Tiz the Law, a four-time Grade 1-winning New York-bred, has been retired from racing due to bone bruising and will stand at Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky in 2021, it was announced Wednesday. According to Jack Knowlton, the managing partner of Sackatoga Stable, which raced Tiz the Law, exercise rider Robin Smullen felt something wasn’t right with the colt following a routine gallop Tuesday morning at the Palm Meadows training center in Florida. According to trainer Barclay Tagg, subsequent X-rays revealed some bone bruising at the bottom of the cannon bone on Tiz the Law’s right foreleg. “I had three vets look at the X-rays and every one of them said the next thing could be a facture,” Tagg said. “They didn’t want to take any chances. I can’t blame them.” Added Knowlton: “Basically, the vet said you can’t go on with him racing without a threat of a catastrophic injury. It is, to say the least, disappointing.” Knowlton said one of the reasons he had made a stallion deal with Coolmore, which operates Ashford Stud, was the opportunity to race Tiz the Law as a 4-year-old. Tiz the Law was being pointed to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 23. Tiz the Law had worked five times since arriving at Palm Meadows in November, including a six-furlong move in 1:11.75 on Dec. 16. :: Want to get your Past Performances for free? Click to learn more. Tiz the Law, a son of Constitution, won six of his first seven starts before finishing his career with a record of 6-1-1 from nine starts and earnings of $2,735,300. At 2, he won the Grade 1 Champagne. Tiz the Law kicked off his 3-year-old campaign with a victory in the Grade 3 Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park and then won the Grade 1 Florida Derby. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Triple Crown races to be run out of order this year. In June, Tiz the Law won the Belmont Stakes, shortened from 1 1/2 miles to 1 1/8 miles. On Aug. 8, Tiz the Law romped in the Travers by 5 1/2 lengths. Neither fans nor owners were allowed ontrack for the Belmont. Only a limited number of owners were permitted onsite for the Travers. “Being based in Saratoga and the way he won it with the speed figure [109] that he had, that was certainly the most memorable thing about it,” Knowlton said. “Just being able to, for the first eight months of the year, have a horse like him that ran four times won four races three of them Grade 1s, was just an incredible experience.” Tagg said the Travers was a standout race to him, before adding, “I thought he had some more good ones in him.” Tiz the Law ended his 3-year-old season with a second-place finish to Authentic in the Kentucky Derby and a sixth-place finish to Authentic in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. By winning the Belmont, Tiz the Law enabled Sackatoga and Tagg to complete their personal Triple Crown. In 2003, they campaigned the New York-bred gelding Funny Cide to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness before he finished third in the Belmont. Tagg and Smullen picked Tiz the Law out of the Fasig-Tipton yearling auction in August 2018 at Saratoga and were able to buy him for $110,000. “He had a good mind, he was all race horse, he didn’t do anything wrong,” Tagg said. “We tried not to give him much chance to learn any bad habits. He liked to run, he was very, very efficient, that’s why I couldn’t believe there would ever be anything wrong with him.” Tagg said Tiz the Law was scheduled to leave Palm Meadows at 10 a.m. on Thursday. Coolmore has set Tiz the Law's stud fee at $40,000 and plans to breed him in 2021. He will be available for inspection beginning Monday. “From day one when he broke his maiden at Saratoga we have been watching Tiz the Law closely and he has everything you look for in a stallion prospect,” said Coolmore America manager Dermot Ryan. “He has an outstanding race record, he’s a very good-looking individual and he boasts a strong pedigree. “Barclay Tagg, Robin Smullen and their team have done a fantastic job with him and we are also grateful to Jack Knowlton and his partners in Sackatoga Stable for letting us be a part of him.”