Pleasant Acres Stallions Reveals 2022 Roster, Fees

Pleasant Acres Stallions is pleased to announce the 2022 stallion fees for Amira's Prince, Bellavia, Breaking Lucky, Bucchero, Curlin's Honor, Gone Astray, Gunnevera, Handsome Mike, Leinster, Long On Value, Neolithic, No Never No More, and Sweetontheladies.

Amira's Prince
(Teofilo (IRE) / Twice The Ease (GB), by Green Desert)
2009 Bay / Entered Stud: 2016 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Amira's Prince is the only Teofilo stallion standing in the U.S. A $250,000 yearling, he has produced $657,338 in progeny earnings to date, with 13 winners, including Sister Otoole, second in the Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes; and Galileta, third in the Emerald Distaff Handicap.

Bellavia
(Honor Code / Glacken's Gal, by Smoke Glacken)
2017 Bay / Enters Stud: 2022 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Bellavia is the only Honor Code stallion standing in Florida. With an exceptional pedigree that includes an exemplary female line, Bellavia is an exciting addition for Florida breeders. His first dam, Glacken's Gal, won the $100,000 Astoria Stakes, and went on to become a successful broodmare, producing Grade 2 winner Live Lively, earner of $280,000, and Indian Miss, dam of millionaire champion male sprinter and multiple Grade 1 winner Mitole and Grade 1 winner Hot Rod Charlie. His second dam, Lady Diplomat, produced $1 million in progeny earnings including three black type winners. His third dam, Mercedes Miss, is the dam of stakes-winner Missme. His fourth dam, Kermis, produced 11 winners from 13 starters and more than $1.2 million in progeny earnings, including two black type winners and one black type-placed runner.

Breaking Lucky
(Lookin at Lucky / Shooting Party, by Sky Classic)
2012 Chestnut / Entered Stud: 2020 / 2022 Fee: $5,000

Breaking Lucky is the only Lookin at Lucky stallion standing in Florida. Breaking Lucky is a graded stakes-winning and multiple Grade 1-placed millionaire who won at 6 1/2 furlongs to over a mile with triple-digit Beyer speed. At three, Breaking Lucky broke his maiden sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs in his second start, before stretching out to win the 2015 Prince of Wales Stakes – the second leg of Canada's Triple Crown. He won the 2016 G3 Seagram Cup Stakes and placed in the G1 Clark Handicap, G1 Whitney Stakes, and G1 Stephen Foster Handicap. Lookin at Lucky is the sire of 15 Grade 1 winners including Accelerate, Country House, Look Pen, Wow Cat, El Picaro, etc. Breaking Lucky's first crop are yearlings of 2022.

Bucchero
(Kantharos / Meetmeontime, by General Meeting)
2012 Chestnut / Entered Stud: 2019 / 2022 Fee: $5,000

Bucchero is the only Kantharos stallion standing in Florida. After covering 372 mares in his first three seasons at stud, Bucchero will continue to stand for $5,000 in 2022. The excitement generated by one of the most popular new stallions in Florida in recent memory carried over into the sales ring, as his first-crop yearlings proved popular. After posting solid results in the OBS January sale – featuring a $45,000 short yearling bought by Morris Bloodstock – the momentum continued into the fall Keeneland and OBS sales, with a filly out of Sliver of Hope selling to Albert Davis for $75,000 at the OBS October sale. Overall, his 12 yearlings sold this fall averaged $32,417, more than five times his advertised stud fee. Bucchero's first crop are 2-year-olds of 2022.

Curlin's Honor
(Curlin / Franscat, by Stormin Fever)
2015 Chestnut / Entered Stud: 2021 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Curlin's Honor bred 68 mares his first season. A son of Curlin, he was a $475,000 yearling and a $1.5-million 2-year-old. Trained by Mark Casse, he was in the money in 12 of 17 starts. A graded stakes-placed black type winner, he won the $100,000 Woodstock Stakes and the $150,000 Artie Schiller Stakes. He placed second in the $100,000 Paradise Creek Stakes, the $125,000, G3 Ontario Derby, and the $175,000, G2 King Edward Stakes. He was third in the $175,000, G2 Connaught Cup Stakes, the $175,000, G2 Play the King Stakes, the $125,000, G3 Jacques Cartier Stakes, and the $125,000, G3 Bold Venture Stakes. Curlin's Honor's first foals arrive in 2022.

