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Grade 2 Winner Rushie Retired To Pleasant Acres Stallions In Florida

Pleasant Acres Stallions is excited to announce the arrival of Rushie (Liam's Map / Conquest Angel, by Colonel John) to their stallion barn.

Brokered by Jacob West, the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile winner was acquired by a partnership and then sent to Florida for the 2022 breeding season.

Out of the first crop by Liam's Map, Florida-bred Rushie first entered the Kentucky Derby trail after breaking his maiden in his first start at three, followed by a pair of third place finishes in the G1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (to Honor A.P. and Authentic), and the G2 Toyota Blue Grass stakes (to Art Collector and Swiss Skydiver).

Trainer Michael McCarthy and owners James and Donna Daniell ran Rushie in the G2 Pat Day Mile on the Derby undercard where he earned a graded stakes win that day, finishing the mile in 1:34:41. In total, Rushie earned nearly $700,000 and in 2020, averaged close to $72,000 in earnings per start.

“We are very pleased to have Rushie join our roster of exceptional stallions in Florida. Right now, there are only three stallions by Liam's Map being offered to breeders in 2022 – two are standing in Kentucky at Spendthrift and Airdrie Stud, and Rushie is here at Pleasant Acres Stallions,” said Joe Barbazon. “Being able to expand the Liam's Map bloodline to our Florida breeders is very exciting!”

Rushie's sire, Liam's Map (Unbridled's Song / Miss Macy Sue, by Trippi) is a two-time Grade 1 winner of more than $1.3 million. The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner had six wins and two seconds from eight starts with a total of six triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures – topping his career with 114 Beyers in his G1 Woodward and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile victories. He is proving himself a successful stallion and currently leads all North American third crop sires by cumulative Grade 1 winners. His 2-year-olds have sold for up to $1.2 million and his yearlings have sold for $500,000, $450,000, $400,000, etc.

Rushie's first dam, Conquest Angel (Colonel John / More Oats Please, by Smart Strike) was a $300,000 OBS April 2-year-old in training purchase. She is by multiple Grade 1 winner millionaire Colonel John (Tiznow / Sweet Damsel, by Turkoman). His second dam, More Oats Please, has produced three winners from five starters, including Peace and War – a Grade 1 winner that started as a $300,000 yearling, went on to become a $1.5-million Fasig-Tipton mixed sale purchase, and then was sold for $1.45 million at the Keenland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Rushie joins stallions 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, at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala.

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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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‘Athletic Looking And Healthy’: First Foal Is A Colt For Horse Of The Year Authentic

Spendthrift Farm's reigning Horse of the Year Authentic, Into Mischief's Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic hero of 2020, sired his first reported foal Sunday when a colt was born at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, Ky.

“This is a really nice foal out of a maiden mare. Correct, nice body, good angles, athletic looking and healthy. We are very happy,” said Taylor Made's Frank Taylor.

Bred by Marie Jones, the black or gray colt is the first foal out of the Old Fashioned mare Streak of Luck, a stakes winner and multiple graded-placed earner of $352,109.

Streak of Luck was purchased for $620,000 at the Keeneland November sale last fall while carrying the colt. She was one of eight mares in foal to Authentic that sold for half a million dollars or more.

Authentic was named the 2020 Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Male in North America after capturing wins in the Kentucky Derby, Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Stakes, G2 San Felipe Stakes and G3 Sham Stakes over fellow 3-year-olds. The fast son of Into Mischief closed out his championship campaign by defeating older horses gate to wire in the Breeders' Cup Classic in 1:59.60, breaking American Pharoah's track record at Keeneland.

Authentic retired to Spendthrift with earnings of $6,191,200 – ranking him 29th all-time among Thoroughbreds by earnings. He proved to be the most popular among first-season stallions in 2021, covering 229 mares from a quality first book that yielded a 3.06 Comparable Index – tops among all freshmen. Authentic is also the runaway leader at the sales as a covering sire, with in-foal mares selling for an average of $396,481 to date. He is set to stand his second season at stud in 2022 for a fee of $70,000 S&N.

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Gem Heist Relocates To Rancho San Miguel In California For 2022

Third-crop sire Gem Heist, a son of Street Cry out of Tapit's Grade 1-winning millionaire Careless Jewel, has been relocated to stand at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., for the 2022 breeding season. His fee is $2,500, live foal guarantee.

The 10-year-old stallion previously stood at a private farm in Bakersfield, Calif., as the property of the late horseman Bob Grayson Sr. Grayson purchased Gem Heist for $100,000 from Eddie Woods' consignment at the 2014 Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training after the racing prospect was clocked in a co-bullet :9 4/5 seconds for his one-furlong, pre-sale breeze.

Gem Heist experienced a career-ending injury while preparing for his debut, and was subsequently retired to a modest stallion career prior to the 2017 breeding season. To date, he is credited with 29 reported foals, including eight juveniles and three yearlings of 2022.

From his five lifetime starters, three are winners, led by the multiple-winning filly Saturday Heist, an $82,700-earner from his initial foal crop. Now four, she broke her maiden by 6 1/4 lengths in her April 2021 career debut at Santa Anita Park, and has won three races overall by a combined 13 lengths.

Gem Heist's 2021 progeny earnings of $152,000 ranked him fourth among all California-based second-crop sires last year.

“We have nine Gem Heist babies in our barn now,” said trainer Val Brinkerhoff, who has saddled all three of the stallion's winners for Grayson's son, Bob Grayson Jr. “They are all very athletic and eager to train, and they all seem to have a good turn of foot. There's a lot of value to be had with their sire.”

Produced by 2009 Grade 1 Alabama Stakes winner Careless Jewel ($1,013,346), Gem Heist boasts the Grade 1-winning stallions City of Light, Subordination and Cacoethes in his immediate family.

“We are pleased to welcome a stallion with such top-class bloodlines to Rancho San Miguel,” said farm owner and manager Tom Clark. “Gem Heist has exhibited true potential with his early starters, and he is improving his mares. We look forward to helping him reach the next level in his stallion career.”

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