First Foal Is A Colt For Pleasant Acres Stallions’ Gunnevera

Pleasant Acres Stallions is excited to announce the arrival of Gunnevera's first foal – a colt out of Brass Cat (Bluegrass Cat / South Wing, by Dixie Brass).

Gunnevera began his stallion career at Pleasant Acres Stallions in 2021 and stands for $6,000. He retired with six wins from 21 starts ­– where he hit the board in a total of six Grade 1 events ­– with earnings of $5,561,800 and an average of $264,848 per start.

Gunnevera had an exciting career, beating multiple Grade 1 winners including Always Dreaming, West Coast, Practical Joke, and Classic Empire – as well as betting two stallions currently standing in Florida twice each – Girvin in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes and the Kentucky Derby, and Seeking the Soul in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes and the G1 Woodward Stakes.

“Gunnevera started life off as a bottle-fed orphan at 10 days old. The big chestnut colt went on to race, win, and place at the highest level and in some of the most prestigious races around the world,” said Helen Barbazon. “It's very exciting to see him produce such an exceptional colt in his first crop. We look forward to following this beautiful foal's career.”

Gunnevera was a precocious 2-year-old that won the G2 Saratoga Special Stakes one month after winning his maiden special weight. He then went on to win the G3 $1-million Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes just three months later.

At three, he captured the G2 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes and then finished third in the G1 Florida Derby. In the same year, Gunnevera won Gulfstream's black type Tangelo Stakes and was runner-up in the G1 Travers Stakes, as well as the G2 Lambholm South Holy Bull Stakes. As a 4-year-old, he placed second in the G1 Woodward Stakes and the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic, and third in the G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational. His last race was the G1 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline in 2019, where he placed third.

The colt's dam ­– Brass Cat – by Bluegrass Cat – is out of South Wing, by Dixie Brass. She has already produced one winner from one starter – the 2019 Hard Rock Gold – who broke his maiden in his second start at Laurel Park.

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MGSW Gunnevera Represented by First Foal

Pleasant Acres Stallions' Gunnevera (Dialed In–Unbridled Rage, by Mineshaft) was represented by his first foal, a colt out of Brass Cat (Bluegrass Cat), dam of Laurel winner Hard Rock Gold. The 2017 GII XpressBet Fountain of Youth S. winner Gunnevera, who began his stud career at Pleasant Acres Stallions in 2021, stands for $6,000. A winner of six career starts, he hit the board in six Grade I events before retiring with earnings of $5,561,800.

“Gunnevera started life off as a bottle-fed orphan at 10 days old. The big chestnut colt went on to race, win, and place at the highest level and in some of the most prestigious races around the world,” said Helen Barbazon. “It's very exciting to see him produce such an exceptional colt in his first crop. We look forward to following this beautiful foal's career.”

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PR Back Ring Fasig-Tipton July HORA And Breeding Stock Sale: How Well Has The Thoroughbred Industry Embraced Online Auctions?

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The latest issue of the PR Back Ring is now online, ahead of the Fasig-Tipton July Horse of Racing Age and Breeding Stock Sale.

The PR Back Ring is the Paulick Report's new bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

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  • Lead Feature: A year after North America's auction houses rolled out online bidding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills takes a comprehensive look back at what worked, what didn't, and where we go from here with the various methods of buying Thoroughbreds on the web.
  • Stallion Spotlight: Helen Barbazon of Pleasant Acres Stallions on multiple Grade 1-placed Neolithic, a freshman sire in Florida.
  • Lesson Horses Presented By John Deere Equine Discount Program: Consignor Cary Frommer shares what the seven-figure juvenile Inca Chief taught her about how a community can support a horse at the end of his racing career.
  • Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Veteran campaigner Wait For It regains the top spot among incentive earners in the lucrative Pennsylvania program through the end of May.
  • First-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the Fasig-Tipton July sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised.

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