Gone Astray
(Dixie Union / Illicit, by Mr. Prospector)
2006 Dark Bay / Entered Stud: 2012 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Gone Astray is the only Dixie Union stallion standing in Florida. He is a multiple graded stakes winner of $1.1 million who entered into stud in 2012 and has been a prolific and consistent producer and perennial top 10 Florida sire with nearly $13 million in progeny earnings to date. He has 179 winners including one champion, one Grade 1 winner, two graded stakes winners, and 10 black type winners. The sire of Three Rules – who swept the Florida Sire Stakes Series by a combined 22 1/2 lengths and won the G3 Carry Back Stakes and second in the G2 Swale Stakes; Noble Drama won the FTBOA Silver Charm Florida Sire Stakes, the FTBOA Florida Sire Wildcat Heir Stakes, the Sunshine Millions Classic, and the Sheer Drama Stakes, and was ranked the sixth 2-year-old female by North American Earnings in 2017; Shifty She, who won the Powder Break Stakes, the Ginger Punch Stakes and the G3 Noble Damsel Stakes; and Gaivina (BRZ), who won the G1 Grande Premio Diana. Gone Astray is also the sire of Pregonera – champion 3-year-old filly in Venezuela.

Gunnevera
(Dialed In / Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled)
2014 Chestnut / Entered Stud: 2021 / 2022 Fee: $6,000

Gunnevera is the only Dialed In son standing at stud anywhere in the world and was the top first-year sire in Florida in 2021 with 105 mares bred. He is the highest earner on the track to ever stand in Florida with earnings of $5,561,800 – averaging $264,848 per start. Gunnevera is by G1 Florida Derby and G3 Holy Bull Stakes winner Dialed In. With more than $26 million in progeny earnings to date, Dialed In has produced 36 black type horses, 19 graded stakes horses, 15 black type winners, and 2 Grade 1 winners. Gunnevera is out of Unbridled Rage, by leading sire Unbridled, who earned $4,489,474 and won the G1 Florida Derby, the G1 Kentucky Derby, and the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic. Gunnevera's first foals arrive in 2022.

Handsome Mike
(Scat Daddy / Classic Strike, by Smart Strike)
2009 Dark Bay / Entered Stud: 2015 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Handsome Mike is by perennial leading North American Sire Scat Daddy. Handsome Mike finished first, second or third in nine stakes – eight graded – at distances from six furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, on dirt and turf, while earning $1,005,413. He is the sire of 66 winners from 95 runners through his fourth crop with lifetime progeny earnings to date of $3,826,803. He has six stakes-placed runners, including Here Comes Jackie (6 wins, $291,085) and Naughty Me (5 wins, $140,271). He is also sire of Running for Riz, (4 wins and winner by 3 lengths at Gulfstream Park with 4 1/2 furlongs in :51.68, four-fifths of a second off the course record, $181,322); Sir Seamus (6 wins, $158,510); and John's Promise (6 wins, $130,743).

Leinster
(Majestic Warrior / Vassar, by Royal Academy)
2015 Bay / Enters Stud: 2022 / 2022 Fee: $5,000

Leinster is the only Majestic Warrior stallion standing in Florida. He is a four-time graded stakes winner with a 6-6-5 record from 24 starts. He is a half-brother to two-time Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Stormy Liberal. Leinster won the G3 Troy Stakes where he set a track record covering 5 1/2 furlongs on the Mellon Turf in 1:00.23. He went on to set a Keeneland course record of 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:00.86 in the $150,000, G2 Shakertown Stakes. At five, Leinster added to his impressive resume by winning the $150,000, G2 Woodford Stakes and in his final campaign, won the $100,000, G3 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes.

