Month: October 2021

Bellavia Retired To Pleasant Acres Stallions In Florida

Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the arrival of Bellavia (Honor Code / Glacken's Gal, by Smoke Glacken) – who will stand in Florida for the 2022 breeding season for a $2,500 fee.

Bellavia's female line has proven exemplary in each generation. His first dam, Glacken's Gal (Smoke Glacken / Lady Diplomat, by Silver Deputy) broke her maiden in her first attempt and two months later won the $100,000 Astoria Stakes (Listed) at Belmont.

A talented athlete on the track, Glacken's Gal has truly shined as a broodmare. She produced Live Lively who, after earning $280,300 racing, foaled Indian Miss – the dam of millionaire champion male sprinter and multiple Grade 1 winner Mitole and the upcoming Breeders' Cup Classic contender and millionaire Grade 1 winner Hot Rod Charlie.

Bellavia's second dam, Lady Diplomat, by Silver Deputy, produced almost $1 million in progeny earnings with nine winners from 12 starters, including three black type winners. His third dam, Mercedes Miss, by Carr de Naskra, produced stakes winner Missme and multiple black type-placed winners. His fourth dam, Kermis, by Graustark, produced 11 winners from 13 starters and more than $1.2 million in progeny earnings – including two black type winners and one black type placer.

“At Pleasant Acres Stallions, we are always searching for the most impressive sire lines to bring to our Florida breeders,” said Joe Barbazon. “Bellavia is by champion dual Grade 1-winning Honor Code and is not only the first Honor Code to stand in Florida, he is the second Honor Code to date to stand anywhere. His commanding presence and impressive build is just like his sire and his grandsire A.P. Indy.”

Bellavia's sire, 2015 champion older horse Honor Code (A.P. Indy / Serena's Cat, by Storm Cat) averaged $345,943 per start in 2015, with career earnings of more than $2.5 million and a record of 6/2/2 from 11 starts. He is a multiple Grade 1 winner and is from the last crop by A.P. Indy.

Honor Code won the G1 Metropolitan Handicap (112 Beyer), the G1 Whitney Stakes (113 Beyer), the G2 Gulfstream Park Handicap and the G2 Remsen Stakes He is the ninth horse in history to win the Met Mile and the Whitney in the same year and still holds the third-highest Beyer (112) up to a mile in 2015. Max Player, by Honor Code, is a 2021 Breeders' Cup Classic contender.

Bellavia joins stallions Amira's Prince, Breaking Lucky, Bucchero, Curlin's Honor, Gunnevera, Handsome Mike, Long On Value, Neolithic, No Never No More, Ride On Curlin, and Sweetontheladies, at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala.

Pleasant Acres Stallions has received many accolades for excellence, including 2017 Florida Freshman Sire of the Year for Poseidon's Warrior, 2017 DRF Florida-bred Beyer Award, 2009 Florida Breeder of the Year, 2009 Florida Broodmare of the Year, Breeder of the 2009 Florida Horse of the Year, and was ranked third in the nation for leading breeders in 2009 by average earnings per starter with 10 or more starters.

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Daughter of Madame Chiang Starts at Newcastle

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features a daughter of Group 1 winner Madame Chiang (GB) (Archipenko).

1.15 Newmarket, Mdn, £12,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
AMANZOE (IRE) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) debuts for The Starship Partnership II in the silks that her full-brother Rivet (Ire) carried to success in the 2016 G1 Racing Post Trophy. Also a full-sibling of the G3 Lion Rock Trophy winner Booming Delight (Ire) known as Out and About when racing in this country and a half to the G3 Gallinule S. scorer Alexander Pope (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) who was re-named Packing Tycoon in Hong Kong, the William Haggas-trained bay appears the stable's second-string on jockey bookings behind James Wigan's fellow newcomer Queenlet (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), whose dam is a full-sister to the top-class Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

 

5.20 Newcastle, Mdn, £6,800, 2yo, f, 8f 5y (AWT)
CHING SHIH (IRE) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) is the third foal out of Kirsten Rausing's 2014 G1 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares S. heroine Madame Chiang (GB) (Archipenko), whose first was the recent Listed Prix Luth Enchantee winner Oriental Mystique (GB) (Kingman {GB}). That filly, who like the dam and this March-foaled bay, is in the care of David Simcock, was also second in last year's G2 Prix de Malleret and third in the G3 Hoppings Fillies' S. on the Tapeta here in June.

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Mr Speaker Sold To Forks Of The Paluxy Farm In Texas

Grade 1 winner Mr Speaker has been purchased by Lori and Mark Collinsworth and will be relocating to their Forks of the Paluxy Farm in Bluff Dale, Texas for the 2022 breeding season.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to stand a horse of Mr Speaker's caliber in Texas,” said Mark Collinsworth. “He was a very talented racehorse, and he is off to a great start in his stallion career with a number of stakes horses already to his credit. With the creation of new Texas-sired stakes races this year and the purse increases we have seen recently in Texas, we are thrilled to offer a stallion with his proven credentials to Texas breeders.”

Mr Speaker is currently represented by four Northern Hemisphere crops of racing age. His top progeny to date includes Grade 1 winner Speech, who annexed the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland as a 3-year-old, and impressive 2021 juvenile stakes winners Speaking and Ironstone. From just 135 foals of racing age, Mr Speaker has produced average earnings of over $47,000 per starter.

A multiple graded stakes winner on dual surfaces, and an earner of over $1.2 million on the racetrack, Mr Speaker won six of his 18 careers starts and finished on the board 11 times in his career. His career highlight came in his 3-year-old season, winning the G1 Belmont Derby over an internationally renowned field that included eight graded stakes winners. In addition to his Grade 1 win, Mr. Speaker added graded stakes victories in the G2 Commonwealth Cup at Laurel Park, the G3 Lexington at Keeneland, and the G3 Dania Beach at Gulfstream Park.

Mr Speaker is from one of the last crops by sire-of-sires Pulpit and hails from a deep Phipps Stable pedigree. Out of the Unbridled mare Salute, Mr Speaker is a half-brother to Grade 3 winner Fire Away. His second dam is the undefeated, Hall-of-Fame member Personal Ensign.

Mr Speaker will stand for $5,000.

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