PLEASANT ACRES STALLIONS PRESS RELEASE (Edited)

MORRISTON, FL—Pleasant Acres Stallions announces the 2025 stallion fees for Bodexpress, Champions Dream, Chess Chief, Curlin’s Honor, Doppelganger, Gunnevera, Leinster, Magic on Tap, Mr Fisk, Neolithic, Simplification, and Verifying. 

 

Bodexpress 

Bodemeister / Pied A Terre, by Storm Cat
Entered Stud: 2021 | Fee: $3,500

  • Stakes Winner in First Crop of 2024
  • Winner of the Clark Stakes (G1)
  • Set track record at Gulfstream Park West – one mile in 1:35.58
  • Three Triple Digit Beyers

 

Champions Dream 

Justify / Dancinginherdreams, by Tapit
Entered Stud: 2025 | Fee: $5,000

  • Precocious graded stakes-winning son of Justify
  • TDN Rising Star for Debut in Saratoga 
  • Won Nashua Stakes (G3)
  • Son of Pocahontas Stakes (G2) Winner and TDN Rising Star DANCINGINHERDREAMS

 

Chess Chief

Into Mischief / Un Blessed, by Mineshaft
Entered Stud: 2024 | Fee: $5,000 S&N

  • Graded Stakes-Winning Son of Into Mischief
  • Virginia Horse of the Year
  • Virginia-Bred Older Horse Champion 2021
  • Won the Tenacious Stakes
  • Won the G2 New Orleans Classic

 

Curlin’s Honor

Curlin / Franscat, by Stormin Fever
Entered Stud: 2021 | Fee: $2,500

 

Doppelganger

Into Mischief / Twice the Lady, by Quiet American
Entered Stud: 2024 | Fee: $10,000

  • Only Grade 1 winning son of Into Mischief in the USA outside of Kentucky
  • TDN Rising Star for Maiden Win
  • Won Carter Handicap (G1) and Battery Park Stakes

 

Gunnevera

Dialed In / Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled
Entered Stud: 2021 | Fee: $6,000

  • Highest Earner to Ever Stand in Florida!
  • Earned $5.5 Million while averaging $264,848 Per Start
  • Won the $1 Million Delta Downs Jackpot (G3), Saratoga Special (G2) and Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2)
  • 6X Grade 1 Placed
  • Triple Digit Beyer Speed

 

Leinster

Majestic Warrior / Vassar, by Royal Academy
Entered Stud: 2022 | Fee: $2,500

  • 1st Crop Filly Sells for $150,000 at NY-bred Yearlings Sale in Saratoga 2024
  • 2X Track Records in Graded Events
  • 4 Triple Digit Beyers

 

Magic on Tap

Tapit / Aubby K, by Street Sense
Entered Stud: 2023 | Fee: $5,000

  • Graded stakes-winning son of Tapit
  • Bred on same cross as Constitution ($110,000 stud fee) and Essential Quality ($50,000 stud fee)
  • Won the Triple Bend Stakes (G2)

 

Mr Fisk

Arrogate / Plein Air (IRE), by Manduro (GER)
Entered Stud: 2025 | Fee: $8,500

  • Multiple graded stakes-winning son of Arrogate.
  • First dam by world champion Manduro (Ger)
  • Triple Digit Beyer Speed
  • Won Hollywood Gold Cup (G2) 
  • Won Californian Stakes (G3) and Native Diver Stakes (G3)

 

Neolithic

Harlan’s Holiday / Swingit, by Victory Gallop
Entered Stud: 2018 | Fee: $5,000

  • Leading Florida fourth crop sire by progeny earnings, black-type winners, percent of black-type winners and black-type performers
  • Sixth nationally by percent of black-type performers
  • 68% winners from runners

 

Simplification

Not This Time / Simply Confection, by Candy Ride (ARG)
Entered Stud: 2024 | Fee: $6,500

  • Florida-bred champion and Horse of the Year
  • Broke Maiden by 16 3/4 lengths
  • Won Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) by 3 1/2 Lengths 
  • Won Mucho Macho Man Stakes by four lengths

 

Verifying

Justify / Diva Delite, by Repent
Entered Stud: 2024 | Fee: $10,000

  • Dual hemisphere stallion
  • Half-brother to champion earner of $14 Million and 6X Grade 1-winner Midnight Bisou
  • Graded stakes-winning son of Triple Crown winner Justify
  • 3X Grade 1 place including second in the Champagne Stakes

 

Pleasant Acres is a 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.

For information on Pleasant Acres Stallions, visit www.pleasantacresstallions.com.

The complete roster with fees for Pleasant Acres Stallions is as follows:

 

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