Long On Value
(Value Plus / Long Message, by Orientate)
2011 Bay / Entered Stud: 2019 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Long On Value is a Grade 1 winner and multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire who earned seven triple-digit Beyers throughout his career. He campaigned in the U.S., Canada, England, and Dubai. He won eight stakes, including the G1 Highlander, the G2 Twilight Derby, and the G3 Canadian Turf. He was second in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai. Long On Value was a versatile athlete who won on dirt and turf, going short and long. He finished in the top four in 22 races – 12 graded. Long On Value's first crop are 2-year-olds of 2022.

Neolithic
(Harlan's Holiday / Swingit, by Victory Gallop)
2013 Dark Bay/ Entered Stud: 2018 / 2022 Fee: $5,000

Neolithic is the only Harlan's Holiday son standing in Florida. Neolithic's first crop has produced one black type winner and two black type-placed runner in 2021. His 2-year-olds have averaged 6.5 times his published stud fee and have sold for $130,000, $120,000, $82,000, etc. His first crop has proven to be precocious with three of his top five runners won in maiden special weight company and the other two won $50,000 maiden claimers in their first try. Make It Big – a $120,000 OBS 2-year-old purchase – won the Ocala Stud Juvenile Sprint Stakes three weeks after breaking his maiden. Cattin – third in the FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality Stakes – also broke his maiden in his first try, as did Stone Beauty – a $130,000 purchase at the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. Splenda Gail – a $70,000 OBS June 2-year-olds in training purchase, and El Profe, both won in their first try. Neolithic's first crop are 2-year-olds of 2022.

No Never No More
(Scat Daddy / Whostheclownnow, by Tiznow)
2015 Dark Bay / Entered Stud: 2019 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

No Never No More is a three-quarters brother to Grade 1 winner and leading European first-crop sire (2018) No Nay Never – who in six starts had four wins and two seconds. He won the G2 Norfolk Stakes and the G1 Darley Prix Morny. The champion European first-crop sire of 2018 and sire of a champion from that crop, No Nay Never stands in Ireland at Coolmore for 125,000 euros. His yearlings in 2021 sold for up to $450,000 and to date, he has 31 black type winners, 54 black type-placed runners, 15 graded stakes winners, and two Grade 1 winners from his first three crops. No Never No More entered stud in Maryland and his first crop are 2-year-olds of 2022.

Sweetontheladies
(Twirling Candy / Whataclassybroad, by Yankee Gentleman)
2014 Gray / Entered Stud: 2021 / 2022 Fee: $2,500

Sweetontheladies is the only Twirling Candy stallion standing in Florida and is one of only three Twirling Candy sons at stud anywhere. Twirling Candy is sire of 358 winners – six Grade 1 winners, 12 graded stakes winners, 31 black type winners, 71 black type-placed runners – with $40,738,291 in progeny earnings to date. Standing at Lane's End for $60,000, his graded stakes performers in 2021 include G1 Preakness winner Rombauer, G1 Del Mar Futurity winner Pinehurst, and Gear Jockey, who won the G3 FanDuel Turf Sprint. Sweetontheladies was a precocious black type winner and graded stakes-placed sprinter who earned $408,012 with a record of 4-5-6. Sweetontheladies' first foals arrive in 2022.

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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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First Starter Is A Winner For Florida Sire Neolithic

The first runner for multiple Grade 1-placed Neolithic, El Profe (out of Boston Maggie, by Boston Harbor), was also his first winner, running impeccably at Gulfstream Park today with an exciting wire-to-wire finish for first in the second race.

Trained by Angel M. Rodriguez and bred by Angel Hernandez and Jose Perez, El Profe sped to the front right out of the gate with an alert getaway, showed the way on the inside of the stretch, and continued to remain clear to the finish line earning a check of $28,550 from the $45,500 purse.

Neolithic is the highest earner by sire-of-sire Harlan's Holiday. During his career, Neolithic earned a total of $2,278,028 with three wins, four seconds, and three thirds.

He placed second in the Grade 2 Hagyard Fayette Stakes and the G3 Discovery Stakes. He was third in the G1 Woodward Stakes, the G1 Dubai World Cup, and the G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes. He recorded three triple-digit Beyers: 106, 102, and 100.

Neolithic stands for $5,000 with stallions Amira's Prince, Breaking Lucky, Bucchero, Curlin's Honor, Gunnevera, Handsome Mike, Long On Value, Ride On Curlin, Squadron A, and  Sweetontheladies at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala, Fla.

