Nice Acres Stallions introduced the arrival of Mr Fisk to Florida for the 2025 breeding season at an $8,500 price.
“We’re so excited to deliver this proficient, a number of graded stakes-winning son of famed Arrogate to Florida for our breeders,” stated director of stallion providers Christine Jones. “With Arrogate finishing simply three breeding seasons as a stallion, there are only some choose alternatives to breed to considered one of his sons. Furthering his line at Nice Acres Stallions is a win for his legacy, in addition to a win for Florida.”
Educated by Bob Baffert, Mr Fisk earned his maiden win at Santa Anita Park in his first begin at 3 and some months later positioned second within the 2023 Affirmed Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on the filth on the identical monitor. He gained the 2023 Shared Perception Stakes and Native Diver Stakes (G3) at Del Mar.
At 4, Mr Fisk went again to Santa Anita to seize the Californian Stakes (G3) and Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G2)—defeating subsequent North American grade 1 winners Subsanador and Mixto within the latter. Identified with a condylar fracture shortly after his Hollywood Gold Cup victory, Mr Fisk was retired with a 5-2-0 file from 11 begins and earnings of $369,700.
Mr Fisk’s sire Arrogate solely had three crops. He was a four-time grade 1 winner, taking the 2016 Travers Stakes (G1), 2016 Breeders’ Cup Traditional (G1), 2017 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1), and 2017 Dubai World Cup (G1). Arrogate gained or positioned in 9 of 11 begins and retired because the all-time chief by earnings at $17,422,600.
Bred in Kentucky by Sunny Brook Stables, who campaigned the colt, Mr Fisk is the primary foal out of the European stakes-winning Manduro mare Plein Air , who herself is a half sister to stakes winner Shut Your Eyes and stakes-placed Freefromcare .
“Mr Fisk is a bodily excellent particular person who has graded stakes-winning success on the monitor. He additionally brings to Florida a pedigree line on his dam aspect that has supplied stakes-winning velocity, soundness, stamina, and sturdiness all through Europe,” stated Jones. “We’re proud to develop each side of this impeccable and successful pedigree—stuffed with black sort—to our breeders.”
The transaction was brokered by Brendan Heeney and The Stallion Firm.
Mr Fisk joins stallions Chess Chief , Curlin’s Honor , Doppelganger , Gunnevera , Leinster , Magic On Faucet , Neolithic , Simplification , and Verifying on the 220-acre farm situated simply northwest of Ocala, Fla.
This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Workers.
