Albany S., and $1,286,810 in 12 starts (5-2-1); and Independence Hall, winner of the Fayette S. (G2) and Nashua S. (G3), who retired after 14 races with a 5-2-2 record and $881,500 in earnings.
About the dam
Mrs. Hudson won 3 of 12 her starts and earned $134,492 before selling for $200,000 as a broodmare at Keeneland in 2017.
By Street Cry (IRE) out of multiple graded stakes winner Sara Louise, she comes from a deep, active female family. Sara Louise won the Top Flight H. (G2), Pocahontas S. (G3), and Victory Ride S. (G3) and earned $400,435, while the next branch of the family includes Grade 2-placed Sara Street and Nash, who compiled a 4-5-2 record in 14 starts and $560,639 in earnings through 2025. It’s a page that has kept producing runners.
Mrs. Hudson is the dam of stakes winner Airosa, winner of the Catch A Glimpse S. at Woodbine, and a Nyquist colt out of Mrs. Hudson topped the 2024 CTHS Premier Yearling Sale at $250,000.