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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Neolithic Filly Fastest At Second OBS June Under Tack Session

Hip No. 344, Platinum Beauty, a gray or roan filly by Neolithic consigned by Rolling Meadows Farm, Inc., worked three eighths in :32 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age. Out of stakes winner Frost Princess, by Waquoit, she's a half sister to stakes placed Gran Greyfrost.

Hip No. 258, a daughter of Practical Joke consigned by Top Line Sales LLC Agent, turned in the session's fastest quarter, clocked in :21 1/5. The chestnut filly is out of stakes placed Devious d'Oro, by Medaglia d'Oro, a half sister to graded stakes winner Devious Intent.

Six youngsters worked quarters in :21 2/5.

  • Hip No. 204, a dark bay or brown filly by Connect consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, is out of C J's Gal, by Awesome Again, a daughter of graded stakes placed C J's Leelee.
  • Hip No. 283, Theregoesmydream, a chestnut filly by Social Inclusion consigned by Silvestre Chavez Thoroughbreds, Agent, is out of Eclipticalsrosette, by Storm Wolf, a daughter of stakes placed Sophisticated Sis.
  • Hip No. 296, Aztec, consigned by Journeyman Bloodstock Services, Inc. (Brent & Crystal Fernung), Agent, is a bay colt by Khozan out of Ephyra, by Corinthian, a half sister to graded stakes placed stakes winner Leonides.
  • Hip No. 324, a bay colt by Unified consigned by Fast Horses, is out of Flatter You, by Flatter, a half sister to Grade 1-placed Ma Can Do It.
  • Hip No. 328, a bay filly by Twirling Candy consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent, is out of Folksy, by Midway Road, a half sister to stakes winner Supermason.
  • Hip No. 337, consigned by Victory Stable, is a gray or roan filly by Keen Ice out of Form Fitting, by Tapit, a daughter of stakes winner Fashion Girl.

Eight horses shared honors for the fastest eighth, stopping the timer in :10 flat.

  • Hip No. 242, a bay colt by Gone Astray consigned by Two Oaks Equine, is a half brother to stakes winning OBS graduate Diadura out of stakes winning OBS graduate Daytime Promise, by Five Star Day.
  • Hip No. 255, a dark bay or brown filly by Pioneerof the Nile consigned by Hidden Brook, Agent, is out of Desert Illusion, by Sky Mesa, a half sister to grade one stakes winner Dream Dancing.
  • Hip No. 313, Tap in Tune, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is a dark bay or brown filly by Macleans Music out of Fashion Tap, by Tapit, a daughter of graded stakes winner First Passage.
  • Hip No. 315, Speightful Sis, a dark bay or brown filly by Country Day consigned by Silvestre Chavez Thoroughbreds, Agent, is out of Fay Ro's Sis, by Pioneerof the Nile, from the family of champion OBS graduate Riker.
  • Hip No. 319, a bay colt by Quality Road consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, is a half brother to stakes placed Burger and Fries (FR) out of Figarie, by Bernardini, a daughter of champion Flanders.
  • Hip No. 339, consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, Agent, is a chestnut filly by Palace out of Foxy Posse, by Posse, from the family of graded stakes placed stakes winning OBS June graduate Qahira.
  • Hip No. 345, also consigned by de Meric Sales, is a gray or roan filly by Street Sense out of Froyo Star, by Rockport Harbor, a half sister to Grade 1 winner Sweet Reason.
  • Hip No. 363, a dark bay or brown filly by Uncaptured consigned by Blas Perez Stables, Agent, is out of Goldenlegacy'shope, by Warrior's Reward, from the family of grade one stakes winner Cape Blanco (IRE).

Hip No. 271, Icy Storm, galloped through the stretch today, a winner at first asking in a maiden special weight test at Indiana Grand on May 3. The dark bay or brown colt, consigned by Silvestre Chavez Thoroughbreds, Agent, is out of Downton My Lady, by Pioneerof the Nile, from the family of graded stakes winner Sovereign Kitty.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. with Hip No.'s 371 – 554 scheduled to breeze.

To view the full under-tack show results, click here.

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