Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the arrival of Doppelganger (Into Mischief / Twice the Lady, by Quiet American) – who will stand in Florida in 2024 for $10,000.
“A TDN Rising Star by Into Mischief has arrived in Florida for our breeders,” said Pleasant Acres Stallions owner Joe Barbazon. “Bred on the same crossover Fappiano-line mares as Champion and mutiple Grade 1 winner Covfefe and graded stakes winner Maximus Mischief, we are confident he will make an impressive impact on future Florida crops.”
Doppelganger – a $570,000 Fasig-Tipton Selected Showcase yearling – broke his maiden in his debut at two with a performance that awarded him the coveted title of TDN Rising Star for his 3 ½ length score at the Los Alamitos Thoroughbred meet. He became Into Mischief's 29th Rising Star, joining an elite group of talent including Life Is Good ($85,000 stud fee), Mandaloun ($20,000 fee), and Goldencents.
“When we saw him at the sale the whole team, Bob, Tom, and myself, agreed he was an absolute must have,” said Donato Lanni. “I am looking forward to seeing his babies hit the sales in a couple of years.”
At three he ran at Santa Anita and placed in the G2 San Felipe Stakes and G3 Affirmed Stakes. With four wins at four, Doppelganger captured the G1 Carter Handicap Presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct as well as the Battery Park Stakes at Delaware Park.
Doppelganger's sire, Into Mischief – a four-time reigning champion general sire – stands for $250,000 at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky. He has $162,647,320 in progeny earnings with $149,795 average earnings per runner. He's had 140 (11.4 percent) black type winners and 259 (21 percent) black type placed runners. Currently he has 68 graded stakes winners and 18 Grade 1 winners. Continuing to break his own records, Into Mischief averaged nearly $600,000 for weanlings and close to $700,000 for yearlings in the sales ring in 2023 – a substantial increase from the prior year.
Doppelganger is out of the Quiet American mare Twice the Lady – a stakes winner and multiple stakes placed performer who was nearly 70 percent in the money.
His second dam, Catherine's Crown (Chief's Crown) is the dam of Michelle's Crown – the producer of Louisiana Champions Day Turf Stakes and Louisiana Showcase Turf Stakes winner Snakebite Kit. Catherine's Crown is the granddam of stakes winner Savingtime. Doppelganger's third dam – Catherine's Bet – was a Grade 2 winner and the dam of champion 3-year-old filly Blushing Katy and Midnight Bet – a multiple stakes winner of nearly $3 million in Japan.
Doppelganger joins stallions Amira's Prince (Teofilo), Bodexpress (Bodemeister), Chess Chief (Into Mischief), Curlin's Honor (Curlin), Gone Astray (Dixie Union), Gunnevera (Dialed In), Leinster (Majestic Warrior), Magic on Tap (Tapit), Neolithic (Harlan's Holiday), No Never No More (Scat Daddy), and Sweetontheladies (Twirling Candy), at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala.
Pleasant Acres Stallions has received many accolades for excellence, including 2021 Florida Freshman Sire of the Year for Neolithic, 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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