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Bellavia to Stand at Pleasant Acres

Bellavia (Honor Code–Glacken's Gal, by Smoke Glacken) will stand at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Florida for the 2022 breeding season for a $2,500 fee.

Raced in partnership by Bella Inizio Farm, Fred Rosen, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables and Randy Bradshaw, the 4-year-old retires with a record of 3-1-1-0 and earnings of $59,7000. The Jena Antonucci trainee's lone win was in a maiden special at Belmont in October of 2019.

“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 I-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.”

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Three Rules Retired To Wesfield Farm In Florida

Three Rules, named the Florida-bred Horse of the Year and champion 2-year-old male in 2016 after sweeping the male division of the prestigious FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes that year, has been retired and will stand the 2022 breeding season at Robert Smith's Wesfield Farm in Ocala, Fla.

The graded stakes-winning son of Gone Astray out of Joy Rules, by Full Mandate won the first five races of his career for trainer Jose Pinchin including the $75,000 Birdonthewire Stakes by five lengths at Gulfstream Park in his second start on July 2 of 2016. He then went on to dominate the $100,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager in early August, winning the six furlong test by seven lengths while earning a 92 Beyer Speed Figure and setting the stakes record in 1:09.49 that continues to stand today. He then won the $300,000 Affirmed by five-and-a-half lengths over seven furlongs on Sept. 3 before crushing his rivals with a 10-length romp in the $500,000 In Reality going a mile-and-one-sixteenth.

Three Rules finished his juvenile year by traveling to Santa Anita for the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile and finished sixth behind winner Classic Empire with now popular stallions Not This Time and Practical Joke finishing second and third.

Three Rules was bred in Florida and raced for Bert Pilcher in the name of his Shade Tree Thoroughbreds in partnership with Geoff Roy and Tom Fitzgerald, both of Toronto, who are all still partners in the horse.

“Robert Smith at Wesfield will stand Three Rules for us,” Pilcher said. “He wants to breed some of his mares to him and some of his clients have inquired about breeding some of their mares. Of course, I will be supporting him and I have clients who are excited to see him at stud and plan to breed their mares to him. I think he will be very popular in Florida and I think he will produce a very nice race horse.

“He was a fabulous 2-year-old who only lost one race that year and that came in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and he beat some nice horses in that race. And then he competed well in the [Kentucky Derby] preps at Gulfstream before becoming a graded stakes-winner later that year.”

He began his sophomore year on the Kentucky Derby trail with a second-place finish to Favorable Outcome in the Grade 2 Swale before finishing third behind winner Gunnevera in the G2 Fountain of Youth, both at Gulfstream Park in February and March respectively. He then finished fifth in the G1 Xpressbet Florida Derby won by eventual Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming at Gulfstream on April 1.

Later in 2017, Three Rules was third in the $200,000 Chick Lang Stakes won by future graded stakes-winner Recruiting Ready at Laurel before winning the Grade 3 Carry Back at Gulfstream in July, defeating future multiple stakes-winner Mo Cash.

Three Rules finished his career with six wins, two seconds and two thirds while earning $972,825.

His fee has not been announced.

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No Never No More Relocated To Pleasant Acres Stallions In Florida For 2022

Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the son of Scat Daddy – No Never No More – will stand in Florida for the 2022 breeding season with a $2,500 fee.

Scat Daddy (Johannesburg / Love Style, by Mr. Prospector) was a multiple Grade 1 winner of $1,334,300. The sire of eight crops of racing age, he has had 134 stakes winners, 15 champions, and 791 winners who have earned a combined $93,255,766. According to BloodHorse MarketWatch data, in 2018, 24 of the 31 Scat Daddy 2-year-olds sold for $11,976,015.

“No Never No More is a handsome, athletic individual with a lovely head and kind eye. He exudes pure class as his pedigree would suggest,” said owner Irwin Olian of Tigertail Ranch.

No Never No More's first dam, Whosetheclownnow (Tiznow / Comical Cat, by Exceller) is by Tiznow, an exceptional racehorse who was on the board 14 out of 15 starts and finished his career at almost $6.5 million. A remarkable son of one of California's most successful sires, Cee's Tizzy, Tiznow is the only two-time Breeders' Cup Classic winner.

Retired last year from breeding, Tiznow was on the stallion roster for WinStar for almost 20 years with a stud fee that peaked at $75,000. Upon his retirement, his daughters had produced 37 stakes winners including Tiz the Law – winner of the Grade 1 Curlin Florida Derby, the G1 Champagne Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, and the G1 Runhappy Travers Stakes.

Whosetheclownnow is a half-sister to Cat's Eye Witness (Elusive Quality / Comical Cat, by Exceller) who produced $752,077 in progeny earnings with three winners out of four starters. She is the dam of No Nay Never (Scat Daddy / Cat's Eye Witness, by Elusive Quality) who was on the board six out of six starts with four firsts and two seconds.

A precocious athlete, No Nay Never broke his maiden in his first attempt and then went on to win the G2 Norfolk Stakes in Ascot and the G1 Darley Pix Morny in Deauville with his next two starts. A champion first-crop sire of 2018 and the sire of a champion from his first crop, No Nay Never stands in Ireland at Coolmore for €125,000. His yearlings in 2021 sold for up to $450,000.

No Never No More joins stallions Amira's Prince, Breaking Lucky, Bucchero, Curlin's Honor, Gunnevera, Handsome Mike, Long On Value, Neolithic, 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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Chance It Retired To Journeyman Stud In Florida

Florida-bred Chance It, a winner of two of the three legs of the prestigious FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes in 2019 at Gulfstream Park, has been retired and will stand the 2022 breeding season at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla.

“We're excited to stand Chance It here at Journeyman next year,” said Journeyman's Brent Fernung. “He is a beloved Florida-bred racehorse that displayed tons of talent. Had he not got injured, I'm sure he would have annexed at least one Grade 1 stake before he was finished. Chance It won from six furlongs to a mile and a sixteenth and showed indications that he would have won going further. It'll be a pleasure to work with Mary and her entire team.”

Chance It was trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. for Shooting Star Thoroughbreds, a syndicate managed by Mary Lightner of Ocala, Fla.

Chance It won the $100,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager over six furlongs by 3 1/4 lengths on Aug. 3 of 2019 before dominating the $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes In Reality two starts later in September, winning the 1 1/16-mile test by 7 1/4 lengths. He was also second, missing by just a head to Liam's Lucky Charm, in the $200,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Affirmed going seven furlongs on Aug. 31.

By Currency Swap out of Vagabon Diva, by Pleasantly Perfect, Chance It started his sophomore campaign with victory in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man on Jan. 4, 2020 at Gulfstream Park, achieving a Beyer Speed Figure of 99 while defeating stakes-winner As Seen On Tv and future graded stakes-winner Sole Volante.

In four starts this year, Chance It was second twice including a runner-up performance in the Grade 3 Smile Sprint over six furlongs at Gulfstream Park on July 3 and third in the G1 Forego going seven furlongs at Saratoga on Aug. 28 while earning a 97 Beyer. He was retired after his final start in the G2 Kelso at Belmont Park on Sept. 25 when he suffered a minor injury to his left front leg.

Chance It, who was bred in the Sunshine State by Bett Usher, finished his career with four wins, four seconds and a third in 11 lifetime races while earning $583,330.

The handsome bay colt will join a stellar stallion roster at Journeyman Stud that includes Khozan, the leading sire in Florida in 2020 and 2021; St Patrick's Day, who is a full-brother to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah; and Mr. Money, a winner of four graded stakes as a 3-year-old.

Chance It's fee for the 2022 breeding season has not been announced.

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